To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

Where there is no heart there is no art.

The right to happiness is fundamental.

To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.

It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.

If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.

Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual

You can either complain about it or grind, I choose to grind.

It was clear that the house was run on a certain system, of either great pomposity or great denial - it was too early for her to make up her mind about which one it was.

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.

Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical.

Certain kinds of intimacy emerge on a phone call that might never occur if you were sitting right next to the other person.

If you become great, then you can become happy. If you're happy first, it's much more difficult to be great.

Eighty percent of what everyone's talking about never happens. I don't mean in terms of product development that's happening right now, I'm talking about the far-flung visions of the future.

I believe we are all born equal. You know, we are, whether you're a boy or a girl, you should have the same equal rights.

To say "no" is painful, but much better than a "yes" that brings regrets.

Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.