169 Quotes by Misty Copeland

The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.

I think anything that affects me in my personal life is going to help me be a better artist on stage.

Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.

Even if I weren’t learning new roles and getting the opportunity to be coached by incredible people, I still think I would be so excited to have an opportunity to continue to push myself and grow, as an artist.

The woman represents ballet. She is most important, powerful and vital to it. Therefore, she is not “less than” a man. If anything she is “more than” in this field.

I believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way.

The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.

I absolutely love what I do, and I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I am putting out there on the stage.

Maybe I’m seeing myself in a different way than the people in the audience see me, ’cause to me, I think I look like a ballerina and I feel like a ballerina. But maybe I’m not seeing what other people are seeing.