Walt disney quotes

A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.

The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil...

Laughter is no enemy to learning

Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.

Happiness is a state of mind.

Part of the Disney success is our ability to create a believable world of dreams that appeals to all age groups. The kind of entertainment we create is meant to appeal to every member of the family.

The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

If I haven't thought about six impossible things before breakfast, I consider the day wasted.

I've always been bored with just making money. I've wanted to do things; I wanted to build things, to get something going. What money meant to me was that I was able to get money to do that for me.

The difference in winning & losing is most often, not quitting.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence.

My imagination creates my reality.

Never put business before family.

To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.

Just make sure you never do less than your best

Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else which makes you unique. The problem with most people is that they spend their lives trying to emulate others and so we have lots of copies but few originals.

I love the nostalgic myself. I hope we never lose some of the things of the past.

I function better when things are going badly than when they're as smooth as whipped cream.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

All of our dreams can come true...

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right.

My persistence is the measure of the belief I have in myself.

The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.

Here is the world of imagination, hopes, and dreams. In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe are reborn - and fairy tales come true. Fantasyland is dedicated to the young-in-heart, to those who that when you wish upon a star, your dreams come true.

Even miracles take a little time.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

Always fight for quality, whether giving or receiving.

We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

I am a patient listener, but opinionated to the point of stubbornness when my mind is made up.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

Do what you do so well - and so uniquely - that people can't resist telling others about you

Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.

Life is beautiful. It's about giving. It's about family.

Believe in your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem.

You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C's.They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence.

Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better

Why be a governor or senator when you can be king of Disneyland?

If you act like an adult when you're a kid you can afford to act like a kid the rest of your life.

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.

Do what you do so well that those who see you do what you do are going to come back to see you do it again and tell others that they should see you do what you do.

Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of flowers, the hollows of trees, fresh-water ponds, seaweed jungles between tides, and even drops of water. Life in these hidden worlds is more startling in reality than anything we can imagine. How could this earth of ours, which is only a speck in the heavens, have so much variety of life, so many curious and exciting creatures?

Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Courage, Confidence and Constancy. And the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

We are not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other company.

The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It's then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives. All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.

Do anything better than it was ever done before and youll get rich.

Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.

Have confidence in your ability to do it right, and work hard to do the best possible job.

Faith. Trust. and Pixie Dust.

Never get bored or cynical. Yesterday is a thing of the past.

Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.

Money doesn't excite me - my ideas excite me.

Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.

I think what I want Disneyland to be most of all is a happy place...

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island...

A prayer, it seems to me, implies a promise as well as a request; at the highest level, prayer not only is a supplication for strength and guidance, but also becomes an affirmation of life and thus a reverent praise of God.

Do a good job. You don't have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work - then try to trump it.

Today we are shapers of the world of tomorrow.

If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there's some way to do it.

Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.

A good story can take you on a fantastic journey.

Today, we are shapers of the world of tomorrow. That is plain truth. There is no way we can duck the responsibility, and there is no reason why we should.

Ideas come from curiosity.

To be successful you must be unique, you must be so different that if people want what you have, they must come to you to get it.

Progress is impossible without change

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well, I won't do that.

Adults are only kids grown up

We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.

Think beyond your lifetime if you want to accomplish something truly worthwhile.

It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.

After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Disneyland will always be building and growing and adding new things... new ways of having fun, of learning things, and sharing the many exciting adventures which may be experienced here in the company of family and friends.

You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul.

When we consider a project, we really study it-not just the surface idea, but everything about it. And when we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right. And we work hard to do the best possible job.

I believe firmly in the efficacy of religion, in its powerful influence on a person's whole life. It helps immeasurably to meet the storms and stress of life and keep you attuned to the Divine inspiration. Without inspiration, we would perish.

The magic is as wide as a smile and as narrow as a wink, loud as laughter and quiet as a tear, tall as a tale and deep as emotion. So strong, it can lift the spirit. So gentle, it can touch the heart. It is the magic that begins the happily ever after.

Disneyland is like Alice stepping through the Looking Glass; to step through the portals of Disneyland will be like entering another world.

Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

When we do fantasy, we must not lose sight of reality.

Any dream is possible, if you have courage.

Think beyond your lifetime, if you want to do something truly great.

People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.

The wonders of nature are endless.

Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely.

The American child is a highly intelligent human being - characteristically sensitive, humorous, open-minded, eager to learn, and has a strong sense of excitement, energy, and healthy curiosity about the world in which he lives. Lucky indeed is the grown-up who manages to carry these same characteristics into adult life. It usually makes for a happy and successful individual.

We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

Whether you say you can't or you can, you're right.

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.

There is no magic in magic, it's all in the details.

Worry is a waste of imagination.

Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave.

Tomorrow can be a wonderful age.

Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.

You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

Until a character becomes a personality it cannot be believed. Without personality, the character may do funny or interesting things, but unless people are able to identify themselves with the character, its actions will seem unreal. And without personality, a story cannot ring true to the audience.

I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories of living action.

Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things.

Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.

The most exciting and, by far, the most important part of our Florida project, in fact, the heart of everything well be doing in Disney World, will be our experimental prototype city of tomorrow. We call it EPCOT.

Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort.

Your talent makes you who you are. You should be proud of it.

Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.

That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.

All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.

That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.

Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child pales in later years if he ceases to exercise it.

Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.