Walt Disney said some of the most magical and memorable things in his lifetime that still inspire people to this day.
This post has all of the best Walt Disney quotes and you’re going to love reading through them.
There are quotes about Disneyland, life, being an animator, and more.
1. “If you can dream it you can do it.”
2. “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
3. “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.”
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4. “All our dreams come true if we face the courage to pursue them.”
5. “I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.”
6. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
7. “To all that come to this happy place, welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America… with hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”
8. “Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.”
9. “When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”
10. “You’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.”
11. “When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.”
12. “I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.”
13. “You reach a point where you don’t work for money.”
14. “I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.”
15. “We believed in our idea – a family park where parents and children could have tun- together.”
16. “All the adversity l’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 tor you.”
17. “We are not trying to entertain the critics. I’ll take my chances with the public.”
18. “A man should never neglect his family for business.”
19. “I believe in being an innovator.”
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20. “The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.”
21. “I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know now to get along without it.”
22. “Disneyland is a work of love. We didn’t go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”
23. “When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it’s because he’s so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.”
24. “I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.”
25. “I do not like to repeat successes, l like to go on to other things.”
26. “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.”
27. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
28. “Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.”
29. “We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster – closed and forgotten within the first year.”
30. “Whenever | go on a ride, I’m always thinking of what’s wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.”
31. “Disneyland is a show.”
32. “Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.”
33. “I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters – to make them personalities.”
34. “Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource – the minds of our children.”
35. “You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.”
36. “Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.”
37. “I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
38. “Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”
39. “Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.”
40. “People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing i lit a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.”