Quotes by Walt Disney

“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.”

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

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

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because were curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

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

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

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

“When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”

“A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.”

“Adults are interested if you dont play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I dont believe in talking down to children. I dont believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching.”

“Too many people grow up. Thats the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They dont remember what its like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I wont do that.”

“Somehow I cant believe that there are any heights that cant be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and consta”

“Youre dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.”

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

“I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.”

“Here in Florida, we have something special we never enjoyed at Disneyland...the blessing of size. Theres enough land here to hold all the ideas and plans we can possibly imagine.”

“I dont want the public to see the world they live in while theyre in the Park (Disneyland). I want to feel theyre in another world.”

“Laughter is Americas most important export.”

“All the adversity Ive 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.”

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