Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Walt Disney (American Entrepreneur)

Walter “Walt” Elias Disney (1901–66) was an American animator, movie and television producer, and entrepreneur. Disney became known worldwide for his cartoon characters that include Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto.

Born in Chicago, Disney attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and worked as a commercial artist in Kansas City before relocating to Hollywood in 1923. He launched an animation studio with his brother Roy. After numerous failed attempts during which the Disneys lived in utter poverty, they found success with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927.) Steamboat Willie (1928,) their first sound cartoon movie, introduced Mickey Mouse and became very successful.

Disney’s imagination fueled the Walt Disney Studio. He had little talent for sketch and illustration but inspired his talented staff with his enthusiasm and his commitment to technological advancements. He often worked until midnight and demanded the same of his employees.

Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) was the first full-length cartoon with sound and color. The motion pictures Pinocchio (1940,) Fantasia (1940,) Bambi (1942,) Song of the South (1947,) Cinderella (1950,) and Peter Pan (1953) became immensely profitable through rereleases.

Disney was a shrewd entrepreneur. His Walt Disney Company (founded 1923) is one of the world’s most influential media corporations. Disney pioneered the use of brand licensing and merchandising and ventured into television when most producers avoided the new medium. In 1955, he created Disneyland in Anaheim, California, followed by Walt Disney World in Florida in 1971.

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When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Curiosity

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Exaggeration

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Independence

If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
—Walt Disney

I believe in being an innovator.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Innovation

You are dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
—Walt Disney

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Books, Reading, Optimism

All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them.
—Walt Disney

I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing—that it was all started by a mouse.
—Walt Disney

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Reading, Books

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I’ll take my chances with the public.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Criticism

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Curiosity, Action

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I’ve ever known.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Love

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.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Adversity, Challenges, Failure

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
—Walt Disney

I do not like to repeat successes. I like to go on to other things.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Success & Failure, Goals, Success

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Beginnings, Action

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Communication

Being a celebrity doesn’t even seem to keep the fleas off our dogs – and if being a celebrity won’t give me an advantage over a couple of fleas, then I guess there can’t be much in being a celebrity after all.
—Walt Disney

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Kind, Imagination, Possibilities, Attitude, Fun

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Weight

A dream is a wish your heart makes.
—Walt Disney

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.
—Walt Disney
Topics: Leadership, Vision, Dreams

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

Our heritage and ideals, our codes and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
—Walt Disney

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.
—Walt Disney

There is great comfort and inspiration in the feeling of close human relationships and its bearing on our mutual fortunes – a powerful force, to overcome the “tough breaks” which are certain to come to most of us from time to time.
—Walt Disney

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.
—Walt Disney

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.
—Walt Disney

I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible because dreams offer too little collateral.
—Walt Disney

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