Walt Disney quotes

Walt Disney, an iconic American entrepreneur, animator, and film producer, revolutionized the entertainment industry. Founder of The Walt Disney Company, he created beloved characters like Mickey Mouse and introduced the world to the concept of theme parks with Disneyland. With a visionary mind, Disney pioneered animation techniques and brought enchanting stories to life through his animated feature films, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walt Disney's creativity and perseverance continue to inspire countless generations. Discover more about Walt Disney's extraordinary legacy and contributions to the entertainment world.

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

- Walt Disney

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

- Walt Disney

All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.

- Walt Disney

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.

- Walt Disney

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

- Walt Disney

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

I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.

- Walt Disney

People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.

- Walt Disney

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 have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

- Walt Disney

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

- Walt Disney

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

- Walt Disney

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

- Walt Disney

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

- Walt Disney

I believe in being an innovator.

- Walt Disney

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

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.

- 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.

- Walt Disney

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

- Walt Disney

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

- Walt Disney

If you can dream it, you can do it.

- Walt Disney

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

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.

- Walt Disney

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

- Walt Disney

It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.

- Walt Disney

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.

- Walt Disney

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

- Walt Disney

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

- Walt Disney

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

- Walt Disney

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

- Walt Disney