Quotes from Walt Disney

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

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.

A good concert, if you're kind of relaxed, it can do something to you. It's sort of an emotional break you get by listening to music.

Never put business before family.

The most important thing is family.

Family fun is as necessary to modern living as a kitchen refrigerator.

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.

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

Sheer animated fantasy is still my first and deepest production impulse.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Direct and easy communications — freedom of speech in all forms and in its broadest sense — has become vital to the very survival of a civilized humanity.

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

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.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

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

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.

Girls bored me, they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.