Quotes from Walt Disney

The idea of Disneyland is a simple one. It will be a place for people to find happiness and knowledge.

The main quality of leadership..........is courage ! If you can dream it, you can do it!

In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy.

Laughter is no enemy to learning

Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

Whatever you do, do it well.

Happiness is a state of mind.

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

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.

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

Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.

She believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him.

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

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

Life is beautiful. It's about giving. It's about family.

Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.

Disneyland is a show.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely.

The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.

I don't want the public to see the world they live in while they're in the Park (Disneyland). I want to feel they're in another world.

The inclination of my life...has been to do things & make things which will give pleasure to people in new and amazing ways.

It has that thing - the imagination, and the feeling of happy excitement- I knew when I was a kid.

You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.