Skip to content

Portrait of Walt Disney

Walt Disney

(1901–1966) Producer United States

392 quotes in 1432 categories

Walt Disney’s 392 sayings celebrate the power of imagination, perseverance, and the joy of creation. His voice encourages dreaming big while staying grounded in the work that makes those dreams tangible.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

Walt Disney was a producer from the United States, best known for Alice in Wonderland.

Quick Facts About Walt Disney

Born: December 5, 1901
Died: December 15, 1966
Nationality: United States
Profession: Producer
Notable works: Alice in Wonderland
Known for: Mickey Mouse
Spouse: Lillian Disney

About Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards won (22) and nominations (59) by an individual. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress and have also been named as some of the best by the American Film Institute.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Presidential Medal of Freedom Order of the Southern Cross Order of the Aztec Eagle Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Golden Bear Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film National Inventors Hall of Fame

Show 20 more awards

Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Order of the Crown of Thailand Special Achievement Academy Award American Choreography Awards California Hall of Fame Grammy Trustees Award Winsor McCay Award Knight of the Legion of Honour Congressional Gold Medal Honorary César Academy Honorary Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria Progress Medal (SMPTE) Primetime Emmy Award for Best Producer for a Film Series Audubon Medal

Quotes by Walt Disney

All of our dreams can come true.

Believe in yourself

Image

Disneyland is a work of love.

Disneyland

Image

Fear too often spells failure.

Failure

Image

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

Allow

Image

I never intended to make art.

Art

Image

You can't just let nature run wild.

Nature

Image

It is fun to do the impossible

Impossible

Image

I believe in being a motivator.

Believe

Image

Anything that has the Disney name to it is something we feel responsible for.

Disney

Image

Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better

Anxiety

Image

Every leader is telling a story... about what he or she values.

Inspirational

Image

We are not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other company.

Company

Image

Leadership shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.

Appeals

Image

I've wanted to do things; I wanted to build things, to get something going.

Build

Image

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

Books

Image

My persistence is the measure of the belief I have in myself.

Belief

Image

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

Disneyland

Image

Do what you do so well - and so uniquely - that people can't resist telling others about you

Inspirational

Image

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

Business

Image

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

Disneyland

Image

Every man is captain of his career and there must be cooperation all around if he is to get what he wants…

Captains

Image

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

Belief

Image

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

Comedy

Image

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

Communication

Image

In most instances, the driving force behind the action is the mood, the personality, the attitude of the character - or all…

Action

Image

It feels good when it helps to get a good seat for a football game. But it never helped me make a…

Ball game

Image

“If you don't like Cinderella because she seems so "naive" and "weak," listen to this quote from the Walt himself: "She believed…

Cinderella

Image

No matter what the provocation, I never fire a man who is honestly trying to deliver a job. Few workers who become…

Business

Image

Suddenly he stops. He looks up. For, lo, there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she…

Bride

Image

Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe…

Adults

Image

The magic is as wide as a smile and as narrow as a wink, loud as laughter and quiet as a tear,…

Emotion

Image

Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not…

Around the world

Image

To captivate our varied and worldwide audience of all ages, the nature and treatment of the fairy tale, the legend, the myth…

Age

Image

As the original 'Mary Poppins' budget of five million dollars continued to grow, I never saw a sad face around the entire…

Ask me

Image

We grew to our present size almost against ourselves. It was not a deliberately planned commercial venture in the sense that I…

Bigs

Image

The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. It is understandable…

Accepted

Image

We call it EPCOT, spelled E-P-C-O-T: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Here it is in larger scale. EPCOT will take its cue…

Community

Image

People look at me in many ways. They've said, 'The guy has no regard for money.' That is not true. I have…

Benefits

Image

“The fairy tale of film—created with the magic of animation—is the modern equivalent of the great parables of the Middle Ages. Creation…

Animation

Image

Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the…

Believe

Image

Walt Disney by topic

Inspirational (77) Life (57) Dream (52) Disneyland (41) Dreams (39) People (38) Love (37) Ifs (34) Children (34) World (29) Want (28) Thinking (26) Business (26) Imagination (22) Believe (21) Way (20) Success (19) Ideas (19) Fun (17) Time (16) Animation (16) Psychology (15) Knows (15) Disney company (15) Should (14)