20 Quotes from Walt Disney That Will Inspire You

Walt Disney was a visionary leader who has inspired millions of people.

Here are 20 of Walt's quotes to encourage you today.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world.  But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

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

I first saw the site for Disneyland back in 1953, In those days it was all flat land – no rivers, no mountains, no castles or rocket ships – just orange groves, and a few acres of walnut trees.

Disneyland will never be completed.  It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.

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

Too many people grow up.  That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.  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.  
 
When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.
 


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

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

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

I believe in being an innovator.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Whatever we accomplish belongs to our entire group, a tribute to our combined effort.

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

Togetherness, for me, means teamwork.

We're not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.  And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage.

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

A man should never neglect his family for business. 

You can great more great insight and ideas from Walt Disney in our book "If Disney Ran Your Children's Ministry."  Click here for more info.