Portrait of Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Disney entertainment empire

Modern influential 102 sayings

Sayings by Walt Disney

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

1960s — Interview
Inspirational Confirmed

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming them at a certain goal.

1960s — Interview
Wisdom Unverifiable

I don't believe in saturated markets. I believe in saturated minds.

1960s — Interview
Inspirational Unverifiable

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

1960s — Interview
Money & Business Unverifiable

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

1960s — Interview
Educational Unverifiable

To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past... and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America... with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.

1955 — Disneyland Dedication Speech
Inspirational Unverifiable

We create happiness.

1960s — Interview
Art & Creativity Unverifiable

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

1960s — Interview
Art & Creativity Confirmed

It's a mistake to try to work with people you don't like.

1960s — Interview
Wisdom Unverifiable

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

1960s — Speech
Inspirational Confirmed

I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make these dreams a reality.

1960s — Interview
Inspirational Unverifiable

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

1960s — Interview
Wisdom Confirmed

Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown capacity, wisdom, and fairness.

1960s — Interview
Power & Leadership Unverifiable

If a woman can do the work as well, she is worth as much as a man.

1941 — Speech to employees regarding women in the Studio Animation Training Program
General Unverifiable

The girl artists have the right to expect the same chances for advancement as men, and I honestly believe they may eventually contribute something to this business that men never would or could.

1941 — Speech to employees regarding women in the Studio Animation Training Program
General Unverifiable

During a story meeting on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, he referred to the scene when the dwarfs pile on top of each other as a 'nigger pile' and during casting of Song of the South he used the term pickaninny.

Undated, but related to Snow White (1937) and Song of the South (1946) — Cited by biographer Neal Gabler in a meeting
General Unverifiable

I have found that very, very few women are good cartoonists.

Reported 1946 — Newspaper story by Disney biographer Bob Thomas
General Unverifiable

Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as that work is performed entirely by young men. For this reason girls are not considered for the training school.

1938 — Letter from Walt Disney Productions to a female applicant
General Unverifiable

I don't make pictures just to make money. I make money to make more pictures.

1956 — Interview with The Saturday Evening Post
Money & Business Confirmed

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

1960s — Speech at Disneyland
Wisdom Unverifiable
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