“Our most important aim is to develop definite personalities in our cartoon characters. We don't want them to be just shadows, for merely as moving figures they provoke no emotional response from the public. We invest them with life a caricature of life.” executioninvesting
“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.” mindset
“A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.” mindset
“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main... and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.” money
“I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral.” vision
“All right. I'm corny. But I think there's just about a-hundred-and-forty-million people in this country that are just as corny as I am.” leadershipmindset
“All you've got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you'll find people who are eager to fill your head with information.” executionleadership
“We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. … All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.” execution
“I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with "expressing" myself with obscure creative impressions.” leadership
“When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, "But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty." '''I told her that was just the point — mine wouldn't be.” execution
“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.” mindset
“Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” executionleadershipinnovation
“Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.” leadership
“Deeds rather than words express my concept of the part religion should play in everyday life. I have watched constantly that in our movie work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether it deals with fable or with stories of living action.” execution
“I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things. Lecturing to children is no answer to delinquency. Preaching won't keep youngsters out of trouble, but keeping their minds occupied will.” mindset
“Here in Florida … we have something special we never enjoyed at Disneyland — the blessing of size. There's enough land here to hold all the ideas and plans we can possibly imagine.” vision
“The most exciting and by far the most important part of our Florida Project — in fact, the heart of everything we'll be doing in Disney World — will be our Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow! We call it EPCOT.” execution
“Actually, if you could see close in my eyes, the American flag is waving in both of them and up my spine is growing this red, white and blue stripe.” growth
“Childishness? I think it's the equivalent of never losing your sense of humor.''' I mean, yes there's a certain something that you retain. It's the equivalent of not getting so stuffy that you can't laugh at others.” mindset
“I think what I want Disneyland to be most of all is a happy place — a place where adults and children can experience together some of the wonders of life, of adventure, and feel better because of it.” riskmindset
“Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.” money