“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.”

Walt Disney
Original source
As quoted in Walt Disney, Magician of the Movies (1966) by Bob Thomas p. 116

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