Walt Disney is best known as a animator, businessman and overall showman. While there are many Disney quotes about Business, Disneyland and Mickey Mouse, Walt also was quick to provide inspiration or life advice as well. It was Walt’s hope that people could draw inspiration from his experiences and outlook on life. Whatever you may be tackling in life currently, enjoy these bits of inspiration from Walt Disney himself.
“That’s the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.” – Walt Disney
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney
“Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil.” – Walt Disney
“Laughter is America’s most important export.” – Walt Disney
“I suppose my formula might be: dream, diversify and never miss an angle.” – Walt Disney
“Every persona has his own ideas of the act of praying for God’s guidance, tolerance, and mercy to fulfill his duties and responsibilities. My own concept of prayer is not as a plea for special favors, nor as a quick palliation for wrongs knowingly committed. A prayer, it seems to me, implies a promise as well as a request; at the highest level, prayer not only is a supplication for strength and guidance, but also becomes an affirmation of life and thus a reverent praise of God.” – Walt Disney
“Around here, 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.” – Walt Disney
“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
“The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is till reaching for the stars.” – Walt Disney
“Courage is the main quality of leadership, in my opinion, no matter where it is exercised. Usually it implies some risk, especially in new undertakings. Courage to initiate something and to keep it going– pioneering and an adventurous spirit to blaze new ways often in our land of opportunity.” – Walt Disney
“Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me.” – Walt Disney
“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.” – Walt Disney
“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.” – Walt Disney
“For every laugh, there should be a tear.” – Walt Disney
“I don’t believe there’s a challenge anywhere in the world that’s more important to people everywhere than finding solutions to the problems of our cities. But where do we begin– how do we start answering this great challenge? Well, we’re convinced we must start answering the public need. And the need is not just for curing the old ills of old cities. We think the need is for starting from scratch on virgin land and building a special kind of new community that will always be in a state of becoming. It will never cease to be a living blueprint of the future, where people actually live a life they can’t find anywhere else in the world.” – Walt Disney
“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.” – Walt Disney
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