Walt Disney in his whole Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901, Chicago, Illinois, United States—December 15, 1966, Los Angeles, California) was an American motion picture and television producer and showman who is best known for creating animated characters such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. He also deliberated and built Disneyland, a massive leisure park that opened and close. Before his death, he had started building a second such park, Walt Disney international, near Orlando, Florida. The Disney employer he based has grown to be one of the world’s biggest leisure conglomerates.
Success:
Walt
Disney, the father of Mickey Mouse and the creator of Disneyland's 27,000-acre
campus known as the "Happiest Place on Earth," is one of the world's
most inspiring entrepreneurs in the animation and entertainment industries.
Walt
Disney was not born rich; rather, he achieved success through his own hard work
in the establishment of The Walt Disney Company, including its subsidiaries and
affiliates, which is now an outstanding diversified family entertainment and
media enterprise on an international scale, with business segments such as
Media Networks, Parks, Experiences and Products, Studio Entertainment, and
Direct-to-Consumer and International.
Honors and Awards:
Disney
holds the record for the most Academy Awards won by any individual as a film
producer, with 22 Oscars from 59 nominations. In addition to other honors, he
received two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award. His
films are included in the National Film Registry, which is maintained by the
Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution.
1. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up.”
2. “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.”
3. “I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
4. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
5. “Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.”
6. “You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.”
7. “I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.”
8. “I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.”
9. “I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.”
10. “Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, then worrying won’t make it any better.”
11. “If you can dream, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started by a mouse.”
12. “Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”
13. “I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.”
14. “When I was a kid, a book I read advised young artists to be themselves. That decided it for me. I was a corny kind of guy, so I went in for corn.”
15. “Faith is the most important thing. If you believe in something, believe it till the end, unequivocally and without hesitation.”
16. “It is good to have a failure while you’re young because it teaches you so much, and once you’ve lived through the worst, you’re never quite as vulnerable afterward.”
17. “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.”
18. “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.”
19. “I never called my work an ‘art’. It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.”
21. “I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.”