Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

I start where the last man left off.

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

What you are will show in what you do.

Hell, there are no rules here - we are trying to accomplish something.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.

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.

Mickey Mouse is, to be, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.Mickey Mouse is, to be, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

I believe in being an innovator.

We believe in your idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

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

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

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.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.

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