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What did Walt Disney value? These quotes from him highlight some of the things he believed to be paramount.

The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil.
Walt Disney

Disneyland will always be building and growing and adding new things… new ways of having fun, of learning things, and sharing the many exciting adventures which may be experienced here in the company of family and friends.
Walt Disney

The most important thing is family.
Walt Disney

I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories of living action.
Walt Disney

I think of a child’s mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages. The quality of that writing will affect his life profoundly.
Walt Disney

Disney drawing Goofy for a group of girls in Argentina, 1941 / Wikipedia Commons

In my view, wholesome pleasure, sport, and recreation are as vital to this nation as productive work and should have a large share in the national budget.
Walt Disney

Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.
Walt Disney

 

 

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top image credit: Walt Disney shows the plans of Disneyland to officials from Orange County in December 1954