“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.” That’s exactly what he did. He followed his dreams. Walt Disney created the empire known today as “The Walt Disney Company”. This multi-billion dollar company produced hundreds of films and generated millions of dollars. This was all because of one person: Walt Disney. Walt Disney has failed many times before but never let anything stop him and continued to persevere. He’s influenced millions of people around the world, and I’m sure he’ll inspire you as well. His successes are very impressive, but he failed dozens of times before he became a household name. But I’m getting too far ahead of myself. You should know about Disney’s childhood to learn how he became an enormous …show more content…
At the age of five, Disney moved to Marceline, Missouri, and lived on a farm for four years, where he began to draw animals and start using his imagination even more. He then moved to Kansas City, Missouri, when he was nine. He attended Benton Grammar School and befriended a student named Walter Pfeiffer. His family was interested in theatre and animations, and Disney began spending more time learning about this. When he When he turned seventeen, he wanted to join the Red Cross and fight in the first World War, and lied about his age. He ended up driving an ambulance in France. He returned home after a year and began to work an at animation studio. Disney had two daughters and married Lillian Disney.
As you can tell, his love for animations started at a young age which gave him lots of time to become successful and focus on what he loved even though he failed several times. Walt was fired from a newspaper for not being creative enough, two of his animation companies went bankrupt, his movies made little to no profit, and he wasn’t able to open Disneyland because he didn’t have enough money. I’ll be telling you how Walt Disney overcame these failures and still ended up doing what he