Debbi Fields
I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience.Collection: Business
Good enough never is.Collection: Good
If you're going to be at a job environment, you should love it. You shouldn't do it just for money. You should do it because you love it. And the money comes naturally.
You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.
I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot make them at home for any less. And I still give cookies away.
Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them.
And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late – not now, not ever – for you to pursue your passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.Collection: Perseverance
Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.Collection: Flaws
When you're taking care of the customer, you can never do too much. And there is no wrong way... if it comes from the heart.Collection: Inspiration
It's never too late - not now, not ever - for you to pursue your passion.Collection: Passion
What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best - which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.Collection: Inspirational
Don't stop at the first no. You have to be a risk taker. If there weren't room for creativity, the patent office would close down.Collection: Creativity
The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have...," I wouldn't be here today.Collection: Life Lesson
There are people out there who want to say yes. That gave me confidence to keep asking.Collection: People
You have to have passion when you're finding a recipe for a career. If you love what you are doing, you'll never work a day in your life.Collection: Passion
The most important thing is for you to believe in what you are doing.Collection: Believe
We are here for a reason. We all have a gift or gifts to share.Collection: Reason
I believe the only limitations are the ones that we accept.Collection: Believe
Small business in America is what fuels the American economy. We need more small business to assist us in creating a great nation and in creating more jobs. It's this frontier that is endless in terms of opportunity and potential.Collection: Jobs
If you think you can, then you’re half way there. If you say, ‘I can’t,’ then you’re defeated.Collection: Thinking
Too many people have a wonderful dream and just talk about it rather than do something about it.Collection: Dream
There is always competition. Whatever you do, there will be competition, and you have to decide how you’re going to play. For me, I had to be the very best. I had to be the very best. Because, if I was not the very best, I would end up being number two.Collection: Play
Don't ever lose sight of your dreams. And, more importantly, reach for the stars.Collection: Dream
When somebody says, "You can't," I say, "Why not?"Collection: Why Not
If youre going to be at a job environment, you should love it. You shouldnt do it just for money. You should do it because you love it. And the money comes naturally.Collection: Jobs
Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.Collection: Business
The principle was right there - you couldn't miss it. The more we did for our customers, the more they did for us.Collection: Service Culture
Be great at what you do, and don't ever settle for mediocrity or else you will always wonder how great you could have been.Collection: Mediocrity
Never give up. The bankers and financial people did not take me seriously initially. Everyone thought I would fail. My attitude was that 'No' is an unacceptable answer when it comes to financing.Collection: Giving Up
We are here for a reason. We all have a gift or gifts to share. You want to look inside your heart and your soul, and you want to tap into the one thing you love to do. Develop it. Share it. Nurture it. You were meant to have that gift.Collection: Heart
Remember, the greatest failure is not to try.Collection: Inspiration
We knew we loved making cookies and every time we did, we made people happy. That was our business plan.Collection: People
I really do believe that there's no such thing as coincidence. People come into our lives for a reason.Collection: Believe
A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make.Collection: Ideas
What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself. Part of what I was trying to do was to make the decision to go into business and find the guts to see it through. I was told that when I went in to see the bankers that I was supposed to be very muted, that I was supposed to blend in, that I was supposed to have the typical drab suit on.Collection: Believe
All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself.Collection: Opportunity
I had always been taught that life was the other way around -- that you had to make sure you got what was coming to you . . .Collection: Way
The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.Collection: Business
I try not to take for granted how lucky we are to have life and breath and opportunity. Once we've got that, we can conquer anything.Collection: Opportunity
I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.Collection: Giving
My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people.Collection: People
I use my experience, my failures, my successes, and help people stay focused.Collection: People
I love to nurture, I love to help people. I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor.Collection: People
I love having fun! Why not?Collection: Fun
I feel like any time I'm doing what I love, my big pay-off is watching somebody else be the receiver.Collection: Pay
If that's what everybody else is doing, that is not what I'm going to do!Collection: Ifs
I believe the only limitations are the ones that we accept. I know that there is, in theory, a glass ceiling. But I don't believe that it's a solid wall. I'm going through it. Nothing's stopping me. Yes, there are these preconceived notions; yes, we have challenges. Let's accept them, let's not be afraid of them, let's break through them.Collection: Wall
I get very excited when I wake up in the morning and I am just full of oxygen.Collection: Morning