Debbi Fields Quotes - Page 2

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.

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.

We knew we loved making cookies and every time we did, we made people happy. That was our business plan.

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.

Remember, the greatest failure is not to try.

You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.

I really do believe that there's no such thing as coincidence. People come into our lives for a reason.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 . . .

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.

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.

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.

What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself.

I love having fun! Why not?

The easiest thing any of us can do is give up. It doesn't matter how many no's you go through.

No is an unacceptable answer. I'm allergic to no.

Being good enough never is.

Because what nobody ever understood is that I, too, wanted to be a somebody. But how do you go through life wanting to be a someone and not knowing how?

My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people.

If that's what everybody else is doing, that is not what I'm going to do!

I get very excited when I wake up in the morning and I am just full of oxygen. I say that purposefully. 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. Truly, I get high on oxygen, and once I graduate from that, what really fulfills me is doing what I love. That, to me, is absolutely priceless.

I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor. When you're starting out, especially as an entrepreneur, you really don't know what you're doing. You go out there and you try so many things. The key in the process, to me, is that you keep trying and you never give up.