Quotes from Debbi Fields

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.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.

Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.

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.

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.

Good enough never is

The one thing that I think is critical in the entrepreneurial spirit is that it's all attitude. If you think you can, then you're half way there. If you say, 'I can't,' then you're defeated.

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.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.

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 love making people smile. I get so much energy through interacting and feeling like I've made a difference, a small difference.

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 . . .

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.

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?

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

I feel like any time I'm doing what I love, my big pay-off is watching somebody else be the receiver.

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.

I love being in the moment. I love my family. I love chocolate. I love baking.

Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.

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 having fun! Why not?

I love to nurture, I love to help people. I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor.

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.

"Good enough never is" has become the motto of this company.