Top 25 Debbi Fields Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Remember, the greatest failure is not to try.”

— Debbi Fields

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

— Debbi Fields

3. “Don’t ever lose sight of your dreams. And, more importantly, reach for the stars.”

— Debbi Fields

4. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

5. “If you think you can, then you’re half way there. If you say, ‘I can’t,’ then you’re defeated.”

— Debbi Fields

6. “Being good enough never is.”

— Debbi Fields

7. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

8. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

9. “It’s never too late – not now, not ever – for you to pursue your passion.”

— Debbi Fields

10. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

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

— Debbi Fields

12. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

13. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

14. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

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

— Debbi Fields

16. “The most important thing is for you to believe in what you are doing.”

— Debbi Fields

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

— Debbi Fields

18. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

19. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

20. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

21. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

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22. “The principle was right there – you couldn’t miss it. The more we did for our customers, the more they did for us.”

— Debbi Fields

23. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

24. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

25. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

26. “Too many people have a wonderful dream and just talk about it rather than do something about it.”

— Debbi Fields

27. “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?”

— Debbi Fields

28. “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.”

— Debbi Fields

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

— Debbi Fields