Debbi Fields Quotes

Remember, the greatest failure is not to try.

There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try.

The only failure is not trying.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

The only way to fail for me is just not to try.

Don't judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.

When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

Not to give up under any circumstances should be the motto of our life: I shall try again and again, and I am bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but I have to defy the obstacles.

There is but one failure in life and that is the failure to try.

I thought about all the people that told me I couldn't do it and told me I couldn't get there.

Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle!

Just because people tell you it can't be done, that doesn't necessarily mean that it can't be done. It just means that they can't do it.

Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

I had so many outs in my career. I could have said, I don’t need this. I have money; I have fame; I have victories; I have Grand Slams. But when your love for something is bigger than all those things, you continue to keep getting up in the morning when it’s freezing outside, when you know that it can be the most difficult day, when nothing is working, when you feel like the belief sometimes isn’t there from the outside world, and you seem so small. But you can achieve great things when you don’t listen to all those things.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave in. We never became bitter. We didn't hate. We continued to press on. And that's what we're saying: There are some ups, there are some downs, and when you're not down, you must have the capacity and the ability to get up and keep going.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.