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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

It's never too late - not now, not ever - for you to pursue your 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.

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.

There are people out there who want to say yes. That gave me confidence to keep asking.

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

Never enter relationships. Otherwise, suffer the pains that come with it. Enjoy your individuality while you can.

Grace is not a little prayer you say before you eat. It is a way of life. Eph 2:8, 9

Ladies, how do you expect a man to love you, if he hasn't first learnt how to love himself?

I never knew anybody . . . who found life simple. I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details.

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.

I often tell people in the clinics, the human possesses the one thing that means more to the horse than anything in the world, and that is peace and comfort.

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.

We need to have a little humor in our lives. .If the time ever comes when we can't smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.

He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that 'no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of it'.