Top 50 David Cottrell Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Doing the right thing isn’t always easy – in fact, sometimes it’s real hard – but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.”

— David Cottrell

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2. “Don’t be so busy making a living that you forget how to live. Work hard to be successful, but enjoy the journey.”

— David Cottrell

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3. “Our comfort zones can be our greatest enemy to our potential.”

— David Cottrell

4. “If each Monday morning, you make a choice to move into the new work week with renewed commitment and passion, you can change all areas of your life. You can truly change your Mondays and change your life.”

— David Cottrell

5. “Change allows us to exit the comfortable and enter the improved.”

— David Cottrell

6. “You will never have enough time to do everything you need to do, so what you need is a crystal clear understanding of the important things you have to do.”

— David Cottrell

7. “Frequently, the difference between success and failure is the resolve to stick to your plan long enough to win.”

— David Cottrell

8. “The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.”

— David Cottrell

9. “Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.”

— David Cottrell

10. “Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your team.”

— David Cottrell

11. “You have to escape from management land and get in touch with your people.”

— David Cottrell

12. “When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done.”

— David Cottrell

13. “We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.”

— David Cottrell

14. “A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame.”

— David Cottrell

15. “Successful people keep moving, even when they are discouraged and have made mistakes.”

— David Cottrell

16. “If expecting something in return is your reason for giving, you are really not giving- you’re swapping. If you receive something in return for your gift, what you receive is a bonus – not a repayment of a debt.”

— David Cottrell

17. “Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.”

— David Cottrell

18. “Until you accept total responsibility – no matter what – you won’t be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.”

— David Cottrell

19. “So much of life is about attitude and how we handle what life throws our way. Life is good – even when a situation appears to be the worst.”

— David Cottrell

20. “Enthusiasm is something you can’t fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you.”

— David Cottrell

21. “There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.”

— David Cottrell

22. “You are the chief bucket filler, and the best way to fill buckets is with excellent communication.”

— David Cottrell

23. “Guard your integrity as if it’s your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is.”

— David Cottrell

24. “One of the major sources of stress, anxiety, and unhappiness comes from feeling as if your life is out of control.”

— David Cottrell

25. “Success is ultimately realized by people who make more good choices and recover quickly from their bad choices. Our personal and professional success depends on repeating good choices, day in and day out, and avoiding repetition of bad choices.”

— David Cottrell

26. “For you to be successful and provide your employees with the necessary tools for success, you and your boss must work together – no matter what.”

— David Cottrell

27. “Trusted counselors, mentors and guides make an indelible mark on the lives they touch, and they provide the two ingredients to success in life – caring and sharing – that cannot be learned or purchased.”

— David Cottrell

28. “The truth is that problems won’t just go away.”

— David Cottrell

29. “If your focus is always changing, expect confusion to be rampant on your team.”

— David Cottrell

30. “People quit people before they quit companies.”

— David Cottrell

31. “The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.”

— David Cottrell

32. “It is rare for people to say they want to be held accountable, but in reality, everyone wants everyone else to be held accountable.”

— David Cottrell

33. “You can help determine your team’s enthusiasm for the change by focusing on the entrance of potential while you are working through the exit of the past.”

— David Cottrell

34. “Press on. Your defining moment may arrive just when you feel surrounded by adversity.”

— David Cottrell

35. “To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.”

— David Cottrell

36. “If you want to be around people who are positive and enthusiastic and eager to live life, your attitude has to be the same.”

— David Cottrell

37. “To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional – it’s mandatory.”

— David Cottrell

38. “What you see in the interview will not get significantly better when the individual is hired.”

— David Cottrell

39. “When you depend on another’s perceptions to match your expectations, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment.”

— David Cottrell

40. “One of the main things for a leader is to eliminate confusion.”

— David Cottrell

41. “When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility.”

— David Cottrell

42. “The single greatest demotivator of a team is having members who are not carrying their load.”

— David Cottrell

43. “Don’t stifle your career by limiting you knowledge.”

— David Cottrell

44. “Your job is not to lower the bottom by adjusting for and accommodating the lowest-performing employees. You should be raising the top by recognizing and rewarding superstar behavior.”

— David Cottrell

45. “Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.”

— David Cottrell

46. “Whether you realize it or not, you have the power to be successful.”

— David Cottrell

47. “Your team has entrusted a portion of their life to you, and it’s your job to help them grow, personally and professionally.”

— David Cottrell

48. “The worst type of employee you can have is one who has mentally quit and is still physically coming to work every day.”

— David Cottrell

49. “When it comes to leading people, there is no problem that is unique to you.”

— David Cottrell

50. “Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.”

— David Cottrell