great leaders have had one characteristic in common

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

John Kenneth Galbraith 

The supreme quality for leadership

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Dwight D. Eisenhower  

leadership is not muscles

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

Mahatma Gandhi 

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Management v leadership

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Peter Drucker

leadership is defined by results not attributes

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Peter Drucker

Educationists role in leadership

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

Abdul Kalam 

Top 10 Leadership Quotes

1. "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." –  John C. Maxwell
2. "A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune." – Anonymous
3. "All Leadership is influence." — John C. Maxwell
4. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way." — General George Patton
6. "Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." — Warren Bennis
7. "Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are." — Jim Rohn
8. "The art of leadership is saying no, not yes.  It is very easy to say yes." — Tony Blair
9. "The price of greatness is responsibility." — Winston Churchill
10. "When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally." — Lao Tzu