"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast." ― Charles Dickens Topic(s): Strength More From Charles Dickens "The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons." "The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself." "Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions." More In Strength "I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time."― Anna Freud "Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak. I am a man of the people and help them but it is important to do so through strength."― Don King "You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities."― Steve Case