Envy Quotes

Don't envy my smile because it took me a lot of tears to get it. So when you see the glory, ask for the story.

Envy, is Pride's greatest Fear.

It's silly to think the left eye would envy the right or that one foot would be jealous of the other, and yet so often it is the case.

You become strong by lifting others up, not pulling them down.

Those who envy you inadvertently admit to being inferior to you.

When an eagle spreads its wings to fly, even the swan is envious.

Envy is a much natural byproduct when your childhood isn’t the way it is supposed to be

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.

He who don’t know what envy can do shall always do what envy can do

It is not the fault of the stars that they shine brightly, but the fault of our eyes that they cannot handle light.

he was so obsessed by the action in front of him that he had no awareness of the growing reaction to his performance.

He who makes $25, 000 annually through passive income is more enviable than he who earns $100, 000 annually through a salary.

As a bird with beautiful feathers is the target of hunters, so the gifted are targets of the envious.

You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions of you.

When they judge you, yawn.When they misunderstand you, smile.When they underestimate you, laugh.When they condemn you, ignore.When they envy you, rejoice.When they oppose you, prevail.

Roses do not take beauty advice from weeds.

We never envy another's achievement more than when we know very little about how it was attained.

Socialism is politicized envy.

Try to resist copying a blueprint from another person's ministry.

A missionary deals with all the important people of the community, but he is never really one of them.

Neither compares nor competes.

Envy, bleating 'I'm as good as you', is the hotbed of Fascism.

Antonia was very conscious of the corrosive power of envy and felt that it was this emotion, more than any other, which lay behind human unhappiness. People did not realise how widespread envy was.

If girls could spit venom, it'd be through their eyes.

If you choose to be fearless, then be fearlessly authentic not an imitation of someone you envy.

They all laughed when I said I'd become a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.

It's always funny that you can try and try again to steal all your critics' ammo, predict their responses, but no matter what, they'll still have a water gun stashed somewhere.

Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Fear of nature led to society

I am more than a little jealous that the wonder I am party to has been sprinkled over Salinger's gray head.

There is no greater beast than envy, no greater thief than fear, no greater enemy than greed, no greater predator than wrath, and no greater poison than bitterness.

Envy is admiration laced with resentment.

Those who envy the success of others are normally ignorant to the sacrafices, failures, and dedication that it took for them to get there

The sudden, painful flare of envy caught me by surprise. I was a loner, my last few years in school. I could have done with a friend like that.

Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche is the man who had such a long record of infamy the devil would be blue with envy.

It’s okay to glance at the light of another. But when you look to long, it will blind you from seeing your own.

I'm not equipped to handle what she has, both good and bad and what she has is always a package deal of both. In other words, I've been assigned a load I can handle.

Envy expresses itself through condemnation. The louder the condemnation the greater the envy.

Insecurity creates ditches for others and oneself as well.

A hint of jealously once in a while is not only natural but a compliment therefore, always smile and accept it graciously for it shows they care...

People that are jealous and envious of you are too freaking lazy to step up their own game.

If you just can’t get rid of envy, then start creating a life, so that if you saw yourself from afar, you’d be envious of you.

What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?""Everything, since he has a command and I have not.

Jealousy was essentially "I want what you have, " while envy was "I want what you have, but I also want to take it away so you can't have it.

Millions upon millions will attain your ceremony, but don't think all of them are in a ceremonius mood.

Stretch an unwavering tenacity when facing bad to worse attitudes.

Learn to love your haters, they are a wonderful source of inspiration.

Envy yearns to find flaws.

Envy is a buzz killer."~R. Alan Woods [2013]

Insecure people put others down to raise themselves up.