Envy Quotes · Page 27

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

— George Herbert

Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred.

— Peter Drucker

Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this, Dumbledore.

— Voldemort

Madame Aubain's servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century.

— Gustave Flaubert

How can we explain the perpetuity of envy--a vice which yields no return?

— Honore de Balzac

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

— Jean Vanier

People will love you. People will hate you. Others will secretly wish to be you.

— Anonymous

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

— Ivan Illich

I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity…

— F. Sionil Jose

A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not…

— Richard Steele

In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not…

— Robert Greene

If envy is red and doubt is black then happiness is brown. I looked from the little brown stone to the tiny…

— Annabel Pitcher

People often see qualities in others that they don't see in themselves. Then they hold them accountable for their own short comings.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

It is not envy or malice, as so many people think, but utter despair that has persuaded many educational reformers to recommend…

— Peter Medawar

“I'd saturate my brain with such an overabundance of gratitude for every little joy around me that I wouldn't have any room…

— Katherine Center

Envy makes people lonely, and brings them great suffering. It is horrible stuff to have in our flesh, and it is a…

— Esther Smith

Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and…

— Barry Hannah

“Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling? The…

— Bertrand Russell

I envy those old Greek bathers, into whose hands were delivered Pericles, and Alcibiades, and the perfect models of Phidias. They had…

— Bayard Taylor

Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the…

— Edmund Waller

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much…

— Sonia Sotomayor

Is it not enough that we cannot make one another happy, must we also rob one another of the pleasures that any…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocence, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent:…

— Francis Bacon

One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people - I categorize them…

— Donald Trump

I envy Jonghyun's technique and energy, Onew's voice, Key's rapping skills and Minho's looks.

— Lee Tae-min

All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied.

— Samuel Johnson

If you are going to judge a book by its cover, don't be disappointed if the story tells a different tale.

— Kos

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.

— Warren Buffett

You can tell a jealouse envy person they always got something negative to say about others and you behind your back

— Frenchqueen

“Run along now while I show off my new acquisition. No one below has feathers. I’ll be the envy of hell.”

— Susan Ee

“I envy no man, my wants and desires consumed by my search to quench their longing and my ability to accomplish every…

— Dick Mawson

“Envy is a dangerous sin. To envy someone you love is to kill a part of yourself”

— Alisa M. Libby

“Touch her'- his voice was laced with malice, even as it faded to a mere whisper- 'and I'll annihilate you all.”

— Kerri Maniscalco

Jealousy is beautiful only on a young and ardent face. After the first wrinkles, trust must return.

— Alfred Capus

Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

— Alexander Pope

Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both.

— Robert Burton

You cant make a million friends without getting a few haters. But remember, haters only hate the person they can't be.

— Anonymous

You want Paradise, you gotta build it on war, on blood, on envy and naked greed.

— Michel Faber

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

— Jay McInerney

The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy.

— Juvenal