“Jealousy was essentially "I want what you have," while envy was "I want what you have, but I also want to take… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
“Or is it that slow paced evil creeps in when it espies and envies happiness, and then takes a deliberate foul delight… — Leslie W.P. Garland Copy Share Image
No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entrance. No one else… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
I'm not a completely envy-free zone - I envy 25-year-old men with magnificent bodies - but when I look at my colleagues… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely? — Karen Brademeyer Copy Share Image
It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
Many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place and attacks it; and when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I've never worked a day in my life. The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
My hapless peers with their lofty dreams--how I envy and despise them! I'm with the others, the even more hapless, who have… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Envy no man... His trousers may look good, but his boxers might be full of holes... — MO'zee Copy Share Image
We have more experience of movement and more capacity for it than of feeling and thought... We know much more about movement… — Moshe Feldenkrais Copy Share Image
I think it's dangerous to think you know what you're writing. I usually don't know, and usually I just discover it in… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
Most people want to see you to do better, but not doing better than them. — London Mond Copy Share Image
I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire. — Charles Olson Copy Share Image
