Nothing is more subtly destructive than a closed circle of artists feeding on one another. Envy grows from insignificant differences between people,… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
Looking at what others have that I don't, can make me ungrateful, but looking at what I have that they don't, should… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
My brother, do men grieve over the fight of cats and dogs? So the jealousy, envy, and elbowing of common men should… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
And okay, fine. If you have to kiss her, you have to kiss her. And believe me, I do not envy you.… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
Mankind are so ready to bestow their admiration on the dead, because the latter do not hear it, or because it gives… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The cheap but simple human emotion of envy is the driving force of all socialism, of all anti-capitalist philosophy. It is the… — Andrew Joseph Galambos Copy Share Image
Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love!… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I cannot overstate how much a generous spirit contributes to good luck. Look at the luckiest people around you, the ones you… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I will tell you a little secret about archaeologists, dear Reader. They all pretend t be very high-minded. They claim that their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Where is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves.… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
Short-term performance envy causes many of the shortcomings that lock most investors into a perpetual cycle of underachievement. Watch your competitors not… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
The idea that the object of constitutions is not to confirm the predominance of any interest, but to prevent it; to preserve… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
My conscience is my crown,Contented thoughts my rest;My heart is happy in itself,My bliss is in my breast.Enough I reckon wealth;A mean… — Robert Southwell Copy Share Image
“Someone's great blessing has sprung from a pain that you may not be able to endure. So, envy not the blessings they… — J.S. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these… — Sarah Churchwell Copy Share Image
Man's envy is at its most intense where all are almost equal; his calls for redistribution are loudest when there is virtually… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
To worry about differences in earned incomes simply because some persons earn more than other persons is to wallow in envy. And… — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
“It was amazing to see the actual moment when Denny the boy became Denny the man. I admit that I had a… — Karen Harrington Copy Share Image
Envy is like flame which scorches the wisdom of inner self. Envy reflects lack of belief in self. It will eat away… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Lasting peace is sought, it is essential to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses. The welfare of the… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
On the one hand, people think they own kids; they feel that they have the right to tell the kids what to… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
“Even if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, keep to your own side; it's where you belong.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
If poisonous minerals, and if that tree, Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us, If lecherous goats, if serpents envious Cannot… — John Donne Copy Share Image
What is the use of acquiring one's heart's desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one's friends,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Lucian's father had warned him to fear idle men. Without the pride gained from a good day's work, they were left to… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
There are only two reasons why people gossip about you; it's either you are better than them or they like you but… — Tshepo Koos Maluleke Copy Share Image
I do occasionally envy the person who is religious naturally, without being brainwashed into it or suckered into it by all the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It is my greatest wish to enable our people to live with nothing to envy at the earliest possible date, and it… — Kim Jong Il Copy Share Image
When you make it a strong habit not to take anything personally, you avoid many upsets in your life. Your anger, jealousy,… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
If the angels were capable of envy, they would envy us for two things: one is the receiving of Holy Communion, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We sometimes congratulate someone, not because we value or find worthy what they have just achieved, but only because we fear coming… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When they are still gossiping about us, doing the same old negative routine, here we are moving our decent humble lives, in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Envy: Instead of focusing on your own goals, your goal becomes throwing off the rails other people’s goals and at the end… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
There comes a time in each man's education in which he comes to the conclusion that envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would… — Liz Truss Copy Share Image
