Envied Quotes

106 quotes by 96 authors

The Gospel of Judas turns Judas' act of betrayal into an act of obedience. The sacrifice of Jesus' body of flesh in fact becomes saving.… — Craig A. Evans
Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied. — Criss Jami
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. — Baltasar Gracian
After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have… — Ernest Shackleton
I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who… — Tom Stoppard
Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied. — Mark Twain
I noticed the drama majors on campus when I was at Notre Dame. They just seemed to be freer spirits than the rest of us.… — Catherine Hicks
The scene I had just witnessed (a couple making love in the ocean) brought back a lot of memories â€“ not of things I had… — Hunter S. Thompson
I envied those who could believe in a God and I distrusted them. I felt they were keeping their courage up with a fable of… — Graham Greene
I really beleive that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of, let's say 100,000 miles, their outlook… — Michael Collins
She envied Ralph his dying, for if one were thinking of rest that was the most perfect of all. To cease utterly, to give it… — Henry James
I'm loved by some, hated by many, envied by most, yet wanted by all. (Josiah) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied. — Charles Caleb Colton
To subdue one's self to one's own ends might be dangerous, but to subdue one's self to other people's ends was dust and ashes. Yet… — Dorothy L. Sayers
To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness sheds a halo… — Brigham Young
There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale. — Anna Godbersen
We all want to be stars. The idea of being revered and envied must be encoded somewhere deep in our DNA. So must the desire… — Tonya Hurley
Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar,… — Bertrand Russell
As best I could make out, having never heard the term until I arrived in California, being a WASP meant being mossbacked, lockjawed, rigid, humorless,… — Kay Redfield Jamison
I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up… — David Benioff

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