Envious Quotes

166 Envious quotes by 139 unique authors

I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt envious, every time I saw… — Sandra Bullock
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. — John Cleese
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. — Antisthenes
One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the… — Imagawa Sadayo
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. — Horace
Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from… — Charles R. Swindoll
Even success softens not the heart of the envious. — Pindar
This movement among the Jews is not new... this worldwide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society on the basis… — Winston Churchill
A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act of the will. — Thomas Nagel
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance,… — William James
The interventionists do not approach the study of economic matters with scientific disinterestedness. Most of them are driven by an envious resentment against those whose… — Ludwig von Mises
Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to me. Your newspapers… — Oscar Wilde
Positively inclined people see everything in their right proportions. They put right things into perspective and are not envious of others. They attach importance to… — Herman Van Rompuy
O frost bitten blossoms, That are unfolding your wings From out the envious black branches. Bloom quickly and make much of the sunshine. The twigs… — William Carlos Williams
The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well. — John Lyly
If poisonous minerals, and if that tree, Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us, If lecherous goats, if serpents envious Cannot be damned; alas;… — John Donne
I hope we can be happy where we are, be grateful for our blessings-now-here, accept the challenge that is ours and make the most of… — Ezra Taft Benson
RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. — Ambrose Bierce
Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow,… — Jean de la Bruyere
I never understood the nudity thing. I’m so envious of people who can walk around naked. — Robert Pattinson
As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself — Lloyd Bridges
Certainly people are always very envious of me. When I join a new theater company, the other actors look down the program, see my Return… — Unknown Author
Comparing [our] blessings [with others] is almost certain to drive out joy. We cannot be grateful and envious at the same time. If we truly… — Quentin L. Cook
Victims may be defensive, submissive, over-accommodating to others, passive-aggressive in conflict, dependent on others for self-worth, overly sensitive, even manipulative. They're often angry, resentful, and… — David Emerald Womeldorff
There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it… — William Hazlitt

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