Envious Quotes

166 quotes by 139 authors

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
Poets seem to write more easily about love than prose writers. For a start, they own that flexible â€˜Iâ€™â€¦. Then again, poets seem able to… — Julian Barnes
Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You canâ€™t… — Bel Kaufman
Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having sinned through pride, sinned also… — John Vianney
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. — Socrates
Here's a practice for dealing with envy...each time you find yourself envious of someone...ask yourself, "What is there that I am noticing in the other… — M. J. Ryan
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. I don't leap and jump anymore. I look at… — Martha Graham
I was in love with everything- I wanted to look with love at the angry people so that their eyes would be forced to respond;… — Egon Schiele
Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it. — Young Jeezy
I hate climbers like Royal Robbins who are so superior. He doesnâ€™t mean to be, he just is. Heâ€™s methodic, scientific, capable, and so competent… — Warren G. Harding
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious, be honest with… — Bernard Baruch
A person influenced by circumstances can become viciously envious or affectionately kind. Our company and our surroundings have a crucial effect on our consciousness. How… — Radhanath Swami
Sometimes I wonder if the semi-conscious agenda of the media is to get between people and their souls. It is the the soul with its… — Michael Leunig
The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is… — Zhuangzi
Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them… — Marcus Aurelius
Normally, what youâ€™re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels â€¦ almost nonexistent things. — James Salter

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