Envy Quotes

1097 Envy quotes by 766 unique authors

Antonia was very conscious of the corrosive power of envy and felt that it was this emotion, more than any other, which lay behind human… — Alexander McCall Smith
Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead of an inspiring… — Vanna Bonta
The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation. Sex does not thrive on monotony. Without feeling,… — Anais Nin
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.[or you will create disappointment and envy, as every other person has something, small or… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing… — Diogenes
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to… — Charles Caleb Colton
There is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury...but envy can gain nothing but vexation. — Michel de Montaigne
Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are. — John Lancaster Spalding
[Envy not for...] Whatever difference there may appear to be in men's fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of good and ill in all,… — Pierre Charron
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone happy or miserable.… — Roger L'Estrange
The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness by what it chooses to compare the experience with. If it chooses to compare it to… — Gautama Buddha
Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion… — George Washington
Gloucestershire police must be the envy of the human rights-abusing cop world. From Turkey to Indonesia they will say, 'Kidnapping peace protestors! How did they… — Mark Thomas
All of us, I suspect, imagine that a world exists from which we alone have been excluded; all of us have our noses pressed against… — James Atlas
TRUTH: When a child believes he must win to be worthy, when young adults define themselves by what they do and not who they are,… — Tom Shadyac
Horses don’t think the same as humans. Something that’s most unique about the horse, that I love, is not what he possesses but what he… — Buck Brannaman
It’s not really the love that I envy, it’s the trust. The feeling that no matter how bad you screw up, there is always someone… — Cassia Leo
Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just… — Jon Foreman
Work hard to discover your gift and you will never envy or hate another human being who is manifesting theirs. — Louis Farrakhan
So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us… — Ray Bradbury
The envy of excellence leads to perdition; the love of it leads to the light. — George Gilder
I envy my dad and his faith. I envy all people who have someone to beseech, who know where they're going, who sleep under the… — Kelly Corrigan
Even 51 per cent of a nation can establish a totalitarian and dictatorial règime, suppress minorities, and still remain democratic; there is, as we have… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for… — Betsy Lerner
Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity? — Bantu Holomisa

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