Envy Quotes

1097 Envy quotes by 766 unique authors

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the… — Marilyn Monroe
In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades. — Viggo Mortensen
The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony.… — Dave Mustaine
The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and… — Gary Oldman
Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for… — Camille Paglia
You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the country and you're gonna get 'em. You're gonna stick it to… — Rand Paul
I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me… — Jane Pauley
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. — Cesare Pavese
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. — William Penn
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy. — Roger Tory Peterson
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual… — Petrarch
The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you. — Robert M. Pirsig
If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang. — Charley Reese
My tattoo is of a cannon in Vancouver that I got in a fleeting moment of stupidity maybe 14 years ago. A lot of people… — Ryan Reynolds
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! — Samuel Richardson
People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. — Jim Rohn
The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision. — Mitt Romney
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy… — Theodore Roosevelt
We've never been people that go around and confront people that have been financially successful and say, 'We hate you. We envy you because of… — Marco Rubio

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