Envy Quotes

1097 Envy quotes by 766 unique authors

We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice. — Jean de la Bruyere
The only causes of regret are laziness, outbursts of temper, hurting others, prejudice, jealousy, and envy. — Germaine Greer
On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion. — Unknown Author
All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied. — Samuel Johnson
People can commend the weather without envy. — William Shenstone
Call it "womb awe" or even "womb worship" but it's not simple envy. I don't remember even wanting to be a woman. But each of… — Sam Keen
Indeed envy is a defect; worse than any other. — Unknown Author
Human envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of the essential conditions… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Among true and real friends, all is common; and were ignorance and envy and superstition banished from the world, all mankind would be friend. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows… — John Quincy Adams
Cast out envy; you can have all that you want, and you need not envy any man what he has. Above all things, see to… — Wallace D. Wattles
In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we… — Leo Rosten
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes,… — Henry Fielding
I was different unique and always happy. At school this attracted playground harassment. Nowadays, while I remain effervescent, quicker to perceive enmity I reserve my… — Clarence Day
I envy my daughter's childhood. — Rene Russo
It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you… — Marilyn Monroe
The suburban housewife - she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the… — Betty Friedan
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. — Saint John Chrysostom
Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah cries, we have… — Justin Martyr
The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers. — Luc de Clapiers
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many ingenious men from… — Robert Fulton
To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible, without any charity,… — Maximus the Confessor
Envy and jealousy are very harmful because you are never ever satisfied with what you have and you never reflect on what you have. You… — Tsem Tulku
Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and… — Robert G. Allen
They were so much alike and they become best friends. It was a wonderful relationship. They respected each other, and they never put each other… — Miguel Angel Ruiz

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