Envy Quotes

1097 Envy quotes by 766 unique authors

Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. — Zig Ziglar
In other words, it was a struggle with himself. And the product of that struggle: anger, bitterness, resentment, envy or transformation, aspiration, hope, decency..the product… — Emma Forrest
It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted to change myself… — Gretchen Rubin
These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity, excess, carnality, contempt,… — Martin Amis
Each time I read a book, I cataloged the parts that struck me dumb with envy and admiration for their beauty and power and truth. — Jack Gantos
The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future.… — Stephen Baxter
He grinned. “I was trying to remember all the deadly sins the other day,” he said. “Greed,envy, gluttony, irony, pedantry…” “I’m pretty sure irony isn’t… — Cassandra Clare
The loved object is simply one that has shared an experience at the same moment of time, narcissistically; and the desire to be near the… — Lawrence Durrell
If envy is red and doubt is black then happiness is brown. I looked from the little brown stone to the tiny brown freckle to… — Annabel Pitcher
Quiet and incredible. I really envy that. — Sarah Dessen
I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent,… — Og Mandino
They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. — Christopher Marlowe
The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's… — Paulo Coelho
This is ideal, you’ll see. We do everything backward. It’s just how we are. We began with an elopement. After that, we made love. Next,… — Tessa Dare
Is it not enough that we cannot make one another happy, must we also rob one another of the pleasures that any heart may permit… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I am Envy, begotten of a chimney-sweeper and an oyster-wife. I cannot read, and therefore wish all books were burnt; I am lean with seeing… — Christopher Marlowe
It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy. — Truman Capote
Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Do not neglect to bring your revolver, Russell. It may be needed, and it does us no good in your drawer with that disgusting cheese."… — Laurie R. King
Yet we always envy others, comparing our shadows to their sunlit sides. — Margaret George
The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy. — Yann Martel
He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot… — Baruch Spinoza
We wish to learn all the curious, outlandish ways of all the different countries, so that we can "show off" and astonish people when we… — Mark Twain

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