Distance Quote by George Herbert Download Open image “Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.” — George Herbert ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Distance Envy Greater Greatness Thyself
“Envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more offensive to God, nor more injurious to our neighbour and… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
“Envy is awful. Unlike jealousy, which comes from the threat of losing what you cherish, envy is a dark desire for things over which… — Hilary Thayer Hamann Copy Share Image
“Envy is the root of all negativity. To eliminate envy is to achieve peace in both spirituality and in the physical world.” — Rahim Mawji Copy Share Image
Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place and attacks it; and when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Envy is when you resent God's goodness in other people's lives and ignore God's goodness in your own life. — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
Envy ought to have no place allowed it in the hearts of people; for the goods of this present world are so vile and… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“Envy is a dangerous sin. To envy someone you love is to kill a part of yourself” — Alisa M. Libby Copy Share Image
“Envy is an indispensable member of our society and somewhat a loyal friend of our society; its fruits can be sweeter or bitter; it… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“Envy makes you groan and COMPLAIN, Always wondering, “Why them — not ME?” Envy fills you with bitterness and PAIN. Envy is the soul’s… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle. [In the house of the fiddler all fiddle.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
By all means use some time to be alone, salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books). — George Herbert Copy Share Image
I raised another shot. "That sound you hear is the heads of moral conservatives spontaneously exploding in the distance. — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
I think hair gel was invented to make it easier to identify assholes from a distance. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Prison experience puts distance between me and any person who hasn't been there, done that. — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing on a… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment one feels when looking at the earth from a plane was the same sense she felt when looking at people: only her distance from people seemed longer. - Dagny Taggart — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Memories seem to surface in no particular order, with no time attached. Yesterday can seem as distant as last year. My life now consists of fragments where some are so blinding in their intensity that they make everything else indistinguishable. It feels as if my existence was extinguished in a flash, and afterwards my universe became incomprehensible. I want to… — Linda Olsson Copy Share
I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Combining the experience of a seasoned university president with the analysis of a respected legal scholar, Derek Bok explores what he concludes are 'signs of excessive commercialization in every part of the university.' His somber assessment of the current state of athletics, scientific research, and distance education, and his call for review and restraint, should engage the attention of every… — Frank H. T. Rhodes Copy Share
To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death. — Toshihiko Seko Copy Share Image
The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image