Envy Quote by Meg Wolitzer

“Envy is when you want what someone else has. Jealousy’s when you also don’t want them to have it.”

— Kirsten Hubbard

“Jealousy is a mortal emotion. One that means I feel I have something to lose--something that, if gone, will tear away a part of…

— Jackson Pearce

“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

“I’d always defined jealousy as coveting what someone else has.”

— Tammara Webber

“Jealousy is being called up to what you can have, instead of called out for what you don't have.”

— Jackie Viramontez

“Envy is resentment of good things that happen to other people. Jealousy increases the importance of the person we wish belonged only to us.…

— Carlos Fuentes

“Envy is for people who don’t have the self-esteem to be jealous.”

— Bauvard

“The underbelly of envy and jealousy is an unconscious holding back of yourself.”

— Dr. Deb Sandella

“Envy comes from wanting something that isn't yours, but grief comes from losing something you've already had.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Jealousy is a waste of energy...focus on what I have, not what I don't.”

— Nikki Grimes

“There's a chasm between envy and desire. Envy is like wanting something that's not yours. But desire is different. Desire comes out of wanting…

— Michka Assayas

“Envy is admiration laced with resentment.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo