Quotes about envy
envy soul mind
The destructive fixation of the envious English-Canadian mind requires that the highest, happiest most agile flyers be laid low. [It is] a sadistic desire corroded by soul-destroying envy, to intimidate all those who might aspire to anything the slightest exceptional. Conrad Black
envy feelings needs
Beware of feedback from friends whose judgments could be tainted by feelings of envy or the need to flatter. Curtis Jackson
envy compare
You always envy someone else's life and, as a woman, you're always comparing your life to someone else's life. Anna Camp
envy people achievement
There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy. Aeschylus
envy literature admiration
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
envy half bears
No metal can--no, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy. William Shakespeare
envy wish way
There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way. Agnes Repplier
envy purpose good-work
the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.
envy way best-way
The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get. Aristotle
envy seek solve ways
We must seek ways to solve difficulties such as hatred, envy and jealousy. Sathya Baba
envy criticism bears
The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy. Denis Waitley
envy interesting people
I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person. Carrie Fisher
envy intellectual vices
Envy ... is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves but only in their relations. Bertrand Russell
envy favor public unless
In many places, we're the envy of the world to have these public lands. I don't think anyone, unless you're a developer, should be in favor of this. John Gibson
envy hearing joy music people piece
I just got a chill. Sometimes I envy people who are hearing a piece of music for the first time. That joy of discovery, it's like your first love.
envy spirit cold
A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit. Hannah More
envy hatred enemy
The only thing more certain than the hatred of enemies is the envy of friends. Evan Esar
envy world watches
When you make your mark in the world, watch out for the envious with erasers.
envy excitement living-my-life
I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid! Eric Burdon
envy daggers sometimes
The gilded sheath of pity sometimes covers the dagger of envy. Friedrich Nietzsche
envy far judges novel obviously task
I didn't envy the judges their task this year. Obviously the novel is far from dead. John Banville
envy looks exotic
At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did look on with envy. How could you not? In an ideal world, I would have loved to have been a hippy - but I might have been a bit strait-laced. It was my fantasy. Imelda Staunton
envy heroic revenge
No revenge is so heroic than that which torments envy by doing good.
envy people
After a while you have to envy these people because they have community. Johnny Vaughan
envy jealousy key none together within
They play well together because there is no jealousy within the relationship, none whatsoever. The key is that there is no envy with the two of them. John Brady
envy musician used
I used to have a lot of envy for those musicians who have been universally loved. Moby
envy envious dies
The envious will die, but envy never. Moliere
envy doe fame
It stirs up envy, fame does. Marilyn Monroe
envy hatred together
Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object. Jean de la Bruyere
envy judgment malevolence
The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence. Marcus Tullius Cicero
envy gossip criticism
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. Mark Twain
envy enemy our-love
Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable.
envy contentment sin
The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God Jerry Bridges