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Quotes About Jealousy

The person who forgives is always greater than the one who is jealous and angry.
~ Joyce Meyer
We are not jealous of what anyone else has if we have the same thing. Fear comes when we are afraid we will be left out or have to do without what we want.
~ Joyce Meyer
For I was envious of the foolish and arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. PSALM 73:3
~ Joyce Meyer
ich verspüre eine Eifersucht auf alle Winter, die du haben wirst, ohne mich.
~ Judith Hermann
obviously coveted.
~ Judith McNaught
Everyone knew Eleanor was the smartest person in their class. So when she said sabotage the rest of them went scrambling for the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
~ Judy Blume
Then get rid of Tootsie," Fudge said. "I'm sick of her. She's no fun." "Someday she'll be fun.
~ Judy Blume
People always covet what they themselves do not possess.
~ Walter Moers
The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.
~ WASHINGTON ALLSTON
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
~ Washington Irving
Then I saw Juli. She was two tables away from me, facing my direction. Only she wasn't looking at me. She was looking at Jon, her eyes all sparkly and laughing. My heart lurched. What was she laughing about? What were they talking about? How could she sit there and look so... beautiful? I felt myself spinning out of control. It was weird. Like I couldn't even steer my own body. I'd always thought Jon was pretty cool, but right then I wanted to go over and throw him across the room.
~ Wendelin Van Draanen
Along with every other male of his acquaintance he loathed the Naked Chef with messianic passion and prayed for the day he suffered a fatal accident on his scooter or burst into flames with the friction of sliding down that nauseating banister. Mark hated to think how rich he must be. And the fact that a mere bloody cook was taking up space in The Times that could be filled by a train journalist. Like himself, for example. Bastard.
~ Wendy Holden
For as much as Hillary Clinton might hate admitting this about Monica Lewinisky, Eleanor Roosevelt about Missy Le Hand, Queen Alexandra about Lillie Langtry, Lady Nelson about Emma Hamilton, or Jackie about Marilyn, the reality is that despite their intrinsic animosity toward each other, on a a deep level, the wife and the mistress generally have far more in common than they might care to admit and could, had fate dealt them different cards, even been true friends.
~ Wendy Leigh
Amor u obsesión, lo que había tras sus sentimientos era tan fuerte que prefería destruirla a verla con otro
~ Wendy Walker
They will always judge you for what they don't know how to do.
~ Wesley D'Amico
As a result he hated Gabriel, in the way a second son hates an elder
~ Daniel Silva
los envidiosos te envidian hasta la miseria.
~ Daniel Torres
If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill.
~ Danish Proverb
And Greg,' she said, turning her face up to him, 'it's stupid and childish, and utterly ridiculous for you to be jealous of my mother! You've never seen that I can love anyone else without detracting from my love for you. I suppose because you had no family of your own, you can't see that love isn't like that - it has no limits, it just stretches to accommodate more people all the time, and it doesn't become thinner in the process, only deeper and richer...
~ Daphne Clair
They who turn their backs towards other men laugh at their ambitions
~ Darren Huston
In my experience, you never get silver linings without clouds. Even then I knew enough of the world to understand that inner circles are always heavily fortified against newcomers, and royal favor always arouses jealousy.
~ Dave Duncan
Voilet had told me about wives. In cultures where marriage was practiced, he had said, a woman was allowed to choose the man who would own her, or at least she might protest if she did not approve of her father's choice. Usually but not always, a man was limited to owning one wife and therefore might display jealousy.
~ Dave Duncan
Inside, my soul became so cold I hated everything. I even despised the sun, for I knew I would never be able to play in its warm presence. I cringed with hate whenever I heard other children laughing, as they played outside. My stomach coiled whenever I smelled food that was about to be served to somebody else, knowing it wasn't for me.
~ Dave Pelzer
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil" (emphasis added). It's not about money; it's about our attitude. God doesn't like it when we worship anything other than Him. He's a jealous God, and if our love of money (or family, or career, or hobbies, or . . . you fill in the blank) gets in the way of our relationship with Him, then we have a problem. He doesn't like that.
~ Dave Ramsey