Quotes About Envy

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.

Mourning for the living cuz im so damn jealous of the dead.

Taste of metal on my tongue. Poison the color of envy- I'm delirious, you're delicious, I'm deluded and delusional. I'm lost without you. I need you.

You can't just do what you want, she thought. Why should Mia get to, when no one else did?

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority, otherwise called ambition.

Quand'ero bambina, invidiavo le donne come Momina, Mariella e le altre, le invidiavo e non sapevo chi fossero. Le immaginavo libere, ammirate, padrone del mondo. A pensarci adesso non mi sarei cambiata con nessuna di loro. La loro vita mi pareva una sciocchezza, tanto più sciocca perché non se ne rendevano conto. Ma potevano far diverso? al loro posto avrei fatto diverso?

Le catene, la morte, la comune speranza, acquistavano un senso terribile e quotidiano. Ciò che prima era visto nell'aria, era stato parole, adesso afferrava alle viscere. Nelle parole c'è qualcosa d'impudico. In certi istanti avrei voluto vergognarmi. Invece tacevo. Avrei voluto scomparire come un topo. Le bestie, pensavo, non sanno quel che avviene. Invidiavo le bestie.

She'll get all wooed by some smart, rich, dumbface, handsome, millionaire guy who doesn't care about money but has a lot of it. He'll probably have a private plane that goes to his private island that probably has dolphins. This means that Jen, on top of being happy and smart and pretty and sweet, will most likely get to name and play with...pet dolphins. You can't compete with dolphins .

It is simple truth that the Indian did not, so long as his native philosophy held sway over his mind, either envy or desire to imitate the splendid achievements of the white man. In his own thought he rose superior to them!

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflec

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led,They damn those authors whom they never read.

There are some upon this earth of yours," returned the Spirit, "who claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us, and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.

These people hated me with the hatred of cupidity and disappointment. As a matter of course, they fawned upon me in my prosperity with the basest meanness.

Maldito seas! A fe que merece simpatía el hombre que me demuestra lo que yo podría haber sido y no soy.

You are envious, Biddy, and grudging. You are dissatisfied on account of my rise in fortune, and you can't help showing it.

Now, Biddy," said I, "I am very sorry to see this in you. I did not expect to see this in you. You are envious, Biddy, and grudging. You are dissatisfied on account of my rise in fortune, and you can't help showing it." "If you have the heart to think so," returned Biddy, "say so. Say so over and over again, if you have the heart to think so.

When I perceived (which I did, almost as soon) that jealousy was growing out of this, I liked this society still better. Had I not been subject to jealousy,

There are some upon this earth of yours," returned the Spirit, "who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.

At last he met the chief butler, the sight of which splendid retainer always finished him. Extinguished by this great creature, he sneaked to his dressing-room, and there remained shut up until he rode out to dinner, with Mrs Merdle, in her own handsome chariot. At dinner, he was envied

The landmines in his arsenal include such sins as pride, jealousy and envy, disappointment, unforgiveness, compromise, sexual temptation, fear, and laziness—which God also calls slothfulness. Each one is designed by Satan to discourage you and keep you from reaching your full potential. That happened in Saul's life. He never fully became the person God created him to be because he allowed pride to enter his heart. If we are not discerning and wise, the same will be true of us.

I wonder if the falcon knows of his gift of grace. Does he ever just take upon wing for the pure joy of it. He seems only to fly with purpose. He cares not of my envy. Mocking me as he dances with angels. But in my dreams I soar with him among the clouds, the cool breeze on my face as we climb higher. Perhaps one day I will know when I'm in the presence of God. For surely he will grant me this that I've dreamed.