Quotes About Envy

A man shall never be enriched by envy.

It's not in our nature. Americans have never been a people that drive through a nice neighborhood and say, 'Oh, I hate the people who live in these nice houses.'

Poisonous people will try to destroy you when they recognize your power this is because they fear what you might become.

We may be just a drop in the ocean, but even the ocean envies the depth of our love.

How much I'd always envied the tight life of voles. The hidey hole was happiness.

It is in the nature of man to want what he does not have. This modern concern for happiness seems a real testimony of its absence.

Don't invite envy to your house – you never know who will show up, " she used to warn me.

It's an odd feeling-farewell-there is some envy in it. Men go off to be tested for courage and if we're tested at all, it's for patience, for doing without, for how well we can endure loneliness.

Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue, restrains the hand and tramples upon temptations.

The hate which we all bear with the most Christian patience is the hate of those who envy us.

Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to the successes of those whom we despise—Vivian

Why wouldn't you want to be the envy of your neighbors by being so good and so generous and so smart in how you use the power that you obviously have? That's my patriotism.

When I bought the Rolls Royce they thought it was leased, then I bought that new Ferrari hater rest in peace.

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

It is doubly chimerical to build peace on economic foundations which, in turn, rest on the systematic cultivation of greed and envy, the very forces which drive men into conflict.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.

They will not let you have peace, they don't want you to have anything they don't have themselves.

Fools only crib about what they do not have. They do not count their blessings.

Envy is the slow poison that finally slaughters peace.

How does hating get started? It's started by the jealous people, and they get mad over the things you have.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery..

Grass is always greener on your side, just switch places with your neighbor.

Roots never get the appreciation that a flower does, but that doesn't make them envious.