Quotes About Envy

I almost envy your horse," she said, "because these thighs hug him all day." -Rebecca to Jake

One did not complain about having in abundance that which others wished desperately to obtain.

He look back toward the dance floor and greeted his teeth. She was in Tristan's arms moving gracefully in rhythm with the music. Tristan with cutting quite a swath through the ladies, he knew it shouldn't grate that his brother was dancing with Mary. Tristan knew more than he knew any of the others. It was expected. But still he didn't like the way Tristan watched her through hooded eyes. But then Tristan caught his gaze an issue a silent challenge: cut in. I dare you.

The skies were overcast. As the carriage rumbled along, Rafe watched the shadows weave in and out, dance over and around her as she gazed out the window. And blast it all if he didn't envy their ability to touch her so lightly.

We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.

I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, but give it away as I go along, and then nobody will envy me, or want to steal it, and I shan't be suspecting folks and worrying about my old cash.

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead.

Being jealous] is like drinking acid, and expecting the other person to die.

How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.

Power seems to confer on its possessor a mantle of superiority, specialness, and sexual potency, which the envious person desperately wants because he feels himself on some level to be inferior, unimportant, and impotent.

The masses do not like those who surpass them in any regard. The average man envies and hates those who are different.

In fact, sometimes I was sure that the reason people stared at you with your crutches and wheelchair had nothing to do with your disabilities, and everything to do with the fact that you had abilities that they only dreamed of.

They both knew that jealousy could rise like a tide, erasing events that had been scratched into the shore of your memory.

Allí arriba tiene su nido? ¡Qué bonito debe de ser vivir tan alto!

have become offended. Offended people produce much fruit, such as hurt, anger, outrage, jealousy, resentment, strife, bitterness, hatred, and envy. Some of the consequences of picking up an offense are insults, attacks, wounding, division, separation, broken relationships, betrayal, and backsliding.

Hay veces en que le envidio su juventud, pero trato de no pensar mucho en eso. Un anciano no debe tener celos de aquellos que vienen a ocupar su puesto, y recordar el tiempo en que era joven, sano y viril es un acto de masoquismo que no sirve de nada.

My foes have missed their mark in this shooting at me: I am not the man: I wish that they themselves be guiltless.  If all the fornicators and adulterers in England were hanged up by the neck till they be dead, John Bunyan, the object of their envy, would be still alive and well. 

The bottom line is that when you long for the gifts, favor, position, or opportunities of someone else, it distracts you from the gifts, favor, position, and opportunities that God has given YOU.

When I saw how much pain love could bring I felt sorry for those in love, when I saw how much joy love could bring I envied those in love.

It's not what you do for me on Valentine's Day that matters but the amount of jealousy it provokes in others.

Is someone trying to discourage you from a goal? Before you buy into their opinions, consider whether or not this person might be jealous of you and your success. Follow your own path...

I'm perfectly happy being single...Until I see a happy couple.

It kills him to know that I'm happy with some other guy.

Don't get mad when someone else starts to appreciate the person you took for granted. What you wont do someone else will.