Quotes About Envy

The suburban housewife -- she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the world. The American housewife -- freed by science and labor-saving appliances from the drudgery, the dangers of childbirth, and the illnesses of her grandmother had found true feminine fulfillment.

The venom clamors of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.

People will love you. People will hate you. Others will secretly wish to be you.

Thanks to those who hated me, you made me a stronger person. Thanks to those who loved me, you made my heart grow fonder. Thanks to those who envied me, you made my self esteem increase. Thanks to those who cared, you made me feel important. Thanks to those who entered my life, you made me who I am today. Thanks to those who left, you showed me that nothing lasts forever. Thanks to those who stayed, you showed me the true meaning of friendship.

I've given you my best, why does she get the best of you?

If Pleasant Carter was jealous of his dashing younger brother with his automobile and his pockets full of crisp dollar bills, he never expressed it. But what he saw happening all around him made it harder and harder for him to see himself as a lifelong dirt farmer. A.P.'s wandering gene was always getting the better of him.

Imagination makes people oversensitive,vulnerable and exposed. Perhaps it's a form of degeneracy. I have never held the shortcomings of the unimaginative against them. Sometimes I've even envied them: they have an easier and more pleasant life than everyone else.

Ich erinnere mich sehr gut, wie wenig Phantasie die meisten Menschen besaßen. Wahrscheinlich war das ein Glück für sie. Phantasie macht den Menschen überempfindlich, verletzbar und ausgeliefert. Vielleicht ist sie überhaupt eine Entartungserscheinung. Ich habe den Phantasielosen ihren Mangel nie angekreidet, manchmal habe ich sie sogar um ihn beneidet. Sie hatten ein leichteres und angenehmeres Leben als die anderen.

Miss Betsy is looking at me. Some jealousy sure, but every woman have that in them

Envy is what they have for us because we have one power no god can ever have, and that is the power to surprise oneself.

In his book How to Make Yourself Miserable, Dan Greenburg demonstrates through humor the insidious power that comparative thinking can exert over us. He suggests that if readers have a sincere desire to make life miserable for themselves, they might learn to compare themselves to other people.

I didn't know what that meant, but it was a good job title and honestly it made me a little jealous.

O how many follow them today, people full of envy and the gall of vengefulness who fashion I do not know what kind of idol of jealousy for themselves and lie about the severity of righteousness as they seek the most obstinate lie!

Through envy, greed, and councilors young, Jerusalem, Troy, and Rome were hung.

We, who teach the Word purely with great zeal and diligence, and seek nothing else than the welfare of Germany, are bearing the bitterest hatred and envy of all classes.

Per un attimo penso di non risponderle. Alla fine però lo faccio. Magari non sembrerà granché coerente, ma cerco di spiegare che invidiavo Uman perché sapeva spezzare i vincoli che la vita ci impone. Perché sapeva essere quello che voleva e se ne fregava di cosa gli altri pensavano di lui. Che conoscere Uman mi aveva fatto capire quanto ero diventata prevedibile.

A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin, lust, hatred, envy, hypocrisy, revenge, have life abiding in them, is a terrible mistake. Life and Life's idea, Truth and Truth's idea, never make men sick, sinful, or mortal.

jealousy is the grave of affection

It's the odious, insufferable people who usually get to the top.