Quotes About Envy

And they seem so damn happy to have made it and you don't resent them, but you do resent yourself for not having their ability to work it all out. Do you? Or is this maze just for me?

Most gossip is envy in disguise. .. keep swimming." -Matt Haig The Midnight Library

It is easy to mourn the lives we aren't living.

There was an inescapable feeling brewing in the darkness. Envy.

They pretend to know that money can't buy them happiness, yet they would choose money every time. They celebrate mediocrity at every available opportunity and love to see others' misfortune.

scrolling through other people's happy lives, waiting for something to happen.

It can drive you insane thinking of all the other lives we don't live.

Don't envy things you wouldn't actually want. Don't absorb criticism from people you wouldn't go to for advice. Don't fear missing parties you would probably want to leave.

If your God complex is one in which you seek only to gain and never to give, you'll always look at the success of others with resentment." "You

Don't worry, I don't even have a piece of shit. I have to envy yours.

Envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more offensive to God, nor more injurious to our neighbour and ourselves.

Over twenty men died during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, Dr Lynch. Does anyone regret that? No, all anyone sees is a marvel of its time, a great achievement in human ingenuity. So it will be here. This place will be beyond great. It will be the envy of the entire world.

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jealousy is a sign of a shallow mind and weak character.

But the dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Jealousy is the fear of comparison.

All his life, the ruler of Russia displayed towards able comrades a blend of admiration and envy which impelled him to murder most of them sooner or later.

The ultimate goal of the arriviste's aspirations is not to acquire a thing of value, but to be more highly esteemed than others. He merely uses the "thing" as an indifferent occasion for overcoming the oppressive feeling of inferiority which results from his constant comparisons.

The people's good fortune is my misfortune!

Nobody supports me at the expense of his own adventure. Then I get bitter: I am not loved enough to be supported. That I am not a burden has to compensate for the sad envy when I look at women loved enough to be supported. Even now China wraps double binds around my feet.

Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt.

Onda je otac rekao: pamti, nesre?a je što kod nas niko ne misli da je na pravom mjestu, i svako svakome je mogu?i suparnik; ljudi preziru one koji ne uspiju, a mrze one koji se uspnu iznad njih; navikni se na prezir ako želiš mir, ili na mržnju ako pristaneš na borbu. Ali ne ulazi u okršaj ako nisi siguran da ?eš oboriti protivnika. Ne upiri prstom na tu?e nepoštenje ako nisi dovoljno jak da to ne moraš dokazivati.

Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is he only thing in this world that does not hurt.