Quotes About Envy

Mother Florence had once told her that jealousy was the worst of all faults because it prevented a person from being who they were born to be.

What? Just because I can't have you right now, doesn't mean I'm okay with him having you.

Envy expresses itself through condemnation. The louder the condemnation the greater the envy.

Jealousy will get you nowhere.

Jealousy is like wood ants, it will nibble away, until there's nothing left.

If you're not at least a tiny bit jealous at this point, you might want to check for your own pulse.

I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn't help envying him that a little, which was perfectly normal. There was no harm in envying even your best friend a little

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they think's been too lucky.

Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.

From inside our turn-of-the-century Italianate home, I watched them standing out on the sidewalk or peering from their car windows. I always wondered what they were looking for. Did they imagine life in the old homes was like a life they dreamed of and didn't have? Did they think the traces of fading graciousness and entitlement that emanated from the aging plaster and hardwood floors endowed the current occupants with lives that were more meaningful than their own?

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like.

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity.

Y]ou're in a fog. When you circle round, you watch us live. You watch us struggle and you're envious.

I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others.

I read Wolfe's new book _ The Story of a Novel_ and as usual he stole the whole damn thing from me. I am going to write and say will you please stop writing books you bastard.

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.

You can't know how I dreaded appearing in school in those miserable poor box dresses. I was perfectly sure to be put down in a class next to the girl who first owned my dress, and she would whisper and giggle and point it out to the others. The bitterness of wearing your enemies cast-off clothes eats into your soul. If I wore silk stockings for the rest of my life, I don't believe I could obliterate the scar.

Talent, réussite, succès font de vous un ennemi de l'espèce humaine qui, à mesure qu'elle vous admire plus, se reconnaît moins en vous et préfère vous tenir à distance. Seuls les escrocs, par l'origine triviale de leur fortune, l'acquièrent sans se couper de leurs semblables et même en s'attirant leur sympathie.

Everyone loves a success story," says Newton. "And once you succeed, everyone loves tearing you down.

When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.

How discouraging to watch your friends enjoying something you are too afraid to try. Do not underestimate such discouragement. It can be just as present in adulthood as you see friends taking on careers, travel, moves, and relationships that you would fear. Yet deep inside you also know you have the same or more talent, desire, and potential.

He had envied Attean his free, unhampered life in the forest, and the boisterous comradeship in the village.