Quotes About Envy

New York is a spectacular place, and those who are jealous of the way we live our lives are always going to, you know, to strike out, and, you know, we're always going to be a target, sadly. London is going to be a target. You know, anywhere in the West, you're a target.

Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would leave us all paying higher taxes and the economy in tatters.

Believe me, there's nothing worse than the feeling in the pit of your stomach when you're sat in the back of a taxi, listening to someone else doing your show as you dash to the studio.

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

I don't envy my teachers. I used to preach to them.

Jealousy makes people do and say stupid things.

Your critics want you to be as unhappy, unfulfilled and unimportant as they are. Let your happiness eat them up from inside

Iedereen wil dat wonderkinderen mislukken. Dat maakt onze eigen middelmatigheid beter te verdragen.

Beware of people that envy you.

Everybody loves and desires success, but they dislike and are envious of successful people.

If there's one thing that really spoils [fill in blank with anything good], it's OTHER PEOPLE.

I was just one of those graves that pretty girls make.

Men are always jealous of women who are superior to themselves.

Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he's happy, the other half he's right.

If you think that someone is out to steal everything you have, you're either paranoid or a member of the middle class.

Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want.

Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse; envy alone wants both. Other sins last but for awhile; the gut may be satisfied, anger remits, hatred hath an end, envy never ceaseth.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both.

It is often your own actions that stir up envy, your own unawareness. By becoming conscious of those actions and qualities that create envy, you can take the teeth out of it before it nibbles you to death.

Thoreau once said, 'Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

Once envy eats away at someone, everything you do only makes it grow, and day by day it festers inside him. Eventually he will attack.

When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others.

Alienar-se de suas inclinações só pode resultar em dor e decepção no longo prazo, e à sensação de que desperdiçou algo único. Essa dor se manifestará sob a forma de amargura e inveja, embora você não reconheça a verdadeira fonte de sua depressão.