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Quotes About Envy

Se dice que Mark Twain dijo: «La comparación es la muerte de la alegría».
~ Alan Cohen
Even tho' he struggled with life he kept elbowing his way through the crowd of envy, even tho' it felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders he would never allow his head to hang to the ground; in a world lost in misery. -MillYentei
~ Deshawn Yeldell
People hate to see you on high vibes doing something positive or something you love, especially if you're doing it better than them or the people they prop up with their support. -MillYentei
~ Deshawn Yeldell
Those haters stay mad because they can't see you doing bad, hey! If you hate me, believe me, I hate you from the bottom of my heart, I honestly mean that. -MillYentei
~ Deshawn Yeldell
Whatever you do in life; do it so well that when haters see the presence of you; they will instantly become sickened in their stomach's. -MillYentei
~ Deshawn Yeldell
You can't mix your own shine with people who are already shining expecting your shine to be noticed by the world, in all reality you're just keeping them on top in the light.
~ Deshawn Yeldell
The downside to being better than everyone is that people seem to think you are pretentious.
~ Despair.com
Envy hurt exponentially more than heartbreak because your soul was torn in two, half soaring with happiness for another person, half mired in a well of self-pity and pain.
~ Diana Peterfreund
God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The problem with comparison is that you always feel either better than someone else or worthless compared to someone else.
~ Dillon Burroughs
?i cu nenum?rate suferinÈ›e e d?ruit? lumea, dar muÈ™c?turile invidiei sunt printre r?nile cele mai aprige, mai profunde, mai greu de cicatrizat È™i cu mult mai demne de mil? decât oricare altele.
~ Dino Buzzati
Remove,' I said to myself, `the impetus to private ownership, and you have made the first giant step toward removing the causes of injustice in the world. There would be no greed if there were no possessions, no jealousy, no envy, perhaps even no hatred.
~ Don Carpenter
Even when you self-destruct, you want to fail more, lose more, die more than others, stink more than others.
~ Don DeLillo
He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.
~ Don Juan Manuel
Sure, sure," said Bugs Meany, pushing his way to the front. "I'll be so rich my little sister will have to quit piano lessons and take up playing the cash register!
~ Donald J. Sobol
I don't understand what I did wrong except live a life that everyone is jealous of.
~ O. J. Simpson
People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you.
~ Lady Gaga
I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.
~ Sting
Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.
~ Ellen Langer
Pick up a yardstick to measure your life against anyone else's, and you've just picked up a stick and beaten up your own soul.
~ Ann Voskamp
The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story.
~ Maya Angelou
Since Madonna is positioned as always "cooler than thou", we all are primed for schadenfreude if something in her fabulous life goes amiss.
~ Naomi Wolf
Instead of envying what others have, decide what YOU want out of life and focus on achieving it.
~ Beverly Engel
Don't worry about my life, worry about why you're worried about my life!
~ Nick Cannon