Quotes About Envy

Inventory: "Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.

Why did some people have so much? And yet, compared with Lily, she herself must seem almost rich. Was it all like this? Did every one look with envy at the one above? Funny. And funny, too, that the thought of someone else being worse off than you were yourself should make you feel more cheerful.

Go on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter, and what do you see? Heated, vitriolic arguments. Fake news. Photos taken at parties you weren't invited to. The perfect, curated lives of others that make your own life seem lacking by comparison

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

Young girls envy the life yall leading, never satisfied with a nice calm evening.

Im still pullin out the phantom and these haters cant stand me nigga Im still doing my thing.

Other niggas situations, they are all depressing.

Im satisfied with a little while you haters want it all. You waitin for the spring and Im gettin it in the fall.

They be starin at the money like its unfamiliar.

Even when the Phantoms leased, them hoes wanna get in.

I swear niggas be eyein me all hard and lyin to they girls and drivin the same cars.

Sittin there wishin their problems became ours, cause we have nothin in common since I done became star.

Il n'y a finalement que les morts qui puissent nous envier. Et encore, j'en doute.

I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

I think you can measure how pathetic your life is by how much joy you get from learning about other people's faults and troubles.

Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change.

It's like they take poison and then hope for the other person to die.

Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.

Envy is when you resent God's goodness in other people's lives and ignore God's goodness in your own life.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

There will always be some who see excellence and envy it instead of striving to emulate it.

Envy is a one-dimensional, shallow emotion. It roots in superficial soil and withers in the bright light of intimacy.

Being lucky, doesn't always make you happy, though, does it? Especially if people keep telling you how lucky you are, telling you to count your blessings.