Quotes About Envy

The businessman who wishes to gain a market by throttling a superior competitor, the worker who wants a share of his employer's wealth, the artist who envies a rival's higher talent - they're all wishing facts out of existence and destruction is the only means of their wish. If they pursue it, they will not achieve a market, a fortune, or an immortal fame - they will merely destroy production

The unrecognized genius—that's an old story. Have you ever thought of a much worse one—the genius recognized too well? ... That a great many men are poor fools who can't see the best—that's nothing. One can't get angry at that. But do you understand about the men who see it and don't want it?

You can't have your cake and let your neighbour eat it too.

everything that lifts people above their fellows arouses both emulation and jealousy.

There were as many reasons to accuse someone of witchcraft in 1692 as there were to denounce him under the Nazi occupation of France; envy, insecurity, political enmity, unrequited love, love that had run its course.

And the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.

Well, we all know how satisfying it is to recite the shortcomings and hollowness of others - especially those who have money and recognition where we have none. It is certainly more pleasurable than inspecting our own shortcomings.

Assumptions made by others indicates clearly how much people envy your blessings.

There are those who will see your success as their failure.

At times it is so enjoyable to mire your neighbor into the filth you already got stuck in long ago!

People say 'dogs who roam in Mercedes are Lucky', this is your feeling, not the Dog's!!!

Worry soils, even the purest mind.Envy poisons, even the purest heart.Greed sullies, even the purest soul.

Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.

A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.

Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.

A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.

Haters are just confused admirers because they can't figure out the reason why everyone loves you.

And I fear that my place gets taken by some other one, very lucky and not too shy, who flirts with your eyes while I'm the one who's crazy about them.

You know why they hate me, cause they love me.

They love the fact you made it, but hate the fact you got it. The stairway to heaven is packed...I'm in the lobby. Too scared to go to sleep, cause most times I often doubt my dreams.

In my fantasy I was always the savior. I would come to 'Peanuts' land and save everybody. Charlie Brown would fall madly in love with me. Peppermint Patty was so jealous.

Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow.