Quotes About Comparison

Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.

The only cure [for envy] in the case of ordinary men and women is happiness, and the difficulty is that envy is itself a terrible obstacle to happiness

Throughout the Middle Ages, the Mohammedans were more civilized and more humane than the Christians. Christians persecuted Jews, especially at times of religious excitement; the Crusades were associated with appalling pogroms. In Mohammedan countries, on the contrary, Jews were not in any way ill treated.

The Chinese watch foreigners as we watch animals in the Zoo... they have no wish to alter the habits of the foreigners, any more than we wish to put the monkeys at the Zoo into trousers and stiff shirts

No sientas envidia de la felicidad de los que viven en el paraíso de los necios, pues sólo un necio pensará que eso es la felicidad.

But lately,' she said, wiggling her bare toes, 'I find all men to be very much like wearing high-heeled shoes -- I love how pretty they make me feel, but by the end of the night I can't wait to get rid of them.

Meanness at church sometimes exceeds anything that occurs in secular surroundings.

When we judge a brother's or sister's sin as so much worse than our own, we are like lepers counting spots. "She has more than I do.

How careful we must be not to think that God is less holy because others seem to get away with irreverence! We are sometimes tempted to measure our respect for God by the lack of respect surrounding us. The godless, however, are not our standard. God is. Through the pen of King David, God told us to "praise him according to his excellent greatness," not according to public opinion (Ps. 150:2 KJV).

Beloved, stop looking at others as more spiritual than you and just start believing God!

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you. Psalm 50:21

Be careful of those who allow microscopes to replace mirrors in their lives, holding you to standards you were never called to maintain.

A romance with Christ differs so dramatically from a romance between mortals.

Sins that differ from ours always seem worse.

Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them. Psalm 135:18

If I want him to remain until I come," Jesus answered, "what is that to you? As for you, follow Me." John 21:22

Stop looking at others as if they are so much more spiritual than you and just start believing God!

God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength. 1 Corinthians 1:25

A lot of Democrats like to play the 'If we were Republicans' game. I usually hate it; I don't want to behave like the Republicans do.

I will retire with the reputation of Idi Amin.

The newspapers had described me as the Jagger of the Aga. It wasn't hard living up to the reputation.

I look at Sachin and I see a great player, the kind of person that you would like to follow, but I have my reputation and am happy with the way my career has gone.

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.

My requirement of my fitness level is different than some players.