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Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. — Samuel Johnson

Each person you admire is simply a reminder of your own latent excellence, your own unacknowledged beauty. — Vironika Tugaleva

Learn to love your haters, they are a wonderful source of inspiration. — Habeeb Akande

Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded. — William Hazlitt

Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire. — Susan Cain

There is no good envy, except the one that motivates us to reach higher goals and be better than the person we were yesterday. — Ogwo David Emenike

Jealousy is beautiful only on a young and ardent face. After the first wrinkles, trust must return. — Alfred Capus

It's okay to glance at the light of another. But when you look to long, it will blind you from seeing your own. — Charles F. Glassman

Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks. — Ovid

Insecure people put others down to raise themselves up. — Habeeb Akande

What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?"
"Everything, since he has a command and I have not. — Patrick O'Brian

Do not share your thoughts with people who think that what you are thinking is not worth thinking. — Michael Bassey Johnson

If you just can't get rid of envy, then start creating a life, so that if you saw yourself from afar, you'd be envious of you. — Charles F. Glassman

We must seek ways to solve difficulties such as hatred, envy and jealousy. — Sathya Sai Baba

I'm emotionless, yet I breathe jealousy and envy
People kill for me or die to defend me — Kirk Jones

Don't waste your time being envious of what you don't have or who you want to be. Instead, focus on what you do have and who you can become. — April Mae Monterrosa

I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame — John Adams

Do not develop jealousy, hatred or envy on any count. — Sathya Sai Baba

Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. — George Eliot

Jealousy and envy are cheap suits made of flashy colors," I said. "No one wears them well, and everyone sees you when you are coming. — J.A. Redmerski

Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Envy is when you want what someone else has. Jealousy's when you also don't want them to have it. — Kirsten Hubbard

The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear. — Alcoholics Anonymous

People that are jealous and envious of you are too freaking lazy to step up their own game. — April Mae Monterrosa

When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'. — Criss Jami

Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning. — Criss Jami

Is there not an Arabick Proverb which goes, 'No one throws Stones at a Barren Tree'? — Erica Jong

Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge. — Iris Murdoch

Envy is for people who don't have the self-esteem to be jealous. — Bauvard

Jealousy, which serves the struggle for survival, can deteriorate into the envy which draws defeat even from victory. — Willard Gaylin

Beware of those who are bitter, for they will never allow you to enjoy your fruit. — Suzy Kassem

Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego. — Eckhart Tolle

Stretch an unwavering tenacity when facing bad to worse attitudes. — Angelica Hopes

People may show jealousy, but hide their envy. — Mason Cooley

Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped. — Suzy Kassem

Millions upon millions will attain your ceremony, but don't think all of them are in a ceremonius mood. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Envy is a buzz killer."

~R. Alan Woods [2013] — R. Alan Woods

I've always looked on criticism as a sort of envious tribute. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success — Matthieu Ricard

A missionary deals with all the important people of the community, but he is never really one of them. — Henry R. Luce

Drop jealousy and envy, for they make you ugly. Be loving, be accepting, and most of all ... be happy just the way you are. — Leon Brown

Love that is fed by jealousy dies hard. — Ovid

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on. — William Shakespeare

The underbelly of envy and jealousy is an unconscious holding back of yourself. — Deborah Sandella

Try to resist copying a blueprint from another person's ministry. — Beth Moore

Jealousy is a detestable motive. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Staring at the light of another blinds the view of our own. — Charles F. Glassman

Jealousy was essentially "I want what you have," while envy was "I want what you have, but I also want to take it away so you can't have it. — Meg Wolitzer

Their doubt is your fuel for dreams. You just have to drive. — Criss Jami

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit. — Rachel Field

It is, after all, envy rather than jealousy that causes most of the trouble in married life. — Anthony Powell

Because thankfulness is the tonic that always cures the cancers of greed, envy and jealously, it should be taken in liberal doses daily. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

If only you could see the greatness in yourself, you wouldn't envy the greatness in others. — Suzy Kassem

I only envy as basic old sexual jealousy. — Joan Juliet Buck

The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God — Jerry Bridges

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that. — Oliver Stone

Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole. — Honore De Balzac

Jealousy is the fire of envy that seeks to destroy another's beauty, rather than to create its own. — Wes Fesler

Jealousy is under-covered envy. — Ben Tolosa

The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them. — Criss Jami

When you understand who you are by knowing what God created you to do, you have no room for becoming jealous over what someone else is doing. — Israelmore Ayivor

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. — Honore De Balzac

The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

It's silly to think the left eye would envy the right or that one foot would be jealous of the other, and yet so often it is the case. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Finally, pay attention to what you envy. Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire. I — Susan Cain

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Haters are those, that never were given any chances, that blew their chances, or that never took the chance. — Anthony Liccione

There will always be haters. And the more you grow the more they hate; the more they hate the more you grow. — Anthony Liccione

No thank you to all the bustas, cowards, and FAKE HOMIES who showed me the depths of jealousy, envy and greed. — Tupac Shakur

Use your hater to make you greater! — Habeeb Akande

A hint of jealously once in a while is not only natural but a compliment therefore, always smile and accept it graciously for it shows they care... — Virginia Alison

Respect kindly all religions that teach loving kindness, and have no respect for envy and jealousy. Never follow hate. — Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Hate hates what it mirrors or envies. — T.F. Hodge

Those who envy the success of others are normally ignorant to the sacrifices, failures, and dedication that it took for them to get there. — Noel DeJesus

Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority. — Emily Post

Stay close 2 those who r by ur side in happy times, because they do not harbor jealousy or envy in their hearts, only joy 2 c u happy ... — Paulo Coelho

Envy suggests inferiority. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

Envy yearns to find flaws. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

The only causes of regret are laziness, outbursts of temper, hurting others, prejudice, jealousy, and envy. — Germaine Greer

My brother, do men grieve over the fight of cats and dogs? So the jealousy, envy, and elbowing of common men should make no impression on your mind. — Swami Vivekananda

Gossip bespeaks either a vacant mind or one that entertains jealousy or envy. — David O. McKay

Make an enemy of jealousy and envy. As fast and soon as you can ... . The art world is high school with money. — Jerry Saltz

Great people will always be mocked by those who feel smaller than them. — Suzy Kassem

Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armor. Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him, her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground. — Jimi Hendrix

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. — William Shenstone

If girls could spit venom, it'd be through their eyes. — S.D. Lawendowski

Jealousy is a bitch nigga trait never truss a man who always ask what u make — Blanco Vandam