907 Quotes About Envy

The bittersweet about truth is that nothing could be more hurtful, yet nothing could be more helpful.

Jesus never endorsed the forced redistribution of wealth. That idea is rooted in envy.

Christ was of course not the slightest bit envious. His perspective was to take care of the poor not out of hatred for the rich, but out of love for the poor; and though we try to imitate His teachings, due to our corrupt and sinful nature, oftentimes, this obvious fact is still so easily neglected.

Female competition is when you are with a guy you like and you look around, see a girl who is prettier than you standing nearby, and think to yourself: "I wish she wasn't here." -This is what happens when you attach your identity and sense of worth to the amount of male attention you receive.

Spend one more day in pursuit of art that only you can produce, and somewhere, someone is envying your courage to do just that.

The opinions of others are their perceptions. Define your life!

Is it odd, my love, that I envy others who have not met you for the intoxication they have yet to experience? Is it odd that I wish to witness you with new eyes so I may have the pleasure of falling for you all over again? I am grateful, so grateful, for knowing the meaning of your various sighs. For being the cause of your ecstatic cries. But, if only for a moment, I wish to let you fall out of my hands so that I may catch you again. You, my love, are the oddity. You are my exception.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends.