- “Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- Envy is a declaration of inferiority. Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn’t yours. But grief comes from losing something you’ve already had.” ― Jodi Picoult, Perfect Match
- “Maya (Space-Time) takes away more than it gives. The neighbour whose lifestyle you envy has bigger problems than yours.” ― Shunya
- A little jealousy can be a good thing, for we may be reminded to appreciate what we have. Shane Parrish
- Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Sophia Loren
- Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly. Malcolm X
- “A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey.” ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
- “You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego, jealousy and sabotage from bosses who can’t perform.” ― Richie Norton
- “Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower.Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty. Be that lotus flower always. Do not allow any negativity or ugliness in your surroundings destroy your confidence, affect your growth, or make you question your self-worth.” ― Suzy Kassem
- Pride, envy, avarice – these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. Dante Alighieri
- Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs. H. L. Mencken
- The bitter often band together into anti-support groups, conspiring to ensure no one succeeds. Forward momentum is stamped out quickly by the ambient sense of disapproval. Individual growth threatens the communal cover story. “If you can progress, what does that say about me?” The Stoic Emperor
- “If you have seen your teacher only in school, it feels strange to come across them in a market. If you have seen your milkman or newspaper boy only at sunrise, it feels strange to see them in broad daylight when they come to collect payment.When a friend or loved one breaks away from your circle, it feels strange to see them in their new circle. It is not jealously. It is a spontaneous and neutral feeling. It turns into jealousy when it gets mixed with our fears and insecurities. Accept this feeling as-it-is before it turns into jealousy.” ― Shunya
- “My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Samuel Johnson
- No one can have all he wants, but a man can refrain from wanting what he has not, and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand. Seneca
- “Jealousy makes people act dumb sometimes” ― Joseph Perry Grassi, The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter): The story of a diminutive soldier in the rear with the gear
- “It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.” ― Aeschylus
- Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. Buddha
- We are always trying to become something else. We are always trying to become noble, to become a hero, an example, an ideal; and if we really go behind this urge to become, we will find that there is envy and that behind that envy there is fear, the fear of what one is. Jiddu Krishnamurti
- “A best friend is the one person that doesn’t leave you worse off by their actions or yours.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- “Disappointments and humanity go hand in hand & there’s absolutely nothing we can do about it – other than taking the first step by setting an example ourselves but remember even Superman was hated by Lex Luthor (a “friend” at first; a foe later).” ― Sijdah Hussain, Red Sugar, No More
- “Envy is an error.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “Dear Child, Sometimes on your travel through hell, you meet people that think they are in heaven because of their cleverness and ability to get away with things. Travel past them because they don’t understand who they have become and never will. These type of people feel justified in revenge and will never learn mercy or forgiveness because they live by comparison. They are the people that don’t care about anyone, other than who is making them feel confident. They don’t understand that their deity is not rejoicing with them because of their actions, rather he is trying to free them from their insecurities, by softening their heart. They rather put out your light than find their own. They don’t have the ability to see beyond the false sense of happiness they get from destroying others. You know what happiness is and it isn’t this. Don’t see their success as their deliverance. It is a mask of vindication which has no audience, other than their own kind. They have joined countless others that call themselves “survivors”. They believe that they are entitled to win because life didn’t go as planned for them. You are not like them. You were not meant to stay in hell and follow their belief system. You were bound for greatness. You were born to help them by leading. Rise up and be the light home. You were given the gift to see the truth. They will have an army of people that are like them and you are going to feel alone. However, your family in heaven stands beside you now. They are your strength and as countless as the stars. It is time to let go!Love, Your Guardian Angel” ― Shannon L. Alder
- “When people want to win they will go to desperate extremes. However, anyone that has already won in life has come to the conclusion that there is no game. There is nothing but learning in this life and it is the only thing we take with us to the grave—knowledge. If you only understood that concept then your heart wouldn’t break so bad. Jealousy or revenge wouldn’t be your ambition. Stepping on others to raise yourself up wouldn’t be a goal. Competition would be left on the playing field, and your freedom from what other people think about you would light the pathway out of hell.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- “The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species.Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?” ― Mahatma Gandhi
- Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. François de La Rochefoucauld
- A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not. Seneca
- It’s such a poisonous emotion because, at the end of the day, you’re no better off, you’re unhappier, and the person you’re jealous of is still successful or good-looking or whatever they are. Naval Ravikant