- “My love, you are driving the entire world mad. The nightingales are committing suicide one by one out of jealousy of your voice. The roses took one glance at your beauty and folded themselves from shame. The trees now only whisper your name and the sky hasn’t stopped crying since you looked up. Have pity on us, my love. We have already broken all the mirrors and glass out of fear that you will forget us and fall in love with yourself once you see what we all cannot stop seeing.” ― Kamand Kojouri
- Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs. H. L. Mencken
- Our envy of others devours us most of all. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied. Mark Twain
- “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, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
- 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
- Envy is pain at the good fortune of others. Aristotle
- “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
- “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
- Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly. Malcolm X
- “Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires.” ― Lao Tzu
- Jealousy is all the fun you think they had. Erica Jong
- Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment. Betty White
- “When ‘Dirty Mack’ salts your flow, get beyond feelings of hurt, anger, bitterness, and especially vengeance. Be glad, and take refuge in knowing light has been cast on the shadow of hatred, envy or jealousy that has mocked your shine. And press forward with your purpose – allowing time and space to clear the way for karmic justice on your behalf.” ― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with “The Divine Presence”
- Jealousy is beautiful only on a young and ardent face. After the first wrinkles, trust must return. Alfred Capus
- “I dunno.” She sat on the bench and hugged the robe like a pillow. “I still think that Brett guy is cute.””Good luck getting him away from Bekka.” Cleo gathered her silky black hair into a high pony and pink-dabbed Smith’s Rosebud Salve on her lips. “She’s got more grip than Crazy Glue.””More cling than Saran Wrap,” Lala added.”More hold than Final Net.” Cleo giggled.”More possession than The Exorcist,” Lala managed.”More clench than butt cheeks,” Blue chimed in.”More competition than American Idol,” Frankie stuck out her chest and showed them her diva booty roll.The girls burst out laughing.”Nice!” Blue lifted her purple gloved hand.Frankie slapped it without a single spark.”I hate to be a downer…” Claudine shuffled back into the conversation wearing her slippers and robe. “But that girl will destroy you if she catches you with Brett.””I’m not worried,” Frankie tossed her hair back. “I’ve seen all the teen movies, and the nice girl gets the boy in the end.” ― Lisi Harrison, Monster High
- “The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Sophia Loren
- “Beware of those who are bitter, for they will never allow you to enjoy your fruit.” ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
- One of the most powerful lessons in life is to recognize that no one can give you power, and many people don’t want you to have it. You have to find the courage to seize it, own it and hold on! Shannon L. Alder
- The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. Colette
- “You thought you had the choice to stay still or move forward, but your didn’t. As long as your heart kept pumping an your blood kept blowing and your lungs kept filling, you didn’t. The pang she felt for Tibby carried something like envy. You couldn’t stand still for anything short of death, and God knew she had tried.” ― Ann Brashares, Sisterhood Everlasting
- “On the road to success there is absolutely no room for criticism of self or others. Insecurity and fear masquerade as jealousy and judgment. Finding faults in others wastes time as we attempt to remove the bricks from other people’s foundations – time that could be better spent building our own. And worrying about what other people think about us also wastes the time that could be better spent expanding upon what we have built.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life
- “Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women’s husbands.” ― Oscar Wilde
- “Don’t show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you’ll see is hate and jealousy, and you’ll fight with him in the street like a dog and all you’ll feel is regret.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
- “I shake my head in unfortunate assent…in any life age and stage to this necessary truth one must be able to maintain and without forced effort. Jealousy, dislike, envy, hatred are low-living, human traits, of a rejectable, and dejected nature. Elevate your mindfulness & emotional state when in the presence of those trapped in their negative miserable ones. I recommend when that’s finished, recalibrate who you’ve allowed to access your inner/outer circle perimeter – the gift of your personal/professional contact & presence…then…adjust control measures accordingly. You can believe with full certainty you’ll be on a healthy and gold-bricked wealthy boulevard to practicing soul abuse & neglect prevention – by the lightning-quick process of connection elimination. Selah…” ― Tracey Bond
- “It’s strange to think how Bardia went to and fro daily between Queen and wife, well assured he did his duty by both (as he did) and without a thought, doubtless, of the pother he made between them. This is what it is to be a man. The one sin the gods never forgive us is that of being born women.” ― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces
- “Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.” ― Anna Godbersen, Splendor
- I envy people who drink – at least they know what to blame everything on. Oscar Levant
- “Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee.” ― J.R. Ward, Dark Lover