- “A person shows signs of clutching on too fast, of being needy, of not hearing the word “no,” of jealousy, of guarding you and your freedom. But the signs can be so small they skitter right past you. Sometimes they dance past, looking satiny, something you should applaud. Someone’s jealousy can make you feel good. Special. But it’s not even about you. It’s about a hand that is already gripping. It’s about their need, circling around your throat” ― Deb Caletti, Stay
- Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. Ann Brashares
- Don’t be envious. Be inspired. Thibaut
- People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority. Lord Chesterfield
- “A mind clouded by lust, envy, greed, ego and resentment hardly makes the right decisions. A mind centered in peace, love and gratitude hardly makes the wrong decisions.” ― Hrishikesh Agnihotri, Enrich The World With Your Presence : HA’s Original Quotes, Volume 01
- Never hate jealous people. They are jealous because they think you are better than them. Paulo Coelho
- “One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- Love may be blind but jealousy has 20-20 vision. Anonymous
- “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.” ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
- “It’s a peculiar feature of human nature that we love to see those close to us climb up the staircase of success, but, behind us. If they happen to catch up with us, needing to share the space with them, we feel choked, and were they to overtake us, we feel morose, though they might remain friendly. It is because, used as we were to condescend to descend in our affections, we lose countenance, not counting our jealousy, that they too might seem patronizing from the altered stations.” Benign Flame: Saga of Love” ― BS Murthy
- “If you cannot help but envy others, at least envy people for things such as their patience, perseverance, and tolerance.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. Fulton J. Sheen
- The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. Johann Kaspar Lavater
- Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck. F. Scott Fitzgerald
- “Stop worrying about someone taking your spot. God already have it reserved. Do the work to get there and fill it!” ― Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried: A Memoir
- A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. Robert A. Heinlein
- “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
- 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
- “When jealousy rears up, it indicates that something inside of you is afraid. It’s an alarm, nothing less and nothing more. Treat it as such.” ― Anthony D. Ravenscroft, Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless and Hopeful: An Introduction on Polyamory
- There is more self-love than love in jealousy. François de La Rochefoucauld
- “By all means be compassionate but never allow the envious into your inner circle.” ― Wayne Gerard Trotman
- “When someone doesn’t have what you have, their heart fills with admiration and head with envy. Their heart wants them to become closer to you and their head wants them to become like you.” ― Shunya
- Envy aims very high. Ovid
- Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn. Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “I envied Lesley her unshakable optimism. She always looked on the bright side of things. If they Had a bright side.” ― Kerstin Gier, Ruby Red
- “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
- Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. François de La Rochefoucauld
- The little “me” is jealous. The true self is content. Maxime Lagacé
- “Before you hate. Remember people cant hate alone. They need others to hate with them. This means hating someone, is a heavy burden if you need others to do it with you.” ― De philosopher DJ Kyos
- You are jealous because you are unaware that everything you need is inside you. Peter Deunov