Envies Quotes

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, / As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: / If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. - Bible

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. Instead, everybody rejoices generously, sincerely, in your good fortune. - Marie Dressler

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. - William Hazlitt

Poor man eyes a rich man, denigrates his property. A rich man eyes a poor man, and envies his simplicity. - The Rolling Stones

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters. - Ayn Rand

Love is patient; love is kind
and envies no one.
Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;
never selfish, not quick to take offense.
There is nothing love cannot face;
there is no limit to its faith,
its hope, and endurance.
In a word, there are three things
that last forever: faith, hope, and love;
but the greatest of them all is love. - Bible

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. - Cesare Pavese

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything. - William Faulkner

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him. - Richard Steele

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality. - Jacques Rigaut