Envious Quotes

Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.

...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.

The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack that chiefly troubles them, but what others have.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

When I see other rappers' lyrics of "I don't do what I don't like to do", I feel like it's really cool and there's also an envious side to me about it.

An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.

I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation.

An envious fever of pale and bloodless emulation.

Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.

I'm so envious of that genetic wiring that immediately puts a smile on your face. My genetic wiring just puts creases in my eyebrows.

Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone - and this is my biggest satisfaction.

It's okay to be envious - but only of the person you aspire to become.

As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself

The silence of the envious is too noisy.

The Americans are so much more positive. They are much more in love with success. In Britain, they're a fairly envious bunch, and they love it if you fail.

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.

The Greeks understood perfectly that if there were divine beings they are capricious, unkind, malicious mostly, temperamental, envious and mostly deeply unpleasant because that you can say well yes, all right, if there is going to be god or gods then you have to admit that they're very at the very least capricious. They're certainly not consistent. They're certainly not all loving.

The envious will die, but envy never.

I know that I have a lot of friends who are envious of me. But if there is something to be gained, obviously something else has to be lost, right? Lately I miss the things I’ve lost.

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious.

Those who object to wit are envious of it.

Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.

The envious will die, but envy never. [Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.