Quotes about Comparison
Stop comparing or boast at your victories. He was referring to enormous vitality and strength of God of Jesus seeking union with us. The living acts of a Christian become somehow the acts of Christ.
— Brennan Manning
Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others.
— Henri Nouwen
The elder brother compares himself with the younger one and becomes jealous. But the father loves them both so much that it didn't even occur to him to delay the party in order to prevent the elder son from feeling rejected. I am convinced that many of my emotional problems would melt as snow in the sun if I could let the truth of God's motherly non-comparing love permeate my heart.
— Henri Nouwen
We wonder if we serve better than someone else. We import a drive to achieve into our works of mercy.
— Henri Nouwen
Most men appear never to have considered what a house is, and are actually though needlessly poor all their lives because they think that they must have such a one as their neighbors have. As if one were to wear any sort of coat which the tailor might cut out for him, or gradually leaving off palm-leaf hat or cap of woodchuck skin, complain of hard times because he could not afford to buy him a crown!
— Henry David Thoreau
The twelve labors of Hercules were trifling in comparison with those which my neighbors have undertaken; for they were only twelve, and had an end; but I could never see that these men slew or captured any monster or finished any labor.
— Henry David Thoreau
In man or fish, wriggling is a sign of inferiority.
— Herman Melville
I had been told from school onwards that the best definition of a human being was man the tool-maker - yet I had just watched a chimp tool-maker in action. I remember that day as vividly as if it was yesterday.
— Jane Goodall
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Take time daily to reflect on how much you have. It may not be all that you want but remember someone somewhere is dreaming to have what you have.
— Germany Kent
The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
— Rick Warren
Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
— Bill Gates