Quotes about Comparison

The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears, ' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.

Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do.

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you.

True success is what you have done compared to what you could have done.

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.

Keep the right perspective Some people would love to have your problems. They would gladly trade places with you. They would love to have the job that frustrates you. They would love to sit in traffic in that car you don't like. They would love to have your husband, who gets on your nerves. They would love to live in the house you think is too small.

Quit comparing your gifts, your looks, your success to someone else. Be you! You are powerful, you are anointed, you are gifted, you are beautiful. Nobody can do you like you can do you.

When we start competing with people, we get distracted, we lose focus, and before long we're wasting time on things that are not moving us toward our purpose.

Know that the "Best Possible You" may not be as successful as your neighbor, but that's okay. The best you may not be as thin as your sister, but that's fine. The best you may not be as talented, as dynamic, or as outgoing as your co-worker, but that's all right, too. Be comfortable with the person God made you to be. You can't get distracted and lose your focus by comparing yourself to others. Run your own race.

Don't compare yourself. Celebrate yourself.

I often wonder whether a frumpy old woman can ever be quite fair in her estimate of a young and lovely one.

Oliver Wendell Holmes once attended a meeting in which he was the shortest man present. "Dr. Holmes," quipped a friend, "I should think you'd feel rather small among us big fellows." "I do," retorted Holmes, "I feel like a dime among a lot of pennies."