Quotes about Envy

The businessman who wishes to gain a market by throttling a superior competitor, the worker who wants a share of his employer's wealth, the artist who envies a rival's higher talent - they're all wishing facts out of existence and destruction is the only means of their wish. If they pursue it, they will not achieve a market, a fortune, or an immortal fame - they will merely destroy production

Worry soils, even the purest mind.Envy poisons, even the purest heart.Greed sullies, even the purest soul.

Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Happiness is being grateful for what you have and having an attitude of gratitude instead of an attitude of envy.

And then they say one is misanthropical. Hang it! who can help being misanthropical when he finds everybody getting on in life except himself?

The dead were to be envied. It was the living who had to suffer from loneliness and distrust.

As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.

The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr, remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. It is the most contented sound in the world.

She had always envied the wind. So free. Blowing where it listed. Through the hills. Over the lakes. What a tang, what a zip it had! What a magic of adventure!

Jealousy and stupidity really do most of the harm that is done in the world.

We people aren't too different from the cows, are we? Never content with what we have, always leaning through the fence in search of more.