Best Envy Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.”

“One hand was behind his back, and he held it out, presenting a bouquet of white and smoky purple lilies.”

“I know you don't think that any tongue I speak is mine; it must be rented. I am always denial, or pretense. A child born mid-flight has no nation. I can pull on either culture, but they always melt like a dream, trickle away, water on the oiled pelt of foreign.”

“I had forgotten. Disgust shadows desire.”

“A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.”

“Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.”

“We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams.”

“Beware of destructive individuals whose spirits breathe every day the worst toxic oxygen of the soul, "SALIGIA" Superbia, Avaritia, Luxuria, Invidia, Gula, Ira, Acedia.”

“The bittersweet about truth is that nothing could be more hurtful, yet nothing could be more helpful.”

“Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends.”

“I think that a lot of the time, people are generous towards those whom they pity; but only find fault in those whom they see as better than themselves. There is a fake kind of goodness; and that is the goodness that is only good towards other people that make the givers feel better about themselves. Would you be good to someone you think is so much better than you are? Or who has so much more than you have? Or is your goodness only reserved for those who make you feel like a god because you give to them? Too often, there are shining, beautiful people, who suffer so much in this world, because there would be so many others willing to snuff out their flames! Goodness of a person is not measured by sympathy or compassion; rather, goodness is measured by empathy. Empathy goes beyond all the physical things you see with your two eyes. It’s easy to be good to those you pity; much harder to be good to those whom you envy!”

“Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of the problem within the problem: for instance, envy is one of the most excused sins in the media of political correctness. Those you find most attractive, or seem to have it all, are often some of the most insecure at heart, and that is because people assume that they do not need anything but defamation.”

“No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles.”

“You thought you had the choice to stay still or move forward, but your didn't. As long as your heart kept pumping an your blood kept blowing and your lungs kept filling, you didn't. The pang she felt for Tibby carried something like envy. You couldn't stand still for anything short of death, and God knew she had tried.”

“There have been two great narcotics in European civilisation: Christianity and alcohol.”

“Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.”

“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”

“Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat.”