Envy can be a strong emotion that can affect us all. It can be hard to control and can lead us to make decisions that are not in our best interests. That’s why it’s important to remember quotes about envy and to reflect on how it affects our lives. In this blog post, we’ll explore a variety of quotes about envy, from famous authors and philosophers, to help put things into perspective. We’ll look at how envy can lead to unhappiness, how it can make us lose sight of our goals, and how to help prevent it from taking over our lives. We’ll also look at how envy can help us find motivation and how it can be a source of inspiration. So join us as we explore the power of envy quotes!

The best envy quotes

1. It’s silly to think the left eye would envy the right or that one foot would be jealous of the other, and yet so often it is the case. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes

2. Fiercely guard the passions igniting your heart, so that your flames reach the highest ceilings of success without the eyes of envy. — Suzy Kassem

3. And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant. — Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams

4. Never pity missionaries; envy them. They are where the real action is––where life and death, sin and grace, Heaven and Hell converge. — Robert C. Shannon

5. There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Critic

6. Don’t envy what people have, emulate what they did to have it. — Tim Fargo

7. I envy the tireless intimacy of women’s friendship, its lastingness, and its unbendable strength. — Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life

8. It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy. — Truman Capote

9. I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

10. We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men Upon whose age we void it up again With poisonous spite and envy. — William Shakespeare

11. When people unfortunately use religion to facilitate their envy, arrogance and hate, communalism surfaces. — Radhanath Swami

12. Perhaps the measure of the best art is that it does not excite envy. — Norman Mailer

13. It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy. — Truman Capote

14. The only people I truly envy are those who can play a musical instrument and those who can eat anything they want without gaining weight. — Thomas Sowell

15. Jealousy is not there to encourage you to make someone fail, but there to encourage one to do more than the one they envy. — Unarine Ramaru

16. What i think the president is trying to do here is to, again, exploit envy economics, this top–down redistribution doesn’t work. — Paul Ryan

17. It is only by our hands that we can build this continent to the standard that we envy and admire in the advanced countries. — Nana Awere Damoah, I Speak of Ghana

18. There mark what ills the scholar’s life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron. — Samuel Johnson

19. And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant. — Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams

20. Most people throw away their personal power… If you want to know where, look at who and what you hate, blame, resent, and envy. — Steve Maraboli

21. Envy is an insult to oneself. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

22. And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant. — Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams

23. I envy the tireless intimacy of women’s friendship, its lastingness, and its unbendable strength. — Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life

24. And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant. — Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams

25. I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass make love work when they have to bear their young. I am sick with envy of them. — Sherwood Anderson

26. We contract with them.”And demons–”Are one of those group.”Like, from Hell?”Sometimes. And sometimes from Park Avenue. — Matt Wallace, Envy of Angels

27. Socialism is politicized envy. — Rousas John Rushdoony, Exodus: Commentaries on the Pentateuch

28. Envy is an insult to oneself. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

29. Smile, just to infuriate those who envy you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

30. Be discerning with rumors on leaders, for most are birthed by the envy of the idle or the desperation of the defeated. — Orrin Woodward

31. Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that. — Oliver Stone

32. Do not trust everyone who smiles at you;some admire your achievements, but some misunderstand them, and many more envy them.Jealousy is like the sky:everywhere on everyone. — Matshona Dhliwayo

33. People’s envy shows how unhappy they feel — their constant attention to the doings of others how bored they are.

34. I feel his body pressed against mine. His heat burns against my flesh; searing, seducing. Permanently making it his. — A.R. Von, Envy’s Curse

35. Nothing sharpens sight like envy. — Thomas Fuller

36. The only people I truly envy are those who can play a musical instrument and those who can eat anything they want without gaining weight. — Thomas Sowell

37. He in whose mind is no anger, hatred, or envy, who never loses his balance, dies, or is born, who is he but God? — Swami Vivekananda

38. And just forget about my envy, Lord And give me what I need — dramarama

39. If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy, pride and ostentation, we have to employ Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema and Ahimsa as the cleaning instruments. — Sathya Sai Baba

40. The sudden, painful flare of envy caught me by surprise. I was a loner, my last few years in school. I could have done with a friend like that. — Tana French, Broken Harbour

41. And just forget about my envy, Lord And give me what I need — dramarama

42. The dullard’s envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. — Max Beerbohm

43. O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! — Samuel Richardson

44. No metal can––no, not the hangman’s axe––bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy. — William Shakespeare

45. Do not develop jealousy, hatred or envy on any count. — Sathya Sai Baba

46. Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form. — Norm Macdonald

47. Measure your success by the number of people who envy you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

48. I once had a complete life–in love, in envy, in pains. Now, I was living a death. A peaceful, gorgeous, liberating death. — Prashant Chopra, The Eyes that drowned Uyuni

49. Don’t invite envy to your house–you never know who will show up, ‘ she used to warn me. — Zack Love, The Syrian Virgin

50. Envy is human nature. — Monica Bellucci

Conclusion

Envy can be a destructive emotion, but it can also be a sign of motivation. Remember to use envy in a healthy way, by using it as a tool to motivate yourself to achieve your goals. Don’t let envy consume you, but instead use it as a reminder of what you want in life and how you can achieve it.