Inspirational Quotes on Envy

“To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.”

“To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.”

“Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon.”

“As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a [person].”

“Envy, bleating 'I'm as good as you', is the hotbed of Fascism.”

“You can't ever be your heroes, but you can love their gifts.”

“Though I have said that I envy the normal man to the last drop of my bile, yet I should not care to be in his place such as he is now (though I shall not cease envying him). No, no; anyway the underground life is more advantageous. There, at any rate, one can … Oh, but even now I am lying! I am lying because I know myself that it is not underground that is better, but something different, quite different, for which I am thirsting, but which I cannot find! Damn underground!”

“If some talents were withheld, the Withholder knows why. He has done all things well.”

“When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.”

“Lewis had experienced more trauma than most of his modern readers ever will.”

“The demand for equality has two sources; one of them is among the noblest, the other is the basest, of human emotions. The noble source is the desire for fair play. But the other source is the hatred of superiority. At the present moment it would be very unrealistic to overlook the importance of the latter.”

“God makes crosses of great variety; He makes some of iron and lead, that look as if they must crush; some of straw, that seem so light, and yet are no less difficult to carry; some He makes of precious stones and gold, that dazzle the eye and excite the envy of spectators, but in reality are as well able to crucify as those which are so much dreaded.”

“How many covet that they may boast? How many desire more glory for their flesh?”

“Many men profess to hate another, but no man owns envy, as being an enmity or displeasure for no cause but another's goodness or felicity.”

“Covetousness is therefore, a sin with a very wide range. If it is the desire for money, it leads to theft. If it is the desire for prestige, it leads to evil ambition. If it is the desire for power, it leads to sadistic tyranny. If it is the desire for a person, it leads to sexual sin.”

“It is a very human trait in us to feel that another's advancement is in some way a blow to ourselves. It is equally a human trait to feel that another's downfall and disgrace in some way adds a bit of luster to our own crowns. Of course, nothing could be more utterly false.”

“As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.”

“Take heed and beware of covetousness. The Lord saw the need of doubly warning against that besetting sin.”

“Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.”

“There be three usual causes of ingratitude upon a benefit received - envy, pride, and covetousness; envy, looking more at other's benefits than our own; pride, looking more at ourselves than at the benefit; covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.”