Jealousy Quotes

• Know that whoever is trying to bring you down, is already below you.

  Boonaa Mohammed

  Trying, Your Jealous, I Am Jealous

  FaceBook post by Boonaa Mohammed from Nov 22, 2013

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• Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

  Heraclitus

  Inspirational, Happiness, You Make Me Happy

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• One of the tortures of jealousy is, that it can never turn away its eyes from the thing that pains it.

  George Eliot

  Pain, Eye, Torture

  George Eliot (1860). “Scenes of Clerical Life”, p.120

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  You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.

  Margaret Atwood

  Thinking, Being Jealous, Your Jealous

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Nov 12, 2016

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• Life is one big road with lots of signs,
  So when you riding through the ruts,
  Don't you complicate your mind
  Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy
  Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Song: 'Wake Up and Live!'". 1979.

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• Jealousy is the result of one's lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance.

  Sasha Azevedo

  Sad, Self Confidence, Acceptance

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

  William Penn

  Inspirational, Envy, Jealous People

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.188

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• Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.

  Oscar Wilde

  War, Rose, Getting Older

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.25, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Everybody isn't your friend. Just because they hang around you and laugh with you doesn't mean they're for you. Just because they say they got got your back, doesn't mean they won't stab you in it. People pretend well. Jealousy sometimes doesn't live far. So know your circle. At the end of the day real situations expose fake people so pay attention.

  Trent Shelton

  Fake Friends, Fake People, Real

  FaceBook post by Trent Shelton from Nov 05, 2013

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  Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

  Will Smith

  Forgiveness, Hater, Bullying

  Song: Just the Two of Us, Album: Big Willie Style, 1997

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• Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

  Mary Schmich

  Waste, Wasting Time, Sometimes

  "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young". Chicago Tribune, June 1, 1997.

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• Jealousy is the forerunner of love, and often its awakener.

  Francis Marion Crawford

  Forerunners

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• Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what they have been through.

  Sam Cawthorn

  Inspirational, Life, Positivity

  FaceBook post by Sam Cawthorn from Jul 16, 2011

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• Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Spring, Self, Self Love

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• Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Envy, Catholic, Genius

  "Walk with God".

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  Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

  Epictetus

  Life, Envy, Mind Your Own Business

  Epictetus, Sharon Lebell (2013). “The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness”, p.4, Harper Collins

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• There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy.

  Lope de Vega

  Punishment, Glory, Jealous Relationship

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• Comparison is a very foolish attitude, because each person is unique and incomparable. Once this understanding settles in you, jealousy disappears.

  Rajneesh

  Attitude, Unique, Understanding

  Rajneesh (Bhagwan Shree), Swami Krishna Prem (1984). “From I to Q”

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• Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

  Josh Billings

  Relationship, Hate, Love You

  Josh Billings (1874). “Everybody's Friend, Or Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor”, p.304

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• Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one's own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.

  B. C. Forbes

  Cancer, Inferiority, Consciousness

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• Remember, people only rain on your parade because they're jealous of your sun and tired of their shade.

  Kim Kardashian

  Hater, Rain, Tired

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• Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

  Aeschylus

  Friendship, Strength, Success

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• Jealousy, which serves the struggle for survival, can deteriorate into the envy which draws defeat even from victory.

  Willard Gaylin

  Struggle, Envy, Survival

  Willard Gaylin (1992). “The male ego”, Viking Pr

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• Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.

  Yoko Ono

  Admiration, Admire

  Yoko Ono (2013). “Acorn”, p.207, Algonquin Books

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• Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

  Oliver Stone

  Envy, Underestimate, Jealous

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