on envy
“It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.”
Original quotes
From our community writers
Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Some days, you will be close to the finish line and still not make it.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I separated someplace for each person in my heart, But she claimed to be the owner of it.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Modern-day love stories are born not out of love, but a tired mind and a restless heart.
Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase It doesn’t take courage to find peace in the arms of destiny. It takes faith.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I can’t wait to collect memories from every corner of the earth to splash in the vastness of this beautiful world.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry
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More on envy
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
HerodotusHerodotus Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
HerodotusHerodotus It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
AeschylusAeschylus Stars fade away in the morning, but your beauty still remains evident. Perhaps stars envy you.
AurthurAurthur Envy creates the beginning of strife.
DemocritusDemocritus Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
Andre GideAndre Gide Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
HeraclitusHeraclitus There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
Imam AliImam Ali