“Jealousy is the bane of slavish nations.”
Swami Vivekananda
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Jealousy Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · JEALOUSY
Jealousy Quotes
Read the best jealousy quotes on envy, insecurity and letting go from Shakespeare, La Rochefoucauld, Socrates, Thiruvalluvar, the Bible and more. Wise words on a tricky emotion.
“Let him not despise what he has received, nor ever envy others; a mendicant who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”
Buddha
ContentmentPeace
“As the rule of right conduct, let each regard an unenvying grace of mind.”
Thiruvalluvar
CharacterContentment
“If any man possess a mind from envy free, no other gift of excellence can equal this.”
Thiruvalluvar
VirtuePeace Of Mind
“He who, instead of rejoicing in another's good, envies it, does not truly desire virtue or wealth for himself.”
Thiruvalluvar
EnvyGenerosity
“The wise do not break the rule of right through envy, knowing the sorrow that follows evil deeds.”
Thiruvalluvar
WisdomConsequences
“Envy is enough to ruin a man, even if he has no enemies.”
Thiruvalluvar
Self DestructionEnvy
“Who grudges what others give will see his own kin perish without clothes to wear or bread to eat.”
Thiruvalluvar
GenerosityConsequences
“The goddess of fortune, envious of the envious man, leaves him to her elder sister, misfortune.”
Thiruvalluvar
FortuneEnvy
“Envy, the sinful one, destroys a man's wealth and drives him into the fire.”
Thiruvalluvar
EnvyLoss
“When the envious prosper and the blameless suffer, the thoughtful should ask why.”
Thiruvalluvar
JusticeReflection
“No envious man has ever risen to great prosperity; no man free from envy has ever failed to prosper.”
Thiruvalluvar
SuccessContentment
“For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.”
The Bible (Proverbs 6:34)
RageWarning
“Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?”
The Bible (Proverbs 27:4)
EnvyAnger
“For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.”
The Bible (Job 5:2)
EnvyFoolishness
“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.”
The Bible (James 3:16)
StrifeEnvy
“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
The Bible (Galatians 5:26)
HumilityEnvy
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not.”
The Bible (1 Corinthians 13:4)
LoveKindness
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house.”
The Bible (Exodus 20:17)
ContentmentCommandments
“Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 4:4)
WorkEnvy
“Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.”
The Bible (Psalm 37:1)
PeaceTrust
“Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.”
The Bible (Proverbs 23:17)
FaithEnvy
“Laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings.”
The Bible (1 Peter 2:1)
Letting GoCharacter
“And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.”
The Bible (Genesis 37:11)
SiblingsBible Stories
“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in strife and envying.”
The Bible (Romans 13:13)
HonestyPeace