According to a study conducted by researchers from Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain, envy is the most prevalent basic personality trait shaping human behavior that is present in almost one-third of the population. In the same study, researchers found that 90% of the population can be divided into four main personality traits: optimistic, pessimistic, trusting, and envious. And guess what, the largest proportion (30%) turned out to be "envious." Although more studies would be required to support these findings, the truth is obvious - everyone has felt envy or jealousy at some point in their lives. However, some cope with these toxic feelings better than others.
That may be envy over someone who gets to go on holiday twice per year, perhaps someone is jealous that one grew up with both parents, or jealous because someone got to eat three times today, not just once. And to be fair, all these reasons are valid. However, envy is not an emotion one should feed off of to gain motivation. It's a negative emotion that only draws hatred. It doesn't inspire nor motivate us to strive for any good.
If you are someone who is struggling to deal with negative emotions, quotes about jealousy and envy can lead you on the right path. Reading through some wise words and inspiring quotes really can make a difference. It's all about how we react and perceive things. Someone having something better than you or living a presumably better life shouldn't make you envy or even hate them.
Often, envy and jealousy are rooted in low self-confidence and unresolved past issues. The many envy quotes and quotes about jealousy condemn these emotions, with some even referring to them as "diseases." Although entirely natural and often detected unintentionally, this germ that is jealousy and envy should be shooed away and not allowed to spread.
Below, we've gathered some inspiring words from many sage individuals, as well as quotes on jealousy and the essence of envy. Let us know if any of the quotes about envy reached the deepest chambers of your heart.
#121
"Men, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us out of envy for our merits." — Moderata Fonte
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#122
"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause." — Baltasar Gracian
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#123
"When you criticize someone, see if you are doing it out of envy. Your criticism reveals more about yourself than you realize." — Haemin Sunim
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#124
"Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too." — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
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#125
"Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation." — Henry Fielding
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#126
"I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him." — Richard Steele
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#127
"Now think of the things which goad man into destroying man: they are hope, envy, hatred, fear, and contempt." — Marcus Aurelius
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#128
"The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich." — Publius Syrus
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#129
"Envy is the coward side of Hate, and all her ways are bleak and desolate." — Henry Abbey
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#130
"Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks." — Thomas Browne
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#131
"I never envy the guys who get attention for partying too much or behaving badly." — Thomas Gibson
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#132
"We are and always will be the party of prosperity, not envy." — Andrew Scheer
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#133
"Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy." — Friedrich Nietzsche
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#134
"When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity… you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others." — Robert Greene
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#135
"There is more self-love than love in jealousy." — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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#136
"God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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#137
"Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God." — Radhanath Swami
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#138
"I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt." — Ben Hecht
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#139
"If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang." — Charley Reese
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#140
"There are people who have never been taught anything and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a moment's thought to anything, and comprehend everything. 'Blessed hands' is the name bestowed on these fortunate beings. The world envies, honors and respects them." — Sholom Aleichem
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