Life Jealousy Quotes

#1. A relaxed attitude lengthens a man's life; jealousy rots it away.

Anonymous

#2. Do not trust everyone who smiles at you;
some admire your achievements,
but some misunderstand them,
and many more envy them.
Jealousy is like the sky:
everywhere on everyone.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#3. Jealousy, anger, fear - these are ridiculous emotions that drain your power. You need to control them by being content, trusting that life knows what is best, accepting with an even mind whatever is presented to you.

Frederick Lenz

#4. Envy and jealousy are very harmful because you are never ever satisfied with what you have and you never reflect on what you have. You constantly live your life on what you do not have.

Tsem Tulku

#5. Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.

Epictetus

#6. There are as many jealousies in life as there are different flowers or trees or animals.

Martha Albrand

#7. How infinitely passionate a thing religion at its highest flights can be. Like love, like wrath, like hope, ambition, jealousy, like every other instinctive eagerness and impulse, it adds to life an enchantment which is not rationally or logically deducible from anything else.

William James

#8. An old song surfaced in my memories. Love is all you need. Maybe, but in real life love was rarely all you got. Raphael and I also had pride, and guilt, and anger, jealousy and hurt feelings,

Ilona Andrews

#9. Hate or Jealousy will not Give any Solution only Tears on the Long Run, because a Winner is a Fighter for their Rights and Chances in Life.

Jan Jansen

#10. My ride's here."
"Temporary ride."
Blue exploded, hurling her yogurt container into the recycling bin. "What is it, Orla? Jealousy? Or what? You just don't want me to like them as well as I do because ... you're trying to save me from being hurt? You know what else is temporary? Life.

Maggie Stiefvater

#11. While some of us burned on the edges of life, insatiable and straining to see more deeply in, he sat complacently at the centre and let life come to him - so much of it, evidently, that he could not keep track of his appointments.

John Updike

#12. Those who envy the success of others are normally ignorant to the sacrifices, failures, and dedication that it took for them to get there.

Noel DeJesus

#13. Jealousy is only hurt ego. Revenge is meaningless. Life is abstract. There is no point other than pleasure.

Chloe Thurlow

#14. When Larten heard that Alicia had married, he felt both jealousy and delight. A selfish part of him had hoped she'd mourn for him the rest of her life. But mostly he was happy that she'd found someone who could give her all that he had failed to provide.

Darren Shan

#15. While you're telling yourself you'll 'do it tomorrow', I'm doing it today. And while I'm living my success, you'll be using words like 'lucky' to mask your jealousy and regret.

Steve Maraboli

#16. When you make it a strong habit not to take anything personally, you avoid many upsets in your life. Your anger, jealousy, and envy will disappear, and even your sadness will simply disappear if you don't take things personally.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

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

Bob Marley

#18. How much of our earth has been wet by blood because of jealousy! And at the end of life, what does it all matter? We grow old and the young look at us and can never see that once we made a kingdom ring for love.

Bernard Cornwell

#19. Rejoice in the prosperity of others. When you feel contemptuous, or even a twinge of jealousy, toward the accomplishments or life-styles of others, you are harboring negativity where love must reside.

Wayne Dyer

#20. Drop jealousy and envy, for they make you ugly. Be loving, be accepting, and most of all ... be happy just the way you are.

Leon Brown

#21. Great people will always be mocked by those who feel smaller than them.

Suzy Kassem

#22. I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

#23. People love to do such things, attempting to degrade other individuals for their mistakes to fulfill their inner will in order to feel more noteworthy.

Aditi Dufare

#24. Of all the heartache I will ever know, only some of it will be real. The rest, I will create.

Crystal Woods

#25. I am completely in charge of the choices I make about what I am doing to lose weight and get healthy. And you know what? We all have this power. Don't be angry with me for something good I've done for myself. Be angry with yourself for not having the courage to do the same in your own life.

Jennifer Hudson

#26. [T]hat mutual jealousy, that intolerantly keen edge of criticism, that irrational hunger for a beautiful perfection, that life and wisdom do presently and most mercifully dull.

H.G.Wells

#27. Mind you, I don't know why people get so fixated on happiness, which always eludes them, when there are so many other invigorating experiences available, like rage, jealousy, disgust, and so forth. - Some Hope

Edward St. Aubyn

#28. I am touched by her life, how it moves forward, pulses and springs. There is no fragmentation, nothing stunted or wedged. I circle back, I regress, the past doesn't let go. It might as well be a malfunction, a scene repeating itself, a scratched vinl record, a stutter.

Leila Aboulela

#29. When you live as I do, you cannot indulge in jealousy. If you do, it will rip you apart.

David Levithan

#30. God has given this way of life to Israel: to abstain from everything which is contrary to nature, that is to say, anger, fits of passion, jealousy, hatred and slandering the brethren; in short, everything that is characteristic of the old man.

Poemen

#31. In my experience lust only ever leads to misery. All that suspicion and jealousy and anguish it unleashes. I don't want those things in my life.

Chrissie Hynde

#32. Boys and girls should be taught respect for each other's liberty ... and that jealousy and possessiveness kill love.

Bertrand Russell

#33. This was one of those mid-thirties moments when you take a look at the stale, half-chewed bagel your life has become and kiss jealousy on its smokey mouth.

Steve Almond

#34. Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did not in some way close the path of glory ...

Jean-Georges Noverre

#35. Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.

George Eliot

#36. Hanging over what you did and what you thought, until jealousy and suspicion sucked the life out of anything you had left.

Sibel Hodge

#37. Love can make a great celebration out of your life - but only love, not lust, not ego, not possessiveness, not jealousy, not dependence.

Rajneesh

#38. Do what you want with life, you don't get another one. Never apologize, never explain. Stay light, stay free. Jealousy kills; it kills whatever it touches.

Janice Galloway

#39. Darkness is the absence of light. Happiness is the absence of pain. Anger is the absence of joy. Jealousy is the absence of confidence. Love is the absence of doubt. Hate is the absence of peace. Fear is the absence of faith. Life is the absence of death.

Jess Bowen

#40. That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

Clyde Tombaugh

#41. If we truly knew someone's entire life story and all the things they have been through we would drop all jealousy and comparison. We would admire their ability to shine.

Renae A. Sauter

#42. If you just can't get rid of envy, then start creating a life, so that if you saw yourself from afar, you'd be envious of you.

Charles F. Glassman

#43. There was no jealousy on the part of a new spouse over the love or affection a man or woman shared with a former spouse. It was considered a blessing to have had such loves in one's life.

Aleksandra Layland

#44. The only person who is hurt by jealousy is you ... Eliminate that word from your life ... it may not make you unsuccessful selling your art, but it will destroy your happiness.

Jack White

#45. Resentment, anger, jealousy, pain, hurt, and depression are poisons that you drink but expect someone else to die. Life does not work that way. Most people take lifetimes to understand this simple truth.

Sadhguru

#46. Everyone feels some jealousy, some anger, and some hostility. Don't feel guilty. But to allow them to become dominant expressions of your way of life is off the wall.

Frederick Lenz

#47. I knew neither jealousy nor hate but was possessed by a rage to recreate a new world, the world which my eyes perceived, a world all to myself. I was poor but I knew that life is beautiful.

Maurice De Vlaminck

#48. We ask ourselves and each of us may wonder: Does the Lord feel truly at home in my life? Do we allow him to do a 'cleansing' in our hearts and to drive out the idols, those attitudes of greed, jealousy, worldliness, envy and hatred, that habit of gossiping and tearing down others?

Pope Francis

#49. It is disgusting that 'Life & Style' and 'InTouch' magazines continue to print these false stories about my life: the status of my marriage, false reports about a miscarriage, the horrible lie that my dad is not my biological father, jealousy over my sisters' lives, etc.

Khloe Kardashian

#50. Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ's love in your life today?

Billy Graham

#51. The devil will use fear, pride,jealousy, time wasters, hurt, thoughts, disappointments to get us to turn our eyes away from Jesus. Don't give him a moment in your life.

Amanda Penland

#52. So is jealousy natural? It depends. Fear is certainly natural, and like any other kind of insecurity, jealousy is an expression of fear. But whether or not someone else's sex life provokes fear depends on how sex is defined in a given society, relationship, and individual's personality.

Christopher Ryan

#53. Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

Alexis Carrel

#54. I watched the jealousy between them grow, and felt it was none of my fault
only Momma's! As everything wrong in my life was her fault.

V.C. Andrews

#55. If jealousy disappears and love still remains, then you have something solid in your life which is worth having.

Rajneesh

#56. At this point, the jealousy that tortured me all my life commenced, and the force with which it came over me marked me forever. It became my true passion, utterly heedless of any attempts at convincing me or pointing out a better way.

Elias Canetti

#57. A hopeful life is a successful life. People who bury their hopes and crave for someone's success never know that their diamond is hidden as they envy other's silver!

Israelmore Ayivor

#58. The whole world is based on fear, even behind the jealousy of the day before lay dear. Fear of being alone, fear of being abandoned, fear of life, fear of being trapped in tragedy, fear of the animal in us, fear of one's hatred, of committing a crime, fear of cancer, of syphilis, of starvation.

Anais Nin

#59. Those.. we use to abuse in front of others..
somewhere deep inside.. we wish to be like them..

Lovely Goyal

#60. It is, after all, envy rather than jealousy that causes most of the trouble in married life.

Anthony Powell

#61. I feel hurt or attacked, jealousy or fear, what works for me is thinking of life as an adventure. This way, I remember that all these feelings or situations are part of a greater whole and that they need to be there to make life exactly what it is.

Richard Brancatisano

#62. We need to get rid of hate, envy, jealousy, discord in ourselves, so we can reach a solution in terms of peace in order to feel that time has come for human happiness.

Chico Xavier

#63. With fear, possessiveness enters the picture, then jealousy rears its ugly head. Jealousy is the opposite of desiring life and freedom of choice for one's partner.

Peter Shepherd

#64. People usually gossip about people they don't quite understand, are jealous of, or have other negative feelings for.

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#65. Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thought it sounded too good to be true and I was certainly convinced it wasn't the life for me!

Sylvia Kristel

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

Yoko Ono

#67. Jealousy of other people's success is a sure sign that you feel unfulfilled in your own life. Seeing them enjoy the fruits of their labors is a painful reminder that you do not have what you want nor have you been actively seeking it.

David J. Lieberman

#68. Jealousy is not a result of love. It is a result of crossed relationship boundaries. Love and relationships should not be confused.

Julieanne O'Connor

#69. The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.

Dalai Lama

#70. How much better life would be if we began the day with a poem rather than the empty prattle of newspapers, with their diet of fear, hate, envy and jealousy.

Tom Hodgkinson

#71. I Repent of ever having recorded one single song, and ever having performed one concert, if my Music, and more importantly, my Life has not provoked you into Godly Jealousy or to SELL OUT MORE COMPLETELY TO JESUS!

Keith Green

#72. Over time, jealousy becomes an element as indispensable as paint in the life of the master artist.

Orhan Pamuk

#73. I am convinced that the jealous, the angry, the bitter and the egotistical are the first to race to the top of mountains. A confident person enjoys the journey, the people they meet along the way and sees life not as a competition.

Shannon L. Alder

#74. People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.

Summer Altice

#75. Stay close 2 those who r by ur side in happy times, because they do not harbor jealousy or envy in their hearts, only joy 2 c u happy ...

Paulo Coelho

#76. Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening

Maya Angelou

#77. A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones. Proverbs 14:30

Joyce Meyer

#78. Fans in China are very different from those overseas. In China, many people really love me and care about my life. But there is always some jealousy mixed up in this feeling of love. I think that is the big difference. Overseas, there is none of that.

Gong Li

#79. Then August knew. Thomas didn't dwell on things. Thomas was strong, and he didn't know what it was to be afraid. He knew he could get what he wanted, never questioning his identity or who he would be the next day.
He was everything August wasn't, and that's why August hated him.

Kris Noel

#80. Gossip, slander and jealousy have caused more pain than many wars.

Heather Wolf

#81. My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to be insanely jealous. It comes out of insecurity. It can come and go, but you get to the point in life where you don't have this raging jealousy and protectiveness about your world.

Felicity Kendal

#82. I loved reading the Dalai Lama's words: "My religion is loving-kindness." I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future; and that meant loving-kindness to myself
in my pain, in my jealousy, in my fear.

Elizabeth Kim

#83. Sometimes, I think that I love life so much, that I make death jealous ...

Lionel Suggs

#84. Truthfully, there're only a handful of people in this world who really get joy from seeing you happy. Most won't care if you're happy, only if you're miserable like they are. They eat that shit up.

Crystal Woods

#85. Don't torment yourself with jealousy. It's a silly illusion that someone's life is better than yours when the truth is that each one of us is on a different path.

Demi Lovato

#86. Nobody's perfect. They are weak, with ugly hearts, and they quickly turn to jealousy. They try to knock others down. It's so odd . . . In the world we live in, the greater a person is, the more difficult his or her life becomes.

Wataru Watari