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Envy comes from people's ignorance of,
or lack of belief in, their own gifts.
- Jean Vanier
Love looks through a telescope;
envy, through a microscope.
- Josh Billings
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession
as they torment us with their loss.
- Epicurus 
The Principal Causes of Our Suffering
are Our Expectations and Our Assumptions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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The flower which is single need not envy
the thorns that are numerous.
- Rabindranath Tagore
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
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.
He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
- The Buddha
The jealous are troublesome to others,
but a torment to themselves.
- William Penn
It is not the man who has too little,
but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The envious person grows lean
with the fatness of their neighbor.
- Socrates
Small people never learn to be indifferent;
they either envy or pity.
- Anonymous
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another,
but let him work diligently and build one for himself,
thus by example assuring that his own
shall be safe from violence when built.
- Abraham Lincoln
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy,
to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter,
and to lead but not manipulate.
- William Arthur Ward
Socialism is a philosophy of failure,
the creed of ignorance,
and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is
the equal sharing of misery.
- Winston Churchill
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike;
there is but one step from envy to hate.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
- Socrates
There comes a time in every man's education
when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance,
that imitation is suicide,
that he must take himself for better or for worse as his portion.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
It is not proud. It does not dishonor others,
It is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
It keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
- Corinthians 13:4-8 (NIV)
When everything comes your way
you're in the wrong lane.
- Anonymous
After the first blush of sin, comes its indifference.
- Henry David Thoreau
The best thing about the future is
that it comes one day at a time.
- Abraham Lincoln
True love comes quietly,
without banners or flashing lights.
If you hear bells, get your ears checked.
- Erich Segal
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every child comes with the message
that God is not yet discouraged of man.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Our Joy comes from living our own lives simply -
never from demanding that others live simply -
or from ever making any demands whatsoever upon others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
- A Course in Miracles
When life offers you a dream so far
beyond any of your expectations,
it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.
- Bella, from Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer
You have to accept whatever comes
and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage
and with the best that you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Offense comes not from the mouth, but from the ear.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Happiness is not something ready made.
It comes from your own actions.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Make the most of your regrets;
never smother your sorrow,
but tend and cherish it till it comes to have
a separate and integral interest.
To regret deeply is to live afresh.
- Henry David Thoreau
If there ever comes a day when we can't be together,
keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
All unhappiness comes from either
having less than yesterday,
or from having less than one's neighbor.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Once you know yourself as a genuine seeker,
and when your own inner chamber is quite enlightened,
then comes the natural unfoldment of pure love and compassion
and a genuine desire to serve others.
- Rod Stryker
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
- Zhuangzi
Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgement.
- Jim Horning
Confidence comes not from always being right
but from not fearing to be wrong.
- Peter T. Mcintyre
Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations
comes nearest to perfection.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
- Elbert Hubbard
The opportunity for greater courage
comes in the most ordinary of moments.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
- Albert Einstein
There comes that mysterious meeting in life
when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be,
igniting the circuits of our highest potential.
- Rusty Berkus
Sometimes new love comes between old friends.
Sometimes the best love was the one that was always there.
- Anonymous
Pride comes in two flavors -
choose honor, not ego.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only thing that makes life possible
is permanent, intolerable uncertainty;
not knowing what comes next.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Death comes to all,
but great achievements build a monument
which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity.
Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.
- Max Lucado
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready
for his opportunity when it comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli
You can not find happiness by chasing after it.
Happiness comes from doing what you love to do,
and from being who you truly are.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A Joyful Life comes from zigging as Life zigs,
and zagging as it zags.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I do my best and accept life as it comes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
- The Buddha
Improve what you can
and accept all the rest of life
just as it comes.
Know that fear is your worst enemy -
perhaps your only enemy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Change always comes bearing gifts.
- Price Pritchett
Success usually comes to those
who are too busy to be looking for it.
- Henry David Thoreau
Be clear that expectations are demands.
Demanding that life turn out the way we prefer
is a sure path to disappointment and suffering.
Happiness lies in having no expectations,
and accepting life as it comes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What I know for sure is that
what you give comes back to you.
- Oprah Winfrey
Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Pride comes in two flavors -
be careful which you choose -
choose honor, not ego.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The time comes upon every public man
when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
- Abraham Lincoln
Happiness comes from a conscious choice to live life joyfully.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Change comes from within.
- Anonymous
Strength does not come from physical capacity.
It comes from an indomitable will.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Faith is the highest passion in a human being.
Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
- Soren Kierkegaard
For those who are bored with life,
the path to happiness almost always comes
through service to the less-fortunate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What you are comes to you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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