Brian Michael Bendis Quotes

Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence you’ve been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably going to have to deal with it, because some wonderful, dazzling successes are going to happen for some of the most awful, angry, undeserving writers you know-people who are, in other words, not you.

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

Other women looked on me as a rival. And it pained me a great deal.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

It's easy in this world, in this business, to get caught up and get jealous of people.

Envy is the religion of the mediocre

No matter where you are in the game, no matter how successful you might be, there will always be others out there who are more talented or more beautiful or more connected than you. Get used to it! If you start dwelling on everybody else's genius, it'll become a huge wave of doubt.

I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better.

I hate it when people say, "Oh, women are just jealous." I'm not jealous, but I do beat myself up about what I haven't accomplished in my own life yet - and when you meet a woman who has accomplished what you expect to achieve, and she's also dating your ex, of course it's hard!

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.

I might find that I have a habit of being jealous and comparing myself with other people and riveting my attention on how much somebody else is accomplishing or doing, or how much better they are at such and such. First, I might recognize the story - the mental images and internal dialogue - and say, "Okay, comparing mind." Then, rather than staying caught in the content, I'll bring my attention into my body and open to the immediate feelings that are there.

Make an enemy of jealousy and envy. As fast and soon as you can…. The art world is high school with money.

Those who succeed can't forgive a fellow for being a failure, and those who fail can't forgive him for being a success.

The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

For some reason, we can't just enjoy somebody else's success. Somehow, that's going to affect us. If they have more, then I have less - and I don't know why.

I think it bothers people to see people that are happy and successful. So they try to find what's wrong with them.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive.

I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.

Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.