Dan Castellaneta Quotes

If I can't be happy, nobody can be happy.

I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill.

Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they're just jealous of what you have.

A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.

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

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

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.

Competing with other women wastes a lot of time, and I'm just not very good at it.

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.

We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves. If you make a person feel smart and insightful, that person will enjoy your company.

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

Taking away from someone else will never make you any better.

I'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.

The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of greed.

One does not hate so long as one continues to rate low, but only when one has come to rate equal or higher.

Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

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.

As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there's enough room for all of us to succeed.

Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.