John Tillotson Quotes

A lot of people keep saying that I am insecure and I keep trying to axe my co-actors' roles, but that's rubbish!

We all have someone we think shines so much more than we do that we are not even a moon to their sun, but a dead little rock floating in space next to their gold and their blaze.

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

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

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.

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.

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

It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn't make me feel good at all.

I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of them, and they go about their lives and have a wonderful time, so what's the point?

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

I don't think the world is jealous of me.

Feeling jealous doesn't make you a terrible person.

Some people will be quite happy you have failed and will find a way to tell you so directly and indirectly. Yep, that is life. Do not let their insecurities impact you.

I'm jealous of the 'Love Island' girls. I wish I was that confident.

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.

A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm not.

People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.

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

I love you, don’t I? And the gods know you are definitely not easy to deal with. (Aimee) Thanks, Aim. By the way I still have a tiny bit of confidence left. Please make sure you stomp on it too while you’re at it. Gods forbid it should actually grow into something called self-esteem. (Fang)

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead of an inspiring beacon for excellence.

If the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.

Low self esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about you.

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.