Beth Moore Quotes

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.

Jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think belongsto us, whereas envy is a frenzy that cannot bear anything that belongs to others.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.

It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

It's not healthy to be jealous.

I hate jealousy so much that if I ever do feel it, I try to shut it down immediately, but it's so hard.

Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.

No one would deny that feeling envy is unpleasant, or that feeling envious sometimes leads us down a path we wish we hadn't taken. Envy is frequently corrosive and destructive.

Jealousy is a hell of a thing. There's a reason it's one of the deadly sins.

Fear is sort of like jealousy. It's an unnecessary emotion.

Envy is a surefire party killer.

Jealousy is a rather enjoyable emotion to watch.

Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.

Genius inspires resentment. A sad fact of life.

Jealousy is an emotion. It doesn't have to make sense. In fact, it usually doesn't.

The envious will die, but envy never.

Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.

Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.

Doubts and jealousies often beget the facts they fear.

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

Jealousy endlessly eats through my mind, and jealously endlessly makes me be unkind.