Anne Lamott Quotes

Envy is an insult to oneself.

At moments I dislike having a face, a nose, lips, because he has them.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

When you're growing up, it's very easy to feel lonely and insecure.

It's never your successful friends posting the inspirational quotes

I've learned from personal experience that insecurity and doubting yourself can really hurt you.

Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside. -Gabe Singleton remembering his counselor's first advice-

Everywhere you go, you see women more beautiful than yourself. You imagine him being attracted to them. You're drinking gasoline to stay warm.

Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one's own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.

Never hate jealous people. They are jealous because they think you are better than them.

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

The 12 years I was in Fleetwood Mac before were not particularly happy years. I was not in a very good place, psychologically, when I left. I didn't have a lot of confidence in what I was doing.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

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.

Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.

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?

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.

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

The root of the problem I have is anxiety, and it's all derived from something - I'm just going to say it, some kind of sadness. It manifests in so many different ways and it affects people differently.

I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

It's not healthy to be jealous.

You could have the thickest skin but Instagram and Twitter still affect you. It makes you envious, even if you've got everything you could ever want.

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

For about three or four years, I was in a lot more physical pain and stress than anybody knew. When I would meet people, I was kind of standoffish. That was because I was in a bit of a funk.