A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.

Quote by Lionel Shriver

Topics: Jealousy Quotes

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing...

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing...

People will always say you can't do something because they can't do it.

People will always say you can't do something because they can't do it.

Not necessarily reputation, rank, societal position or status,but the happiness and enjoyment that a person...

Not necessarily reputation, rank, societal position or status,but the happiness and enjoyment that a person...

Jealousy is the art of counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

Jealousy is the art of counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the...

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the...

Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment

Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Guilt is always jealous

Guilt is always jealous

Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.

Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

When you're blessed, the haters come out. When you wear God's blessings well, don't be...

When you're blessed, the haters come out. When you wear God's blessings well, don't be...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes

What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes

Jealousy is the injured lover's hell

Jealousy is the injured lover's hell

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely...

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely...