Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. ~George Bernard Shaw
In jealousy there is more self-love than love. ~François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665
Envy is a waste of time. ~Author Unknown
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. ~Baltasar Gracián, translated from Spanish
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. ~Lawrence Durrell, Justine, 1957
It is never wise to seek or wish for another’s misfortune. If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang. ~Charley Reese
He that is not jealous is not in love. ~St. Augustine
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ~William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. ~Josh Billings
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow’s blessings instead of your own. ~Harold Coffin
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. ~Elizabeth Bowen
Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. ~Ambrose Bierce
Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point – that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative – self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it’s a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them. ~Jennifer James
Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening. ~Maya Angelou
Jealousy is the great exaggerator. ~Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, The Conspiracy of Fiesco, 1783
Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy. ~Antisthenes
Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit. ~Mme. de Puixieux
Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest. ~A.R. Orage
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. ~George Eliot
[T]he ear of jealousy heareth all things. ~The Bible (Apocrypha), Wisdom of Solomon 1:10
Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. ~Honore de Balzac
Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt. ~Terri Guillemets
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. ~François de La Rochefoucauld
Envy is ignorance. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. ~Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole. ~Honoré de Balzac
Never love unless you can
Bear with all the faults of man:
Men will sometimes jealous be,
Though but little cause they see.
~Thomas Campion, “Never Love”
Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both. ~Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
~William Shakespeare, Othello
The jealous bring down the curse they fear upon their own heads. ~Dorothy Dix
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. ~Mark Twain
Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. ~Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. ~Aeschylus
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.
~William Shakespeare, Othello
Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has. ~Elizabeth O’Connor
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks. ~Ovid
A show of envy is an insult to oneself. ~Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko
Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded. ~William Hazlitt,Characteristics, 1823
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. ~Paul Eldridge
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy. ~Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive. ~Havelock Ellis, On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue, 1937
Jealousy… is a mental cancer. ~B.C. Forbes
Jealousy hyphenates love in all the wrong places. ~Terri Guillemets
If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
Envy slays itself by its own arrows. ~Author Unknown
And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not. ~William Shakespeare
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YOURS TRULY
JOHN RAY YUBAL
@mr. awesome
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42 Comments
July 4th, 2012 at 2:17 am
A lot of people look for happiness in external sources, when true and sustainable happiness is found from within each of us.
I also agree that in order for you to make others happy and to have them follow you, you have to deal with and accept yourself first. We all have a ton of reasons to be happy, we just need to focus on them and choose happiness.
These are all fantastic tips, but the one that really stood out for me was:
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”
July 4th, 2012 at 2:25 am
Love these happiness quotes and lessons.
July 4th, 2012 at 4:39 am
Again, the simplicity of your work makes me smile. Thank you both for making my days a little brighter with the things you share.
July 4th, 2012 at 7:49 am
Marc and Angel, Happy 4th of July to you. Thanks for always sharing such inspiring words of wisdom with us. — What A Blessing You Are To Me.
July 4th, 2012 at 8:45 am
I love that the past few posts have been about happiness. Thanks for helping me keep a smile on my face.
July 4th, 2012 at 9:06 am
These quotes are exceptional, thanks for sharing them.
July 4th, 2012 at 10:19 am
Reading each one of your articles makes me fell so wonderful. Thanks for inspiration and the motivation I get from the ideas you share.
Fardeen Alemi ( Afghan )
July 4th, 2012 at 10:36 am
Love these Happiness quotes and inspirations, made my day. Not to mention the happiness, the deeper smile I got after reading this. Thanks so much for sharing this
Love you guys 
July 4th, 2012 at 11:15 am
Very nice as always. Lots of thanks for list of happiness quotes.
July 4th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Happy 4th July to you guys!
Absolutely amazing happiness quotes and lessons, thank you
July 4th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Great article as always! You guys always put together a wonderful read.
July 4th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
It’s all about the LAW OF ATTRACTION. It works. I experienced it. And mainstream approach for happiness will never work (’if that happens i will feel good’)…the reverse is true because feeling can be a guide and magnet for good events. The cycles of happiness and sadness, peace and suffering, love and lonliness, loss and embarrassment will come and go, true and permanent joy is found in being able to feel each moment and accepting yourself in it.
July 4th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Love that you continue to spread the message of happiness, my friends. Happiness Rocks!!
July 4th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Beautiful! These simple happiness quotes are relevant to everyone. I am actually a Christian, and a lot of these are principles Jesus taught too.
July 4th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY to you and all your readers for helping us become independent of our social conditioning.
July 4th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
So wonderful and uplifting to read . I always try to see the rainbow in everything . Smile and the whole world smiles with you!
July 4th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Yes, yes, yes… another great list. And this happy woman wished more people could feel as happy as I do.
July 4th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Thanks for writing such a wonderful & interesting writeup. Some of the points jolted me and were very inspirational to read. If I can practice what you teach, it will result in a great self improvement in my outlook & my life.
July 4th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Choosing happiness has been my philosophy for all my adult life. Seems people are afraid to be happy. Try it, its contagious!
July 4th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
#71 is my favorite.
July 4th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
I love all of these quotes. Thank you for this post!
July 5th, 2012 at 9:04 am
Sometimes people are not afraid to be happy, they just feel that, for whatever the reason, they don’t deserve it.
July 5th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
YES! Happiness is NOT something you postpone for the future. Well put!
July 5th, 2012 at 4:37 pm
#27 absolutely…
July 6th, 2012 at 1:19 am
I read this post, while listening to Cold Play- Paradise. I couldn’t do anything but cry. I thought about everything I’d been through. As a recent college grad I just think of the future that is ahead of me and where I have came from. You two are inspiring a lot of people in the world. Thank you for doing that!
July 6th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Some great concepts here – I have shared this on Google Plus to bring the same joy to others!
July 6th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Love this! Number 3, 11, and 14 are my favorite for now. I’ll keep it around for the next 20 tips. My diminutive mind can only absorb 20 at a time.
July 7th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
COMPLETELY AGREE! thank you Marc n Angel
The last one is exactly what my feeling is right now.
be grateful n u will know how lucky u are!
July 12th, 2012 at 11:33 am
Great post! There are some you have that I must write and put on my board. Thanks
July 12th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Well, I liked that quote, too: “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”
There’s so much good stuff from Marc and Angel it’s like drinking out of a fire hose of happiness!
I like 61: “Knowing yourself is one thing, but truly believing and living as yourself is another. With so much social conditioning in our society, we sometimes forget who we are. Don’t lose yourself out there.”
Acceptance and then picking your goals and having the integrity to stick to them…that takes some practice. I just wrote about this on my blog, taking off the blinders requires learning how to ignore things.
Great article,
Thank you.
July 20th, 2012 at 6:02 am
Morning!
Just found your blog, it’s really great!
For me… nr 71 “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
Thank you for your awesome words!
plur
July 25th, 2012 at 9:32 am
I actually stumbled across your blog while looking for reasons not to “take the easy way out”, if you know what I mean. I’ll be coming back daily. You’ve literally saved my life. Thank you.
August 13th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Great!!!
I was brought here by a very special person to me and it made me feel what is true happiness!
Thank you very much for these words!
December 8th, 2012 at 8:06 am
Mahalo for ALL the GREAT quotes, I LOVE it =]
December 29th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Thank you. That is all.
January 25th, 2013 at 1:57 pm
I love these happiness quotes. Empowering. Thank you.
February 5th, 2013 at 8:06 am
I’ll add a quote: Happiness is a state of mind when everything goes to our expectations and wishs.
February 12th, 2013 at 7:46 pm
This is an inspiring site!! Thank you!!
March 8th, 2013 at 9:52 pm
Thank you.
June 11th, 2013 at 6:01 am
Thank you for these hopeful quotes.
June 18th, 2013 at 5:56 am
Really Good post… these happiness quotes put a smile on my face. I appreciate it.
June 20th, 2013 at 10:22 am
I came across this and I’m leaving this blog post a completely different person – with a smile.
This is awesome… and so constructive.
THIS IS STILL ME,
YOURS TRULY
JOHN RAY YUBAL
@mr. awesome
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