40+ Empowering Quotes About Jealous People In Your Life

No matter if you’re trying to deal with jealous haters, or want to improve yourself and work through your jealousy and envy, this list of the best quotes about jealous people will help you with that.

You’ve probably had a conversation with someone recently that made you somewhat confused.

Maybe you mentioned something about your progress or an achievement, or just how well things have been going for you lately, and all of a sudden you could smell hints of jealousy from them.

It may be their expression or lack of, or their indirect comments that made you feel uncomfortable⁽¹⁾. 

Having said that, it can be a pretty common and uncomfortable situation to experience.

So, the next time you encounter a hater or a jealous person, read through these quotes about jealous people to understand the meaning behind their hate and jealousy, empathize with them, or take their hateful comments with a smile!

Related: How To Deal With Jealousy (What Is It, What Causes It, Signs)

40+ Best Quotes About Jealous People

“It’s funny how the people who know the least about you, always have the most to say.”
– Auliq Ice

“If you’re jealous of someone else it simply means you have not come to a true acceptance and appreciation of yourself.”
– Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy – in fact, they are almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other.”
– Robert A. Heinlein

“Isn’t it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?”
– Sean Covey

“Jealousy results from lack of respect towards self.”
– Anoir Ou-Chad

“You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger

“You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.”
– Margaret Atwood

“Some people only hate you because of the way other people love you.” – Unknown

“Jealousy is a harsh, infertile ground. It is like desert sand. Any seed you plant here will die.”
– Sama Akbar

“Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.”
– Shannon L. Alder

“Jealous people want to see you do good, but never better than them.” – Unknown

“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.” – Aeschylus

“The people who know the least about you, always have the most to say.” – Unknown

“Envy is for people who don’t have the self-esteem to be jealous.”
– Benson Bruno

“There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when others cast stones you will never be afraid, never feel worthless and never feel alone.”
– Shannon Alder

“Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.”
– Anna Godbersen

“Jealous people can be quite mean in an attempt to feel better about themselves, but you do not have to give them that power.”
– Nyki Mack

“The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.” – Socrates

“Sometimes you need to let people feel important by disliking you. It’s their little happiness.”
– Shah Rukh Khan

“Jealousy really weakens you a lot.”
– Srinivas Mishra

“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.”
– Criss Jami

“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.”
– Lionel Shriver

“Don’t worry about the jealous ones, take them as your opponent’s coaches. Because a boxer in a ring fights only with his opponent not with his opponent’s coach.”
– Bruce Mbanzabugabo

“Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights.”
– Shannon L. Alder

“Most haters are stuck in a poisonous mental prison of jealousy and self-doubt that blinds them to their own potentiality.”
– Steve Maraboli

“Pay close attention to people who don’t clap when you win.”
– Leonardo DiCaprio

“Jealousy is the symptom of a hollow heart.”
– Anoir Ou-Chad

“A jealous person talks to everyone but YOU.”
– Shannon L. Alder

“What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?”
– Michael Connelly

“People that are jealous and envious of you are too freaking lazy to step up their own game.”
– April Mae Monterrosa

“People love to do such things, attempting to degrade other individuals for their mistakes to fulfill their inner will in order to feel more noteworthy.”
– Aditi Dufare

“Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt.”
– Terri Guillemets

“There will always be haters. And the more you grow the more they hate; the more they hate the more you grow.”
– Anthony Liccione

“Cheers to my Haters, There is so much more to come!!!”
– Leonardo DiCaprio

“A best friend is the one person that doesn’t leave you worse off by their actions or yours.”
– Shannon L. Alder

“People only love to bring up your past when they’re threatened by your present.” – Unknown

“It started with feelings of jealousy and like a mental virus it spread.”
– Dermot Davis

“Jealousy is but a fool’s act of chivalry.”
– Raneem Kayyali

“He who is jealous, is never jealous of what you see, with what is imagined is enough.”
– Jacinto Benavente

“Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.” – Buddha

Most people just want to see you fall, that’s more reason to stand tall.
– Emma Michelle

If someone is jealous of you, it probably means they see something in you that they couldn’t achieve or become. So, this is a good thing, it means you’re doing well in life, well done!

Jealous people can be a real pain in your everyday life and on your mental health. Hopefully, you’ve found this list of the best quotes about jealous people helpful.

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