Quotes about Comparison
In man or fish, wriggling is a sign of inferiority.
- Herman Melville
I had been told from school onwards that the best definition of a human being was man the tool-maker - yet I had just watched a chimp tool-maker in action. I remember that day as vividly as if it was yesterday.
- Jane Goodall
People are friendlier in New York than London.
- John Oliver
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Take time daily to reflect on how much you have. It may not be all that you want but remember someone somewhere is dreaming to have what you have.
- Germany Kent
The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
- Rick Warren
Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
- Bill Gates
The devil's one object is so to depress God's people that he can go to the man of the world and say: There are God's people. Do you want to be like that?
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Nobody has a perfect life and it's entirely possible that if you want someone else's life they are busy wanting someone else's too—maybe even yours.
- Joyce Meyer
Many dinosaurs were smaller than chickens.
- Ken Ham
In my love-challenged condition, seeing a difficulty for someone else can leave me feeling a little more smug or superior-by-comparison.
- John Ortberg
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
- William Hazlitt