Quotes about Comparison

A believing slave is better than an idolater, even though ye admire him.

How much better is thy love than wine!

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory.

God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

The average teenager still has all the faults his parents outgrew.

Criticizing another's garden doesn't keep the weeds out of your own.

There's no need to be jealous of others' life, for the achievements that they got by chance. Why rely purely on luck when you can also achieve your goals through working hard?

All day Annie had watched family members, friends, and neighbors wander around the garden, and she kept thinking how they were all like flowers. Some were poppies, blooming bold and brief. Others were like ornamental vines, passionflowers, or trumpets. Still others were shy violets and wallflowers. And all together, what a beautiful world they made. Everyone different, everyone amazing to behold.

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose.