Coveting Quotes

“When I realize that God makes his gifts fit each person, there's no way I can covet what you got because it just wouldn't fit me.”
― William P. Smith, Loving Well

“Because, he says, it hurts to think about things that you can't have or help. S'better not to think about it.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“That same moment he ordered the hateful portrait taken out. But that did not calm his inner agitation: all his feelings and all his being were shaken to their depths, and he came to know that terrible torment which, by way of a striking exception, sometimes occurs in nature, when a weak talent strains to show itself on too grand a scale and fails; that torment which gives birth to great things in a youth, but, in passing beyond the border of dream, turns into a fruitless yearning; that dreadful torment which makes a man capable of terrible evildoing.”
― Nikolai Gogol, The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

“The tip of the neighbour's iceberg often looks very nice.”
― Roy A. Ngansop

“Do not covet anything that belongs to another person. Instead, be happy with your own life, love yourself, remove your excuses, and work.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

“Whatever worldly thing we may covet - zealously striving to obtain and then retain - never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed always escalate into a vicious spiral, as we seek greater and greater gratification but find less and less contentment. . . . Striving to acquire the things of the world not only does not bring lasting happiness and peace, but it drives us to seek more. When "all we've ever wanted" is grounded in the temporal trappings of this world, it is never enough!”
― Brent Top

“Life is a minefield and Love its coveted mine.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Ours is in reality an Abstract Value society--one in which things are not appreciated for what they are so much as for what they represent.”
― Benjamin Hoff, The Te of Piglet