Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.
Envy is the art of malice, rather than the love of anything good.
Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self-worth.

Envy is the coward side of hate and all her ways are bleak and desolate.
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
Envy is the art of counting another's blessings instead of your own.