Home / Quotes / Quote by Victor Vote

Quote by Victor Vote

“A man who has no discipline to keep a deaf ear to words birthed out of anger, jealousy and envy will spend all his life fighting a defeated war.”

Quote by Victor Vote

Author

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Victor Vote. more

You May Also Like

“Those who can't match you will malign you.”

Competition Equality Envy Jealousy Slander Status Contest Defame Vilification Comparision

Book:Wealth of Words

Source: Wealth of Words

“I had an inkling Grace had gone out with Easton. I also had an inkling Easton was getting murdered tonight by yours truly.”

Book:Playing with Fire

Source: Playing with Fire

“Why is it that people would sooner make you feel small in order to feel big by comparison when if they reached a little higher it would actually make them grow big in the effort?”

Pride Jealousy Richelle Goodrich Richelle E Goodrich Put Downs Belittling

Book:Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“He is in love with you. I read the fucking letters. And you love him. Damn you! Damn you to hell, Elysse!” he roared, towering over the foot of the bed. “You are supposed to love me!” -Alexis de Warenne”

Jealousy Angst Savagery Hate Love Alexis Elysse

Book:The Promise

Source: The Promise

“He's not mine. I can tell he's thinking about someone else. I feel like he keeps slipping through my fingers, even while he's within reach. I've never felt this way before.”

Love Jealousy Love Or Hate

Book:Love or Hate

Source: Love or Hate

“The monster was stronger than before, rejoicing. He embraced this dual future that gave him a fifty-fifty chance at what he craved so viciously. The third, shaky future I'd tried to construct through willpower alone had collapsed--destroyed by common jealousy, of all things--and he was so much closer to his goal.”

Jealousy Monster Edward Cullen

Book:Midnight Sun

Source: Midnight Sun

“In “Victorian Literature”, I taught George Eliot’s great novel Middlemarch. The younger group hated it: the characters in it made the wrong decisions and married the wrong people, and they themselves were never going to make such mistakes. The older group loved it: the characters in it made the wrong decisions and married the wrong people - it was just like real life.”

Life Life Lessons Marriage Humour

Book:Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts

Source: Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts

“All I wanted was to have her back as one and, if possible, not get asked by Easton to be the best man at their wedding. Unless he wanted his bride stolen”

Book:Playing with Fire

Source: Playing with Fire

“Even the mighty Sun might get depressed if He started comparing Himself with the moon: “People take me for granted and sing praises of the moon.”

Depression Envy Jealousy Comparison Uniqueness

Author:Shunya

“One may justify the existence of men in power in many different ways. Yet power remains a pernicious thing for what justifies it is inexpiable. Fragility, which belongs to the realm of appearances, is to be preferred to the fractal which is merely the quality of a mathematical object. It is exciting to hear one of your fondest ideas formulated in one fell swoop, better than you could have done it yourself. You feel no intellectual jealousy at seeing yourself outstripped in this way. You only feel jealous when you are overtaken by your shadow.”

Power Jealousy Fragility Voluntary Servitude Likemindedness

Book:Cool memories

Source: Cool memories