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I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important thing. You have to be happy for your friends when they do well because you want them to do well. It's not a competition.

— Carrie Underwood

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It's also the dangerous part and it's an ugly emotion that hurts.

— Matthew McConaughey

For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.

— Fergie

I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill.

— Matthew McConaughey

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

— Sting

I've never been jealous of anybody's success. I've been flummoxed by it because I don't understand it, but I'm not jealous of it.

— Elton John

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

— Elizabeth Bowen

A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.

— Marcus Buckingham

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of them, and they go about their lives and have a wonderful time, so what's the point?

— Joy Behar

It's not healthy to be jealous.

— Victoria Beckham

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

— Clyde Tombaugh