Comparison Trap Quotes & Sayings

We've made the mistake of trying to copy the methodology of "success" rather than the process behind the methodology. — Don Cousins

He was ... blindingly beautiful, and wealthy, and my boss; all really good reasons why we were not suitable.
But, I really, really liked him. He was damn sexy and interesting and crazy smart and annoyingly insightful. I had to trust that there was something about me that he saw and liked enough to abandon his slamps and his Wendell lifestyle. I didn't like trusting, I didn't like setting greater than mild expectations, but I wanted to have faith in him. Call it wine, call it Quinn-sniff induced obscurity but I was too warm and fuzzy feeling to dwell on the scary side of strip poker. — Penny Reid

Jacob would have rather looked out of place at the Ritz than look like he cared to fit in anywhere. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

Sight of Dawson running on the opposite side of the street, — Nicholas Sparks

Comparison is a trap. It will kill our joy. It will rob us of our peace. It makes us act foolish and stupid. It causes dissension and division in the body of Christ. It creates terrible tension in our relationships with others. So here's what you need to focus on: Let God use you the way he sees fit to do so. Embrace what he is doing in and through your life. — Kurt W. Bubna

Workouts should be tailored to the participant rather than the participant tailored to the workout. — Charline Ratcliff

Who knows how many people are invisible because their stories don't fit our categories? — Marilyn Johnson

I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well. I only wish my words could just convince myself that it just wasn't real. But that's not the way it feels. — Jim Croce

Recession, terrorism, debts, political turmoil, disease, famine, mortality... screw it, I'm putting googly eyes on things. — Charles R.L. Guthrie

Do not fall into the terrible trap of thinking that life depends on money and that, in comparison with money, anything else is devoid of value or dignity. This is nothing but an illusion! We cannot take money with us into the life beyond. Money does not bring us happiness. — Pope Francis

All humans make mistakes. But there is no room or allowance in the fevered world of conspiracy theorists for mistakes, human errors, anomalies, or plain incompetence, though the latter, from the highest levels on down, is endemic to our society. — Vincent Bugliosi