Work while they talk, strive while they mock, persevere while they jeer, succeed while they hate.

Envy is admiration laced with resentment.

Do not hold grudges against those who try to keep you down; the higher you go, the smaller they become. Do not trust those who try to push you down once you are up;
the more envious they are, the more dangerous they become.

Be who your enemies dread you'll become.

People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.

The riper a tree's fruit, the more stones people cast at it.