1. There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.-Francis Bacon
2. The problem with comparison is that you always feel either better than someone else or worthless compared to someone else.-Dillon Burroughs
3. A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.-Francis Crick
4. A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.-Robert Cecil
5. The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.-Steve Furtick
6. There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.-Alexandre Dumas
7. Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle.-Jon Acuff
8. Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make.-Soren Kierkegaard
9. Neither compares nor competes.-Lailah Gifty Akita
10. Comparison will be the number one thing that will keep you from doing what God’s calling you to do. He’s put a gift and a call and a desire in your heart that is different than anyone else’s. And you’re wired that way for a reason.-Kari Jobe
11. Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population.-Edward Sapir
12. If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.-Jon Foreman
13. Comparison with myself brings improvement, comparison with others brings discontent.-Betty Jamie Chung
14. It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
15. Comparison is an act of violence against the self.-Iyanla Vanzant
16. Comparison kills creativity. Stop comparing and start creating.-Anonymous
17. In comparison with a loving human being, everything else is worthless.-Hugh MacLennan
18. Comparisons are always welcomed when drawn in favor.-Pushpa Rana
19. Comparisons deplete the actuality of the things compared.-William S. Wilson
20. Comparison is a very foolish attitude, because each person is unique and incomparable.
21. Once this understanding settles in you, jealousy disappears.-Rajneesh
22. Comparisons make you feel superior or inferior, neither serve a useful purpose.-Jane Travis
23. If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.-Max Ehrmann
24. Don’t compare yourself to others. That’s a battle you can never win.-Michelle Parsons
25. Comparison will strip you of power, of grace, and influence. Each person is unique. How then, can you possibly compare unique to unique? You can’t. And when you try, you annihilate your brilliance.-Amy Larson
26. What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
27. Comparison is the death of joy.-Mark Twain