“Envy: Instead of focusing on your own goals, your goal becomes throwing off the rails other people’s goals and at the end of the day you gain nothing but a mischievous satisfaction that you have destroyed someone’s dream”

© Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

The idea of rising above and achieving greatness is definitely a theme in the scriptures.

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Romans 12:21
This encourages us to respond to negative situations with positive actions and to let our success and goodness be the ultimate response.