Greed Quotes

Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; All with me's meet that I can fashion fit.

Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.

...people of old deemed freedom from greed precious, and this is how they got beyond the world.

Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from besti*l need rather than besti*l greed.”~ A thought by Lessa ~

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?

he who is greedy is always in want

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful

I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.

So the unwanting soulsees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soulsees only what it wants.

Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal.

The worker picked up Pakhom’s spade, dug a grave, and buried him - six feet from head to heel, exactly the amount of land a man needs.

Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up them.

Mum, mum, He that keeps nor crust nor crumb, Weary of all, shall want some.

Each new mornNew widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrowsStrike heaven on the face, that it resoundsAs if it felt with Scotland, and yelled outLike syllable of dolor.

Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person who was at peace.

The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. Greed and envy have their roots in selfishness.

Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous.

Life is not a matter of dollars and cents, houses and lands, earning capacity and financial achievement. Greed must not be allowed to make man the slave of wealth.

Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is that it is never satisfied. Greed is repeatedly condemned in the Bible.

We need to be on guard against greed . . . above all we need to make sure our lives are centered in Christ and not things.

Enforcement isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about whether government works and who it works for.

We may see the small Value God has for Riches, by the People he gives the

The best is the enemy of good.

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.”(Analects 4.9)

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.”(Analects 4.16)

The Master said, “The gentleman does not serve as a vessel.”(Analects 2.12)

And the great owners, who had become through the might of their holdings both more and less than men

We're sorry. It's not us. It's the monster. The bank isn't a man. The bank isn't like a man.Yes, but the bank is only made of men.

Do you want to know the cause of war? It is capitalism, greed, the dirty hunger for dollars. Take away the capitalist, and you will sweep war from the earth.

These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began-Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of Man.

Well, we all got to make a livin'.""Yeah, " Tom said. "On'y I wisht they was some way to make her 'thout takin' her away from somebody else.

There never were greed and cunning in the world yet, that did not do too much, and overreach themselves. It is as certain as death.

Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels.

Why is it that so many people think all the answers are in their wallet?

It does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants

For greed all nature is too little.

A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.

Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed.

This is where people misunderstand war. When you attack another country for its resources, you are the pirate. But when you protect your country from the pirates, you are the hero.

A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people, but those of multinational corporations.

The social havoc wreaked by unfettered economic greed comes to be interiorised as the personal weakness and irresponsibility of those principally affected.

You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster

The source of evil is desire, greed, and anger.

Greed applied is prosperity realized". ~R. Alan Woods [2006]

A lot of businesses would rather make an extra dollar than to save a soul. If greed isn't evil, what else would we call it?

Focus on patience, loyalty, intelligence, greed, dissatisfaction and pride.

The 'all for me and only me' mentality is the most destructive force on earth.

Which is worse? Lust for the purchasing power of money, or the kind of lust that covets power over others? Let the history of 20th Century socialist revolutions answer that question.