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Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
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Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
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Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.
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Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
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The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury
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It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
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For greed all nature is too little.
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From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.
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Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.
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Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.
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A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.
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There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.
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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Big mouthfuls often choke.
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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
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Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
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The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
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We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
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A greedy father has thieves for children
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all
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He who is greedy is always in want
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.
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Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
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He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.
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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver
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None of the quick fixes to the world's problems are going to work, unless we change the dream of greed and scarcity that the world is dreaming.
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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
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All the money you make will never buy back your soul.
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If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.
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The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
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