Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. ~Erich Fromm
Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue. ~Andy Stanley
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed. ~Mahatma Gandhi
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything. ~Eartha Kitt
Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create. ~Vanna Bonta
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me ~Brian Tracy
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. ~Socrates
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ~Edward Abbey
Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful ~Warren Buffett
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it. ~Maya Angelou
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. ~Thoreau
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. ~Mark Twain
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. ~Kierkegaard
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury ~Charlie Chaplin
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants. ~Blaise Pascal
For greed all nature is too little. ~Seneca
From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization. ~Friedrich Engels
Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul. ~Little Richard
Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer. ~Julian Casablancas
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure. ~B.C. Forbes
Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence. ~Mason Cooley
A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same. ~Swiss Proverb
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. ~Oscar Wilde
Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough. ~Janwillem Van De Wetering
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed. ~Lau Tzu
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. ~Thomas Jefferson
Big mouthfuls often choke. ~Italian Proverb
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. ~Arthur Schopenhauer
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. ~Charles Caleb Colton
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. ~Anatole France
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. ~Frederick Keonig
A greedy father has thieves for children ~Serbian Proverb
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all ~Democritus
He who is greedy is always in want ~Horace
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. ~Unkown
Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing. ~Sylvia Plath
Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars. ~Bette Davis
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. ~Thomas Carlyle
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. ~Saint Augustine
Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied. ~Henry George
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. ~Benjamin Franklin
It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. ~Samuel Butler
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. ~Jonathan Swift
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. ~Epicurus
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver ~Ayn Rand
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. ~John Perkins
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. ~Bertrand Russell
All the money you make will never buy back your soul. ~Bob Dylan
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. ~Thomas Fuller
The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit. ~Horace