Greed Quotes

The world is big enough to satisfy everyones needs, but will always be too small to satisfy everyones greed

There is much suffering in the world - physical, material, mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the greed of others. The material and physical suffering is suffering from hunger, from homelessness, from all kinds of diseases. But the greatest suffering is being lonely, feeling unloved, having no one. I have come more and more to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience.

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.

True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.

Urges ... every man has urges. But the true measure of man is to admit them, to learn to control them. The Shield used to refer to themselves as the most dominant force in our universe. But that ain't the way I remember it. They fell victim to the faults of men. Their lust and greed and valor for glory, it led them right down in the pit, where they belong. Tonight, they'll burn for it. For I am no man. I am reborn. Our bond can never be broken, and our urges can never be satisfied.

The greed of the billionaire class has got to end and we are going to end it for them.

Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?

Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.

The reason the Christians have murdered on such a vast scale and killed anyone and everyone in their way is purely and simply greed.

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap are economic insecurity at home and international discord abroad.

The whole plan of extermination was nothing less than a cold blooded, calculated political measure, having for its object the annihilation of a superior element in the population, which might prove troublesome, and to this must be added the motive of greed.

Personal greed and egoism are things that cause human beings to forget respect for others and to violate rules that have been established for the sake of peace and friendship.

Greed is but a word jealous men inflict upon the ambitious.

If there was a university degree for greed, you cunts would all get first-class honours.

I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.

Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

There are three all-powerful evils: lust, anger and greed.

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

It's a mystery to me; We have a greed, with which we have agreed. You think you have to want more than you need. Until you have it all, you won't be free.

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment.

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

Those who own much have much to fear.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed.

In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.

Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed

The nature of any human being, certainly anyone on Wall Street, is 'the better deal you give the customer, the worse deal it is for you'.

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money.

All human suffering springs from unbridled desire. Unless one extricates oneself from the clutch of greed, one will not free himself from the fetters of sorrow.

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

The Emperor himself amassed his great riches. The older he grew, the greater became his greed, his pitiable cupidity... he and his people took millions from the state treasurer and left cemeteries full of people who had died of hunger, cemeteries visible from the windows of the royal palace

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

Today, as in the Gilded Age, we live in a world where a morality of personal responsibility rubs shoulders with a culture of greed and of flagrant social irresponsibility. Now as then, business has shed its collective responsibility for employees - just as government has for its citizens.

Atlantis was destroyed by the greed of its inhabitants.

If the heart is fed by love, the greed for pleasure would disappear.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be. .

Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions.

If I give $1,000 dollars I deserve to get back $100,000 because I am just, that's not greed!

IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.