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.

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.

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.

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 am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.