Quotes about Greed
The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less.
— Shane Claiborne
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
— Jeremiah 6:13
For although greed of itself is idolatry, there was still the additional worship of the idols, or . Rachel
— Martin Luther
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
— Romans 1:29
You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
— James 4:2
World has things which full fill man needs, but not greeds.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
— Martin Luther
The vanity and insatiability of the human heart are unspeakable. What a man has does not please him; what he does not have, that he yearns for.
— Martin Luther
Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The greedy misuse the world by striving to acquire it.
— Martin Luther
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
— Proverbs 21:6
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
— Isaiah 56:11