1,220 Quotes About Greed

Live for your country, die to yourself; live for yourself, die to your country.

We cherish reprobates, not for their cruelty, but for their little show of patronage.

Targets are achieved sooner out of need, than out of greed.

There is no more destructive force in human affairs -- not greed, not hatred -- than the desire to have been right. Non-attachment to possessions is trivial when compared with non-attachment to opinions.

The wish to acquire is in truth very natural and common, and men always do so when they can, and for this they will be praised not blamed; but when they cannot do so, yet wish to do so by any means, then there is folly and blame.

Business is about profit, yes – and it is about more than profit: at its best, it is about expanding the possibilities of humanity.

When everything gets too much, give some away

Time is self absorbed, takes what it wants and doesn't return the favor. It is greedy, its pockets full of the lives of those left behind. It is a magician and a thief.

Sometimes in life, as in literature, people get their just desserts. The greedy man loses everything because he cannot resist seeking more riches.