Greed Quotes

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

Seneca

“There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.”

“The love of money is the mother-city of all evils.”

“Seized and dragged before King Philip, and asked who he was, he replied, "A spy upon your insatiable greed."

"Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly tempts its owner to abuse it."

Albert Einstein

"Money has never made man happy, nor will it; there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants."

"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money."

"Make money your god, it will plague you like the devil."

Henry Fielding

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”

“Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish been caught, will we realise we cannot eat money.”

Cree Proverb

“We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity.”

Stephen Hawking

“Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.”

Henry Fielding

“Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs.”

The Bible (1 Kings 21:2)

“The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”