Greed is an intense, selfish desire for more, especially wealth, power, or possessions. This insatiable desire can lead to harmful actions and a disregard for the needs and feelings of others. While a certain degree of self-interest or ambition is an inherent aspect of human nature, it needs to be moderated by ethical boundaries and respect for others. May these famous greed quotes and sayings give you valuable insights that will show you how being greedy harms your life.
1. “Greed dominates all other human sentiments, greed is the master, and the others are the slaves.” – Ferry Frank
2. “It didn’t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.” – Stephen King
3. “Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.” – Andy Stanley
4. “When one is greedy for more, one should instead be grateful for what one has already.” – Ron Hall
5. “The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.” – Bodhidharma
6. “For greed all nature is too little.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
7. “Greed dominates all other human sentiments, greed is the master, and the others are the slaves.” – Ferry Frank
8. “We shall have to practice to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.” – Lobsang Tenzin
9. “Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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10. “Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.” – Eartha Kitt
11. “Greed is powerful, nasty, classless, and alas, universal.” – Mike Moore
12. “There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
13. “Although one can do many good deeds through greed, they are only partially good because they are based on the defiling love of the self.” – Yin-shun
14. “If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. ” – Thomas Fuller
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15. “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” – Erich Fromm
16. “We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.” – Stephen Hawking
17. “You see, a man who is rich in faith would never steal anything, would never be covetous or greedy since he possesses all things.” – Pastor Edmund
18. “Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.” – Andrew Weil
19. “The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal urges like greed and power.” – Michael Leunig
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20. “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.” – Aga Khan IV
21. “It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.” – Democritus
22. “Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It’s the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be.” – Joni Mitchell
23. “From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.” – Friedrich Engels
24. “Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.” – Mwai Kibaki
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25. “Greed is the lack of confidence of one’s own ability to create.” – Vanna Bonta
26. “The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.” – Charles Kuralt
27. “Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.” – Cyril Connolly
28. “Callous greed grows pious very fast.” – Lillian Hellman
29. “Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.” – Yash Chopra
30. “The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him.” – Saadi
More Quotes and Sayings about Greedy People
31. “Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer.” – Julian Casablancas
32. “We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.” – Madeleine M. Kunin
33. “He who is greedy is always in want.” – Horace
34. “The point is that you can’t be too greedy.” – Donald Trump
35. “There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.” – Charles Kuralt
36. “The problem with greed is unless there is someone to warn you about it, it will creep up on you; and before you know, it has you hook, line, and sinker.” – Joseph Lacerenza
37. “Greed is the assumption that it is all for my consumption.” – Andy Stanley
38. “Greed cuts in line, greed doesn’t give when it should, and greed always wants more. Enough is never enough where greed is concerned.” – Elisabeth Bennett
39. “Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.” – Janwillem van de Wetering
40. “When greed, selfishness, and personal pleasure supersede, any society is subject to collapse.” – Debra Jean Anderson
41. “You say, If I had a little more, I should be satisfied. You made a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you will not be satisfied, even if it were doubled.” – Charles Spurgeon
42. “Greed has the ability to blind a person, making wrong seem right, and vice versa.” – Shannon Holmes
43. “Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.” – Charlie Chaplin
44. “I believe greed is actually measured by what it costs you, not by what you have.” – Jimmy Houston
45. “If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.” – Jacques Yves Cousteau
46. “Greed is the pursuit of money, wealth and power at the expense of others.” – Charles Carradine
47. “There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.” – Siddharta Gautama
48. “All hardships in life arise from greed and desire.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
49. “We’re all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.” – Mignon McLaughlin
50. “Money is not the root of all evil, greed is.” – Philip John Miller
51. “The worst hunger is the hunger for more.” – Anonymous
52. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
53. “It is not the man who has little, but the one who desires more, that is poor.” – Seneca the Younger
54. “A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.” – Swiss proverb
55. “The great ones eat up the little ones.” – Shakespeare's Pericles
56. “Either the key to one's wallet is in one's heart, or the key to one's heart is in one's wallet. So, unless you express your charity, you are locked inside your greed.” – Noah Benshea
57. “Be greedy; it will make you earn, but remember, it will leave you alone.” – Vikrant Adams
58. “In a dog-eat-dog world we lose part of our humanity.” – Jon Foreman
59. “Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.” – Harry S. Truman
60. “The frequency of anger attracts the frequency of anger, the frequency of greed attracts the frequency of greed, and so on.” – Gary Zukav
61. “Greed lessens what is gathered.” – Arab proverb
62. “The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person.” – Seneca
63. “Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.” – Erich Fromm
64. “Anger, pride, deceit, and greed are the inner enemies.” – Dada Bhagwan
65. “The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less.” – Annie Dillard
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2. “It didn’t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.” – Stephen King
3. “Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.” – Andy Stanley
4. “When one is greedy for more, one should instead be grateful for what one has already.” – Ron Hall
5. “The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.” – Bodhidharma
6. “For greed all nature is too little.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
7. “Greed dominates all other human sentiments, greed is the master, and the others are the slaves.” – Ferry Frank
8. “We shall have to practice to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.” – Lobsang Tenzin
9. “Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11. “Greed is powerful, nasty, classless, and alas, universal.” – Mike Moore
12. “There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
13. “Although one can do many good deeds through greed, they are only partially good because they are based on the defiling love of the self.” – Yin-shun
14. “If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. ” – Thomas Fuller
16. “We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.” – Stephen Hawking
17. “You see, a man who is rich in faith would never steal anything, would never be covetous or greedy since he possesses all things.” – Pastor Edmund
18. “Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.” – Andrew Weil
19. “The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal urges like greed and power.” – Michael Leunig
21. “It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.” – Democritus
22. “Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It’s the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be.” – Joni Mitchell
23. “From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.” – Friedrich Engels
24. “Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.” – Mwai Kibaki
26. “The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.” – Charles Kuralt
27. “Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.” – Cyril Connolly
28. “Callous greed grows pious very fast.” – Lillian Hellman
29. “Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.” – Yash Chopra
30. “The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him.” – Saadi
More Quotes and Sayings about Greedy People
31. “Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer.” – Julian Casablancas
32. “We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.” – Madeleine M. Kunin
33. “He who is greedy is always in want.” – Horace
34. “The point is that you can’t be too greedy.” – Donald Trump
35. “There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.” – Charles Kuralt
36. “The problem with greed is unless there is someone to warn you about it, it will creep up on you; and before you know, it has you hook, line, and sinker.” – Joseph Lacerenza
37. “Greed is the assumption that it is all for my consumption.” – Andy Stanley
38. “Greed cuts in line, greed doesn’t give when it should, and greed always wants more. Enough is never enough where greed is concerned.” – Elisabeth Bennett
39. “Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.” – Janwillem van de Wetering
40. “When greed, selfishness, and personal pleasure supersede, any society is subject to collapse.” – Debra Jean Anderson
41. “You say, If I had a little more, I should be satisfied. You made a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you will not be satisfied, even if it were doubled.” – Charles Spurgeon
42. “Greed has the ability to blind a person, making wrong seem right, and vice versa.” – Shannon Holmes
43. “Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.” – Charlie Chaplin
44. “I believe greed is actually measured by what it costs you, not by what you have.” – Jimmy Houston
45. “If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.” – Jacques Yves Cousteau
46. “Greed is the pursuit of money, wealth and power at the expense of others.” – Charles Carradine
47. “There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.” – Siddharta Gautama
48. “All hardships in life arise from greed and desire.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
49. “We’re all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.” – Mignon McLaughlin
50. “Money is not the root of all evil, greed is.” – Philip John Miller
51. “The worst hunger is the hunger for more.” – Anonymous
52. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
53. “It is not the man who has little, but the one who desires more, that is poor.” – Seneca the Younger
54. “A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.” – Swiss proverb
55. “The great ones eat up the little ones.” – Shakespeare's Pericles
56. “Either the key to one's wallet is in one's heart, or the key to one's heart is in one's wallet. So, unless you express your charity, you are locked inside your greed.” – Noah Benshea
57. “Be greedy; it will make you earn, but remember, it will leave you alone.” – Vikrant Adams
58. “In a dog-eat-dog world we lose part of our humanity.” – Jon Foreman
59. “Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.” – Harry S. Truman
60. “The frequency of anger attracts the frequency of anger, the frequency of greed attracts the frequency of greed, and so on.” – Gary Zukav
61. “Greed lessens what is gathered.” – Arab proverb
62. “The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person.” – Seneca
63. “Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.” – Erich Fromm
64. “Anger, pride, deceit, and greed are the inner enemies.” – Dada Bhagwan
65. “The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less.” – Annie Dillard
Share these Karma Greed Quotes and Sayings with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.