Greed-for lack of a better word-is good. Greed is right. Greed works. — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have. — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Covetousness gives birth to violence, while violence gives birth to oppression.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I think if the church put in half the time on covetousness that it does on lust, this would be a better… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to… — Richard of Chichester Copy Share Image
The antidote for covetousness is contentment. The two are in opposition. Whereas the covetous, greedy person worships himself, the contented person worships… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
“Take heed and beware of covetousness: for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses. - … — H.H. Fowler Copy Share Image
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old. — Confucius Copy Share Image
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of… — Charles Caldwell Ryrie Copy Share Image
The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of… — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of… — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
The religious leader is the most untrustworthy of leaders; in no other station do we have so many opportunities for pride, covetousness… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
It isn't sex by itself that makes abortion. It is sex plus covetousness: desiring things that God does not will for us… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of mind and… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
All the wants which disturb human life, which make us uneasy to ourselves, quarrelsome with others, and unthankful to God, which weary… — William Law Copy Share Image
Look at them. There are your true philosophers. I think that Mack and the boys know everything that has ever happened in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
While it is undeniable that many have been driven to immorality and crime by the need to survive, it is equally evident… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“Plotting covetousness and deliberate contrivance, in order to compass a selfish end, are nowhere abundant but in the world of the dramatist:… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The pleasures of sin exist. We cannot deny them. But we also dare not deny what follows in their wake: a voracious… — Edwin Louis Cole Copy Share Image
“But, and here comes the rub, all of us feel that we are in complete control of our desire for things. We… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
