Covetousness Quote by John Milton

One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life.

— Charles Caldwell Ryrie

The character of covetousness, is what a man generally acquires more through some niggardliness or ill grace in little and inconsiderable things, than in…

— Alexander Pope

Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures of the heart which it could never purchase

— Charles Dickens

Where ones treasure is there also is his heart.

— Jesus

Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.

— Laozi

Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.

— Saint Ambrose

By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if me my…

— William Shakespeare

“The man who has God for his treasure has all things in One. Many ordinary treasures may be denied him, or if he is…

— A.W. Tozer

Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless…

— Zoroaster

“Wish not for treasure you can hold, No gleaming jewels, bright and cold, For finer still than pearl or gold, The treasure of a…

— Brian Holguin

There is a treasure in the heart of every man if you can only find it

— Winston Churchill

The man who has God for his treasure has all things in one.

— Anonymous