Ambition is greed without makeup.
I too often allow people to become a sterile commodity to be bartered in the service of my greed, and in doing something so absurdly reckless I foolishly barter away everything that meets my need.
(n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
Whatever worldly thing we may covet - zealously striving to obtain and then retain - never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed always escalate into a vicious...
Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.
Perhaps he has confused making money with freedom.
There is a philosophy by which many people live their lives, and it is this: life is a shit sandwich, but the more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat.These people are often selfish brats...
As long as there is greed (desire) for even a single situation, one will have to come back into the world and wandering will continue until then.
Love is blind. Love of money is blind. Greed and money make people forfeit the quiddity of life, banish them from what is essential and alienate them from themselves. They lose their identity and beco...
I do not want to grow for the sake of growth. Never will I be blind by greed.
If Jackson had learned one thing over the years it was that nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved, because, in truth, most people were not above the l...
Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.
Ignorance disconnects us.Envy separates us.Greed divides us.Goodness connects us.
Take a king or a president or anybody. Put a heavy sack of gold in one hand and a feather-light declaration about freedom in the other. And then an outlaw sticks a pistol in his face and says give me...
The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism bef...
You see Carter, people are two things: greedy and cruel. So we have a perfect set-up here. The greed part - a kid pays a buck for a chance to win a hundred. Plus fifty boxes of chocolates. The cruel p...
You want Paradise, you gotta build it on war, on blood, on envy and naked greed.
I find it odd- the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like...
The God I believe in isn't short on cash, mister.
Lust for power, greed, false religions reign today because of lack of vision and passion to redeem nations
Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.
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