Best 122 quotes in «greedy quotes» category

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

Wanting more majors, wanting more wins, almost feels like I think Im being too greedy.

Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That's fine. But what do you do?

To a greedy eating horse a short halter.

You shouldn't be greedy. You should feel good about yourself and not be greedy of what other people have.

We have to change the perception that ANC members are corrupt just because of a few greedy individuals.

You have to be able to decide, 'Well no, I'm not going to be violent, I'm going to suppress that impulse; I'm not going to be greedy.' Unless you're able to do that you're stuck with adversarial politics that leads nowhere and creates ever greater violence.

Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.

Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed. Simply put, it lacks values, and such a system will eventually collapse once its true light is discovered by the masses. Though some say that capitalism is a modern system, corruption has been the source for the demise of every great civilization.

We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world.

Accidents happen. I will, um . . . I will pay to have your house rebuilt." "And my barn?" a woman called out. Liam sighed. "Yes, and your barn, too." "And my golden carousel?" shouted another man. "Will you pay for that?" Liam raised an eyebrow. "The giant smashed your golden carousel?" "No," said the man. "I'd just like to have a golden carousel.

Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed.

A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.

Don’t be selfish in life; pass the ball. Winners in life’s game are people who demonstrate that they are not greedy when they have abundant of supply. They share freely provided they have it! That defines the true state of a purposeful person.

Beware of those who are always hungry, for they will feed you to the wolves just to get paid.

Capitalism is a social system owned by the capitalistic class, a small network of very wealthy and powerful businessmen, who compromise the health and security of the general population for corporate gain.

Don't compare the size of your roof with the size of the sky.

Don't ever feel sad about who you are. Don't wish to be a daughter or son to a wealthy home, just because you think you're poor. Look! Everybody's poor, i discovered it when i realized that its not everything that President Barrack Obama has.

Don't rush your legs to feed your greed. They will rush to judge you as the greedy one.

DOOR MONEY” To focus on door money means one is paying so much attention to the amount of money they are making at the door they do not consider there is much more profit to be made inside a venue.

Endangering human life for profit should be a universal crime.

Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.

Entrepreneurship is, to most entrepreneurs, the art of using things such as the need for job creation as veils to hide the desire to make way more money than is needed.

God provides something to you through somebody. Thats same God can give something to somebody through you. If you make yourself a greedy traffic on the way and deprive the final destined owner of what you supposed to keep provisionally, you make God upset.

Greed is a little bit more than enough.

Greed squeezes your dreams into a portable size, so that failure can easily carry them to dump somewhere.

Heri kuishi kama maskini mwenye pesa nyingi kuliko tajiri mwenye mifuko iliyotoboka, kuliko kusema mbele za watu kwamba pesa haijakupa furaha. Wengi hupata jeuri ya kusema hivyo kutokana na umaskini wa watu wanaowazunguka.

Happiness can be a dangerous thing; it can make you greedy for more.

Compassion is determining one's contribution should go to a needy human and not a greedy one.

I believe this; "When you have a needy person in your neighbourhood, it's an opportunity for you to become a wealthy and healthy person!" Giving time is blessing time!

I bleed passion. I’m not entirely sure what this means but I’m greedy over the words. They’re so full of life. And I really need some life to balance out the desperate allure of the dark.

I'd rather spend my money on helping humanity than helping the super rich. It's about making the needy our priority as opposed to the greedy. Parsimonious conjecture is merely rhetorical babble.

I'd rather spend my money on helping humanity than helping the super rich. It's about making the needy our priority as opposed to the greedy.

If you're all so peaceful up there, how did you get such greedy and cruel ideas?" The dragon was silent for a long time after this question. And at last he said: "It just came over me. I don't know why. It just came over me, listening to the battling shouts and the war-cries of the earth - I got excited, I wanted to join in.

If I could remove one thing from the world and replace it with something else, I would erase politics and put art in its place. That way, art teachers would rule the world. And since art is the most supreme form of love, beautiful colors and imagery would weave bridges for peace wherever there are walls. Artists, who are naturally heart-driven, would decorate the world with their love, and in that love — poverty, hunger, lines of division, and wars would vanish from the earth forever. Children of the earth would then be free to play, imagine, create, build and grow without bloodshed, terror and fear.

In this avaricious world, even a beggar needs money in his bowl, to be heard.

In order to make them overlook our greed, or to make us seem less greedy than we are, we sometimes remind some people that, if and when we catch it, the wealth that we are relentlessly chasing would enable us to help a lot of poor people.

In my philosophy, I think churches should not argue and be greedy with money. I think different churches like the synagogues, mosques, and Christian/Catholic churches should focus on bringing peace in the world and not compete. I know in today's world, people are defending one religion to another and try to show off. Has God, Jesus, or the disciples mentioned about competition in the Bible? I don't think so. Because if we compete, we turn to selfish needs and be greedy. So whatever religion you're in, have faith in it as much as you can and help others. Because in every religion I know, you have to give back the poor and have peace in your mind.

It is better to be hungry in joy, than to be filled in sorrow.

It is in the best interest of the rich to preserve poverty.

It takes a compassionate heart to realize that people are suffering and needs help. And a compassionate heart produces love, and it takes love to give. It is only a heart filled with love, that will not be greedy or selfish.

Mtu anayesema pesa haijampa furaha hana nia ya kusaidia watu.

Namun, kau tahu manusia kan? Manusia memang memiliki tingkat ketamakan dan kemunafikannya sendiri.

Maskini mwenye pesa nyingi ni tajiri bahili. Tajiri mwenye mifuko iliyotoboka ni tajiri badhiri.

Men’s slaves, their hearts are greedy, The great do not mingle with their people when they rejoice.

Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.

One of the fastest ways to dispel greed is for a person to realize how blessed he already is.

No one as consistently, spectacularly, and admittedly greedy as Donald Trump could possibly give two poops about us. Absolutely impossible. I will go so far as to say that, if elected, Donald Trump would be the least likely President in the history of our nation to do anything for any of us that wouldn't also benefit him.

Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.

Some want more than they need and others need more than what they want. That is why we have so many greedy people who cannot share with the poor.