“If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.” — St. Patrick

“The sin is not in having more, the sin is being discontent. The sin is not in having wealth, the sin is in what you do with it. It’s not the amount, it’s the attitude… It’s not about what you have, it’s about how you feel about what you have.” — John MacArthur

“The problem with greed is not so much seen in our possessions, but rather what is possessing our hearts…Our Lord says to be on your guard against “every form of greed” in Luke 12:15. The way I see it, greed is the interlocking component that cements so many other sins together. If the heart is self-focused, looking for status in worldly stuff, it will be materialistic. More is always equivalent with success – admiration from others, joy in possessions, fulfillment in things. Thus a materialistic heart will be produced. The heart will always want more. Greed is then the result.” — Randy Smith

"[Greed] is a sin directly against one's neighbor, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them...it is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, inasmuch as man contemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." — St. Thomas Aquinas

“The reason that greed or avarice is one of the "deadly sins" is that it kills the soul to the extent that it substitutes things for God as the object of worship and inclines people to commit other moral violations along the way.” — Robert A. Sirico

"[Greed] plunges a man deep into the mire of this world, so that he makes it to be his god." — Henry Edward

“Greed was what motivated Judas to sell Jesus.” — St. Mother Teresa

“Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.” — St. Anthony of Padua

“The love for material things grows like a fungus in the soul and destroys the loveliness of the human heart utterly.” — Caryll Houselander

“The greedy man is really not rich, but poor. He does not control his money but is controlled by it. He does not possess his wealth but is possessed by it. He may have many things, yet for him he has all too little.” — St. Anthony of Padua

“Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of its owner.” — Horace

“In its pursuit of worldly possessions [one’s] poor heart fruitlessly exhausts itself, for it will never find content. It drinks deep at the fountains of pleasure, yet its thirst is never appeased. Its enjoyment of the possessions it has already acquired is destroyed by an insatiable thirst for more.” — Ven. Louis of Granada

“The wickedness of man is boundless; it seems at first as if a trifle would content him, but his passions invigorate by gratification; always indulged, always craving, and continually preying on him who feeds him.” — Aristotle

“The covetous man is ever in want.” — Horace

“Covetousness is a desire not only for money, but also for knowledge and high places, when prominence is immoderately sought after.” — St. Gregory the Great

“Covetousness makes one blind.” — St. Cyprian of Carthage

“It is not possible to take great pleasure in anything without becoming attached to it. If you lose property, and find yourself grievously afflicted at the loss, you may be sure that you were warmly attached to it; there is no surer proof of affection for the thing lost than our sorrow at its loss.” — St. Francis de Sales

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.” ― Socrates

“It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.” ― Democritus

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.” — Horace

“The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.” — Pliny the Elder

“Rich people are greedy for the same reason poor people are greedy, because they are people. Gratitude, not poverty, cures greed.” — R.C. Sproul Jr.

“Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss.” — St. Teresa of Avila

“Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.” — St. Patrick

“Greed’s worst point is its ingratitude.” — Seneca

“None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.” — Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

“Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward and learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.” — St. John Chrysostom

“In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human successes but on how well we have loved.” — St. John of the Cross

“Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.” — Billy Graham

“Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.” — Bob Marley