George Eliot Quotes

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

The point is that you can't be too greedy.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

I'm not overly greedy.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

I've had a lot of great stuff - spectacular stuff - happen to me. I've got to not be a pig about life.

I try to be more mindful and less greedy.

We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.

He who awaits much can expect little.

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

O ye gods, grant unto me to have little and to want nothing.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.