(4/20/99)
"Is not covetousness—that dishonest, cankering evil—the root of most of the world's sorrows? For what a tawdry price men of avarice barter their lives!... Good men, well-intentioned men of great capacity, trade character for trinkets that turn to wax before their eyes and dreams that become only haunting nightmares." — Gordon B. Hinckley, An Honest Man—God's Noblest Work, General Conference, April 1976

(4/21/99)
"By focusing on oneself,.... It is easier to steal, because what one wants prevails. It is easier to covet, since the selfish conclude that nothing should be denied them." — Neal A. Maxwell, Put Off The Natural Man, And Come Off Conqueror, General Conference, October 1990

(4/22/99)
"The most sobering questions are often also the most brief, as when the Lord asked, 'What is property unto me?' (D&C 117:4.) Can we become men and women of Christ if property means too much to us? The Lord continued with yet another question involving perspective: '[Why] covet that which is but the drop, and neglect the more weighty matters?' (D&C 117:8.) Oh, how we need this precious perspective!" — Neal A. Maxwell, Men and Women of Christ, p.114

(4/23/99)
"Covetousness on the part of the saints in the early days of this dispensation was one of the reasons the Lord permitted persecutions to come upon them. (D. & C. 98:20; 101:6; 104:4, 52-53.) The covetous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:9-11; Eph. 5:5.)" — Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 168

(4/24/99)
"I have heard this many times from friends and relatives, but it is hokum. What they are saying is, 'If God will give me a million dollars, I will let him have a generous cut of it.' And so they pray and speculate and expect the Lord to come through for them. He won't do it: 'And again, I command thee that thou shalt not covet thine own property' (D&C 19:26). 'Let them repent of all their sins, and of all their covetous desires, before me, saith the Lord; for what is property unto me? saith the Lord' (D&C 117:4). He does not need our property or our help." — Hugh Nibley, Approaching Zion, 53

(5/12/04)
"Brothers and sisters, beware of covetousness. It is one of the great afflictions of these latter days. It creates greed and resentment. Often it leads to bondage, heartbreak, and crushing, grinding debt." - Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts," General Conference, April 2004