Robert Kiyosaki Quotes

A truly intelligent person is the dumbest person on the team he is leading.

Before you can transform your wallet from poor to rich, you've got to transform your spirit from poor to rich.

Rich people buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle class tend to buy luxuries first.

The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich.

Every time you think you can’t do something... someone else thinks they can.

When success and incompetence meet, disaster is not far away.

The problem with real estate is that it's local. You have to understand the local market.

It's more important to grow your income than cut your expenses. It's more important to grow your spirit that cut your dreams.

The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.

Don't stop trying, learning, fighting, experimenting, doing, until the miracle happens.

Skills make you rich, not theories.

If you #‎ fail , learn. If you succeed, relish your #‎ success . You can only know the sweet taste of #‎ victory after many bitter struggles.

Often, the more money you make the more money you spend; that's why more money doesn't make you rich - assets make you rich.

Successful people ask questions. They seek new teachers. They're always learning.

I wasn't born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

Investing isn’t risky; not being in control is risky.

The world has changed, but education has not changed with it.

Education is more valuable than money, in the long run.

The moment you stop learning you're dying.

To be rich you have to know what it is to be poor. Getting financially literate is part of the price you have to pay to become rich

In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy.

The entrepreneur must be the best salesperson and marketer in his business.

You need to have the courage to fail.

As one of my teachers, Buckminster Fuller, says, we were given a right foot and a left foot, not a right foot and a wrong foot. The point is that, there's always two points of view out there, and we need to increase our ability to allow another point of view. Then we have a better chance for peace.

More important than the HOW we achieve financial freedom, is the WHY. Find YOUR reasons why you want to be free and wealthy.

Intention is for achievers. Hope is for the hopeless.

The network marketing industry offers many unique benefits to those who want more out of life.

Many financial advisors recommend that you diversify for your own protection. What they fail to tell you is that it is also for their protection. Since most financial advisors cannot tell you exactly which stock or mutual fund is a great investment, they tell you to buy a bunch of them.

Business is like a wheel barrow. Nothing happens until you start pushing.

If your mind is open to opposing ideas, your intelligence will go up. If your mind is closed to opposing ideas, your ignorance is in control. Intelligence or ignorance? Your ability to keep an open mind and appreciate multiple points of view is conscious choice. And one that can open your world, and shape your childs future.

Direct sales offers the education my rich dad taught: build your own network rather than working for a network.

Job security is a myth...it is also risky for self-employed people in my opinion. If they get sick, injured, or die, their income is directly impacted.

So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes.

It's human nature to blame someone else for your shortcomings or upsets.

Being an entrepreneur is simply going from one mistake to the next. You must have the fortitude to continue on.

Successful people take big risks knowing that they might fall hard. But, they might succeed more than they ever dreamed, too.

My father was a university professor and his thing was tenure. Any time I hear a university professor say tenure, I hear the word dinosaur. You're not supposed to be getting tenure. You're supposed to be figuring out how you can teach more students at a better price and more effectively. That's your job.

You must fire bad customers just as you would fire a bad employee. If you do not get rid of your bad employees, the good employees will leave. If I do not fire bad customers, not only will my good customers leave but many of my good employees will leave as well.

Demographics show that we are entering a battle between young and old. I call it the 'Age War.' The young want to hang onto their money to grow their families, businesses, and wealth. The old want the tax and investment dollars of the young to sustain their old age.

Before there is a business, a successful entrepreneur is designing this type of business in his or her mind's eye. According to my rich dad, this is the job of a true entrepreneur.

A winner is just someone who doesn't give up when they lose.

Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.

Just as a fisherman must watch the ebb and flow of the tides, an investor and businessperson must be keenly aware of the subtle shifts in cash flow.

The power of "can't": The word "can't" makes strong people weak, blinds people who can see, saddens happy people, turns brave people into cowards, robs a genius of their brilliance, causes rich people to think poorly, and limits the achievements of that great person living inside us all.

One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the middle class struggles in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home, not at school.

Don't sacrifice your spirit for wealth. Grow your wealth by first growing your spirit.

Financial struggle is often the direct result of people working all their lives for someone else.

Your Mentors in life are important, so choose them wisely