Robert Kiyosaki Quotes

If you aren’t practicing and playing to be first, then maybe you shouldn’t be an entrepreneur.

I could be a school teacher and be rich. It has nothing to do with your money; it has to do with your knowledge. If I was a school teacher, I would be ten times richer because I have more time off! They get the summer off, holidays off, weekends off.

That's correct, I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write.

Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.

There is gold everywhere, most people are not trained to see it

What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself.

The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.

There is no one road to success, you must find your own route.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

By asking the question How can I afford it? your brain is put to work.

Entrepreneurship is a process, not a job or profession. So be faithful to the process and remember that even when times are bad, the process will give you a glimpse of the future that lies ahead.

Find the game where you can win, and then commit your life to playing it; and play to win.

Don't invest in what you don't know. Learn first then invest.

Quitting is the easiest thing to do.

Any time an investment company has to spend heavily on advertising, it's probably a bad business in which to invest.

Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won't make a company successful.

It's when you take that first step opening a business or making an investment that it becomes real.

The main cause of poverty is self-inflicted fear and ignorance.

Hoping drains your energy. Action creates energy.

You can either blame everybody else or you can take a look at yourself and determine where you can improve.

Did you know that lack of information is the number one barrier to wealth?

The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They're always growing. They're always pushing.

Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it

You cannot be all things to all people. Be unique. Be different. Give to others what you want yourself. And do what you were made to do.

I find so many people struggling, often working harder, simply because they cling to old ideas. They want things to be the way they were; they resist change. I know people who are losing their jobs or their houses, and they blame technology or the economy or their boss. Sadly they fail to realize that they might be the problem. Old ideas are their biggest liability. It is a liability simply because they fail to realize that while that idea or way of doing something was an asset yesterday, yesterday is gone.

The biggest challenge you have is to challenge your own self doubt and your laziness. It is your self doubt and your laziness that defines and limit who you are.

I've traveled all over the world and America is the easiest place to get rich.

Those who are humble enough to learn anew will succeed in this new age.

If you’re the kind of person who has no guts, you just give up every time life pushes you. If you’re that kind of person, you’ll live all your life playing it safe, doing the right things, saving yourself for something that never happens. Then, you die a boring old man.

One of the most stupid things to do is to pretend you are smart. When you pretend to be smart, you are at the height of stupidity.

"Why is the creative entrepreneur the riskiest type to be?" I asked. "Because being creative means you are often a pioneer. It is easy to copy a successful and proven product. It is also less risky. If you learn to innovate, create, or invent your way to success, you are an entrepreneur creating new value rather than an entrepreneur who wins by copying."

Financial leverage is the advantage the rich have over the poor and middle class.

It's through our expenses that we become richer or poorer, regardless of how much money we make.

The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.

So where in the old economy, content was king, in the new economy, context is king.

The world is full of smart, poor people.

If you're not working to get your business or investing operation to operate without you, you're thinking too small. Think team and systems.

If you own a butcher shop, don't hire vegetarians. To hire the right people, you have to let the wrong people go.

Network marketing gives people the opportunity, with very low risk and very low financial commitment, to build their own income-generating asset and acquire great wealth.

Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.

I am successful because I have always been a tortoise. I did not come from a rich family. I was not smart in school. I did not finish school. I am not particularly talented. Yet, I am far richer than most people simply because I did not stop.

What you don’t know keeps you poor.

If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll only be a highpay slave.

I can lose three million dollars because it's just paper. Thus, my lifestyle is not dependent up the stock market.

You won't learn if you think you already know everything.

If you think you know it all, you really know nothing.

When you create wealth, it’s your responsibility to return it to society.

If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.