Robert T. Kiyosaki Quotes & Sayings

Most of us have heard the saying, "You are what you eat." I have a different slant. I say, "You become what you study." In other words, be careful what you learn, — Robert T. Kiyosaki

if a person cannot master the power of self-discipline, it is best not to try to get rich. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Business. They spend their lives minding someone else's business and making that person rich. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

It's only losers who think that winners never lose, who think that mistakes must be avoided at all costs. Mistakes are priceless opportunities to learn essential lessons. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

you want something, you first need to give, — Robert T. Kiyosaki

A reason or a purpose is a combination of "wants" and "don't wants". — Robert T. Kiyosaki

An asset puts money in my pocket. A liability takes money out of my pocket. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

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. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

You're only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. You've done something. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The ability to raise capital is the most important skill of an entrepreneur. The inability to raise capital keeps most small businesses small. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

dipping into savings. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

In an educated society with a well-run government, prices should actually come down. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Choice, not circumstances, determines your success. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The ability to sell - to communicate to another human being, be it a customer, employee, boss, spouse, or child - is the base skill of personal success. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Having no money should not be an excuse to not learn. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

It is not so much the lack of technical information that holds us back, but more the lack of self-con dence — Robert T. Kiyosaki

So when you're in doubt and feeling a little afraid, just do what Colonel Sanders did to his little chicken. He fried it. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

There is always risk, so learn to manage risk instead of avoiding it. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Don't work for money, work to learn — Robert T. Kiyosaki

When I ask the classes I teach, "How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?" almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, "So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald's makes more money than you? — Robert T. Kiyosaki

To me, one of the primary reasons E's and S's have difficulty moving to the B and I side is because they are too afraid of making mistakes. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Life is much like going to the gym. The most painful part is deciding to go. Once you get past that, it's easy. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

People think that working hard for money and then buying things that make them look rich will make them rich. In most cases it doesn't. It only makes them more tired. They call it 'Keeping up with the Joneses.' And if you notice, the Joneses are exhausted. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

He also despised the school system, although
he thrived in it. He became a teacher because he also dreamed of
changing the system, but instead the system crushed him. He took
his passion, tried to change the system, and ran into a brick wall. It
was a system that too many people were making money in, and no
one wanted it changed, although there was a lot of talk about the
need for change. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Chances are you have a job. Chances are your job sucks. But you've learned a few things from this job, mainly, YOU DON'T LIKE BEING AN EMPLOYEE! — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth in what seems to be an instant. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Success is a poor teacher — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Invest first in education. In reality, the only real asset you have is your mind, the most powerful tool we have dominion over. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

For example, "1031" is jargon for Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows a seller to delay paying taxes on a piece of real estate that is sold for a capital gain through an exchange for a more expensive piece of real estate. Real estate is one investment vehicle that allows such a great tax advantage. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Whatever your reality is about money inside of you is the reality of money outside of you. You cannot change your outside reality until you first change your inside reality about money. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Today, I often meet people who are too busy to take care of their wealth. And there are people too busy to take care of their health. The cause is the same. They're busy, and they stay busy as a way of avoiding something they do not want to face. Nobody has to tell them. Deep down they know. In fact, if you remind them, they often respond with anger or irritation. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The only difference between a rich person and a poor person is what they do in their spare time. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Get a safe job." "Don't make mistakes."
"Don't take risks. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

How can I afford it? opened up the brain and forced it to think and search for answers. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

You work for the bank. After taxes, your next largest expense is usually your mortgage and credit card debt. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

learned that knowledge is power. If you want to control people's lives, limit their knowledge. That is why, throughout history, despots have burned books and exiled (and even killed) those with knowledge who threatened their power. Before the Civil War in America, it was against the law in many states to teach slaves to read and write. Knowledge is the most powerful force on earth. That is why the control of knowledge is essential to the control of power. The formula is: Information x Education = Knowledge Knowledge is power - and lack of knowledge is weakness. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Poor people have poor habits. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

If you're ignorant, it's easy to be bullied. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

If a child attempts to cooperate at test time, it is called 'cheating.' In the real world of business, business owners cooperate at test time, and in the world of business, every day is test time. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The reason there are more employees than entrepreneurs is simply because our schools train young people to become employees. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Wealth is a person's ability to survive so many number of days forward - or, if I stopped working today, how long could I survive? — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The rich know that savings are only used to create more money, not to pay bills. I — Robert T. Kiyosaki

I am concerned that too many people are focused too much on money and not on their greatest wealth, which is their education. If people are prepared to be flexible, keep an open mind and learn, they will grow richer and richer through the changes. If they think money will solve the problems, I am afraid those people will have a rough ride. Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Schools were designed to produce good employees instead of employers — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Everything we think we know about entrepreneurs is WRONG! — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Guilt is worse than greed, for guilt robs the body of its soul. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

It was not until the Industrial Age, that a new demand began growing: the demand for employees. In response, the government took over the task of mass education, adopting the Prussian system, which is what most Western school systems in the world are still modeled after today. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Land was wealth 300 years ago. So the person who owned the land owned the wealth. Later, wealth was in factories and production, and America rose to dominance. The industrialist owned the wealth. Today, wealth is in information. And the person who has the most timely information owns the wealth. The — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Finding your path means finding out what you were put here on this earth to do. What is your life's purpose? Why were you given this gift called life? And what is the gift you give back to life? — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The world is filled with talented poor people. All too often, they're poor or struggle financially or earn less than they are capable of, not because of what they know, but because of what they do not know. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger. Maybe McDonald's does not make the best hamburger, but they are the best at selling and delivering a basic average burger. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

WORK TO LEARN - DON'T WORK FOR MONEY — Robert T. Kiyosaki

O know a little about a lot. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rule #1: You must know the difference between an asset and a liability, and buy assets. If you want to be rich, this is all you need to know. It is rule number one. It is the only rule. This may sound absurdly simple, but most people have no idea how profound this rule is. Most people struggle financially because they do not know the difference between an asset and a liability. "Rich people acquire assets. The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets, " said rich dad. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

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

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The corporate myth is over. If you've spent years climbing the corporate ladder,
have you ever stopped to notice the view? What view, you ask? The rear end of the
person in front of you. That's what you get to look forward to. If that's the way you
want to view the rest of your life, then this book probably isn't for you. But if you
are sick and tired of looking at someone else's behind, then read on. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Accounting is possibly the most confusing, boring subject in the world, but if you want to be rich long-term, it could be the most important subject. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The business behind the business is the real game. It's the business behind the business that makes money regardless of who wins the game or which way the market goes - up or down. It's the business that sells the tickets to the game. It does not buy the tickets. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The mission of a business should fill a need that the customers want. And if it fills that need, and fills it well, the business will begin to make money. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

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. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

I think of money only as a medium of exchange. In reality, money by itself has very little value. So as soon as I have money, I want to exchange it for something of real value. The irony is that many people who cling desperately to money spend that money on things of very little value - and that is why they are poor. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn. But have fun. Most people never win because they're more afraid of losing. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Leverage can come in many forms. Leverage can be your thoughts.people who win are careful with their thoughts, not saying "I can't do that." Or "it's too rosky." Or "I can't afford it." Instead they say "How can i do that?" Or how can I reduce my risk?" Or "How can I afford it? — Robert T. Kiyosaki

find mentors who have already successfully made the crossing before. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich dad explained to me that the hardest part of running a company is managing people. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich Dad's Financial Statement: Income Expense Asset Liability — Robert T. Kiyosaki

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. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

And I've never met someone rich who has never lost money. So — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual's cash flow and wealth. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

We only memorize historical dates and names, not the lesson. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

CASHFLOW clubs are not for those who want to get rich quick. CASHFLOW clubs are there to support the long-term mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, and financial changes a person needs to go through. We all change and evolve at different rates of speed so you are encouraged to go at your own speed. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Most people have a price. And they have a price because of human emotions named fear and greed. First, the fear of being without money motivates us to work hard, and then once we get that paycheck, greed or desire starts us thinking about all the wonderful things money can buy. A pattern is then set: get up, go to work, pay bills, get up, go to work, pay bills ... Their lives are then run forever by two emotions, fear and greed. Offer them more money, and they continue the cycle by also increasing their spending. This is what I call the Rat Race. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Once again, the 90/10 rule of money applies - 10% of the borrowers in the world use debt to get richer - 90% use debt to get poorer. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Words form thoughts, thoughts form realities, and realities become life. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Preparing a child for the world of tomorrow is one of the most important roles a parent plays in a child's life. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

If you do what everyone else does, you'll wind up having what everyone else has. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Whenever you feel 'short' or in 'need' of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Life is sometimes tough when you do not fit the standard profile. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Pay your brokers well: the power of good advice Sometimes — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Leadership is what you need to learn next — Robert T. Kiyosaki

It is this entitlement mentality that is eroding the foundations this country was built upon. The "entitlement mentality" is bringing down the American empire and the world. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Financial struggle is often the result of people working all their lives for someone else. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind. Most people never get wealthy simply because they are not trained financially to recognize opportunities right in front of them. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Busy people are often the most lazy. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

In the big picture, life is not about grades. Life is about what you choose to study. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich dad
thought it best to go broke before 30.
"You still have time to recover". — Robert T. Kiyosaki

You will be what you will to be; Let failure find its false content In that poor word "environment," But spirit scorns it, and is free. It masters time, it conquers space; It cows that boastful trickster, Chance, And bids the tyrant Circumstance, Uncrown, and fill a servant's place. The human Will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless Soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene. Be not impatient in delay, But wait as one who understands; When spirit rises and commands, The gods are ready to obey. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

In today's rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The main reason that over 90 percent of the American public struggles financially is because they play not to lose. They don't play to win. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Financially, with every dollar we get in our hands, we hold the power to choose our future: to be rich, poor, or middle class. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

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 in school. Most of us learn about money from our parents. So what can a poor parent tell their child about money? They simply say "Stay in school and study hard." The child may graduate with excellent grades but with a poor person's financial programming and mind-set. It was learned while the child was young. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

One dad recommended, "Study hard so you can find a good company to work for." The other recommended, "Study hard so you can find a good company to buy. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Emotions are what make us human. Make us real. The word 'emotion' stands for energy in motion. Be truthful about your emotions, and use your mind and emotions in your favor, not against yourself. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The key to financial freedom and great wealth is a person's ability to convert earned income into passive and/or portfolio income. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

One way to meet like-minded people is to attend classes or seminars, join clubs, or simply study and learn a new vocabulary. Soon you will meet new friends. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Confronting fear, weaknesses, and neediness by choosing our own thoughts is the way out. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

Many middle managers remain middle managers, failing to get promoted, because they know how to work with people below them, but not with people above them. — Robert T. Kiyosaki