Robert T. Kiyosaki Quotes

Robert Toru Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki is an American businessman and author. Kiyosaki is the founder of Rich Global LLC and the Rich Dad Company, a private financial education company that provides personal finance and business education to people through books and videos. (Robert Kiyosaki Quotes)

“A big secret is that true investors make more money in bad markets. They make their money because the non-investors are panicking and selling when they should be buying.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“A business needs both a spiritual and a business mission to be successful, especially at the beginning.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“A person who is prepared will prosper no matter which direction the economy goes, whenever it goes.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“A reason or a purpose is a combination of “wants” and “don’t wants”.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich

“A true investor’s money is always moving, acquiring new assets, and then moving on to acquire even more assets. Only amateurs park their money.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Always remember that a banker’s job is to lend you money, not turn you down.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich

“Always remember that your future is determined by what you do today, not tomorrow.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich

“American people, always in search of a bargain in the name of “saving money,” send the money they earn to countries that produce these low-cost bargains. That money costs them their jobs and as well as our country’s wealth.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“An upset is our maker’s way of telling us that we need to learn something. It is a tap on our shoulder saying, ‘Pay attention. You have something important to learn. If you lie, blame, justify, or deny the upset, you waste the upset and will waste a precious gem of wisdom.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“And another way to become rich is to improve your financial literacy, your financial intelligence, and be accountable to yourself—accountable for your results, your continuing education, and your personal development in becoming a better human being.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich

“And what being an adult means is knowing what you have to do and doing it, even though you may not feel like doing it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Anyone who says that money isn’t important obviously has not been without it for long.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Are you willing to practice filling out your own financial statement and keeping it up to date as well as read the statements of other businesses”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“As Fuller stated, humanity’s next evolutionary challenge is to learn to cooperate and solve our global problems.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“As George Orwell wrote in his book 1984, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“As Henry Ford said, “Thinking is the hardest work there is. That is why so few people engage in it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“As Winston Churchill said, “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“Asking for advice means, “Tell me what to do.” Seeking education means, “Tell me what to study so I can learn what I need to do.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens

“Buffett himself says, “Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they’re doing.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Unfair Advantage

“Buying assets with good debt that provide the cash flow for paying for the liabilities you want in life.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich

“Changing quadrants is most often a life-changing experience. It’s a change as profound as the age-old story of the caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Not only will you change, but so will your friends. While you’ll still be friends with your old friends, it’s just harder for caterpillars to do the same things butterflies do.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Changing quadrants isn’t like changing jobs or changing professions. Changing quadrants is often a change at the core of who you are—how you think and how you look at the world.” (Robert T. Kiyosaki Quotes)
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Education gives us the power to turn information into meaning.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Even though we’re all human beings, when it comes to money and the emotions attached to money, we all respond differently. And it’s how we respond to those emotions that often determines which quadrant we choose to generate our income from.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Financial education teaches you to acquire assets that generate cash flow.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“Financial intelligence determined, not so much how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard that money works for you, and how many generations you can keep it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Financial statements are much like X-rays. Both let you see what your unassisted eye cannot see.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Find out how much money invested per month, for how many months, at a realistic rate of return it will take to reach your goals of retiring, creating cash flow, and gaining financial freedom.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“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
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“FOCUS – Follow One Course Until Successful”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why We Want You To Be Rich

“From Rich Dad Poor Dad, you may recall that Ray Kroc, McDonald’s founder, said, “My business is not hamburgers. My business is real estate.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich

“Give and you shall receive.” Instead, he believed in “Receive and then you give.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens

“Good cash-flow managers review their cash position daily, looking at cash sources and needs for the next week, month, and quarter.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“Great transfers of wealth often occur when laws and markets change, so it is important to pay attention if you want to have those changes work in your favor, and not against you.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Have you ever wondered where the idea of retirement at the age of 65 came from? I’ll tell you where: Otto von Bismarck, the president of Prussia, in 1889. Actually, Bismarck’s government: At the time, the life expectancy of the average Prussian was about 45. Today, so many are living well into their 80s and 90s that the same promise might well bankrupt the federal government within the next generation.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“He asks for 10 percent and lets me keep the other 90 percent. You know what happens if you stop paying your partners? They stop working with you. That is why we tithe.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Increase Your Financial IQ

“He knows that the world has changed, but education has not changed with it. According to Robert, children spend years in an antiquated educational system, studying subjects they will never use, preparing for a world that no longer exists.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens

“He said it was better to work years at creating an asset rather than to spend your life working hard for money to create someone else’s asset.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“Hope is for the hopeless.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Unfair Advantage

“I came to realize that while personal success is fulfilling it’s much more fulfilling when you can help many others create their own success as well.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“I realized that wealth was a way of thinking and not a dollar amount in the bank.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“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
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“If people perceive your business as a heartless organization, you run the risk of going out of business in no time.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“If you are considering building your own business, you need to be acutely aware of who you’re spending your time with and who your teachers are. It’s a crucial consideration.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“If you don’t need money, you will earn a lot of money. People who need money will never be really rich. It is that need that deprives you of your power. You have to work hard and learn not to need money.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Rich Kid, Smart Kid

“If you invest in paper assets, debt and taxes impoverish you. But if you invest professionally in real estate, these same elements can make you rich.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“If you know how to take care of money, money will flock to you and be thrown at you. People will beg you to take it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“If you want more income, learn to sell.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Unfair Advantage

“If you want to be a leader of people, then you need to be a master of words.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“If your income is low, surely you or your business are not selling.” (Robert T. Kiyosaki Quotes)
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“If your mind is open to opposing ideas, your intelligence will go up.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“In my opinion, business and investing are not risky, but being under-educated is. Similarly, being misinformed is risky, and relying on a safe, secure job is the highest risk anyone can take. Buying an asset is not risky. Buying liabilities you have been told are assets is risky. Minding your own business is not risky. Minding everyone else’s business and paying them first is risky.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“In the big picture, life is not about grades. Life is about what you choose to study.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“In the early 1990s, Donald Trump was nearly $1 billion in debt personally and $9 billion in debt corporately. An interviewer asked him if he was worried. He replied, “Worrying is a waste of time. Worrying gets in my way of working to solve these problems.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“In the Information Age, the people who work the hardest physically will be paid the least. It is already true today and has been true throughout history.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“In the realm of money there are two types of debt: 1. Good debt 2. Bad debt Simply put, good debt makes you richer, and bad debt makes you poorer.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“In the words of Albert Einstein: “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“In times of great economic change, there are always great transfers of wealth. Even if you don’t have much money, it’s important to invest in your education because, when the changes come, you’ll be better prepared to handle them. Don’t be caught unaware and afraid.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Inside each of you is a rich person, a poor person, and a middle class person, but if you choose to focus on the asset column, and learn more and more about assets, then the rich person will emerge.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“Investing is much like flying. If you’ve been to flight school and spent a number of years gaining experience, then flying is fun and exciting. But if you’ve never been to flight school, I’d leave the flying to someone else.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“It is never the investment or asset class that is important. Success or failure, wealth or poverty, depends solely on how smart the investor is. A smart investor will make millions in the stock market. An amateur will lose millions.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“It is not real estate, gold, stocks, hard work, or money that makes you rich; it is what you know about real estate, gold, stocks, hard work, and money that makes you rich. Ultimately, it is your financial intelligence that makes you rich.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“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
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“It seems that our paths in life are not found in our minds. Our path in life is to find out what is in our hearts.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“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
The Business of the 21st Century

“It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“It’s not what happens in one’s life that matters, but it’s the meaning one puts on what happens that matters.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“It’s not what we say out loud that determines our lives. It’s what we whisper to ourselves that has the most power.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“It’s not about income, it’s about assets that generate income.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“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 Quotes)
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“Lack of knowledge is the worst disease with cheap cure-education”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
If You Want To Be Rich & Happy Don’t Go To School

“Learning how to tell a powerful story is learning how to show up as the winner you are.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“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 risky.” 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
Why We Want You To Be Rich

“Life is a cruel teacher. It punishes you first, and then gives you the lesson.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“Long-term financial success is not measured by how big your stride is, but by the number of steps, the number of years, and the direction in which you’re moving. That is the formula for success or failure in any endeavor. When it comes to money, I’ve seen too many people, myself included, attempt to do too much with too little, and then crash and burn.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Making money is common sense. It’s not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Many banks will loan money for a franchise, but not for a small start-up business, because they recognize the importance of systems and how starting with a good system lowers their risk.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Many people invest because they want to get rich quickly. So instead of becoming investors, they wind up being dreamers, hustlers, gamblers, and crooks.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Many people will not head down the street until all the lights are green. That is why they don’t go anywhere.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Mentor is someone who has already done what you want to do and is successful at doing it. Don’t find an advisor. An advisor is someone who tells you how to do it but may not have personally done it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Money does not make you happy. Never think that you will be happy when you get rich. If you are not happy while getting rich, chances are you will not be happy when you do get rich. So whether you are rich or poor, make sure you are happy.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Rich Kid, Smart Kid

“Most are not ashamed to say they took a loss, because a winner knows that losing is part of the process of winning.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Most of the employees and the self-employed work to get money. We, as real estate investors, were on the side of the Business Owners and Professional Investors in the quadrant, and so we were looking for assets that would produce cash flow.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“Most people know they should save, tithe, and invest. The problem is, after paying their expenses, most people don’t have any money left to do so. The reason is because they consider saving, tithing, and investing as a last priority.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Increase Your Financial IQ

“Most people would rather live within their means than expand their means.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich

“My best advice is to prepare daily to be bigger than your smallness. In my opinion, the reason most people stop and turn back from their dreams is because the tiny person found inside each of us wields more power than our bigger person.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“My rich dad used to say to his son and me that the only difference between a rich person and a poor person is what they do in their spare time.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Never do business or investing for tax reasons. A tax break is an extra bonus for doing things the way the government wants. It should be a bonus, not the reason.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“No matter what anyone is saying to you from outside, the most important conversation is the one you are having with yourself on the inside.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Not all income is equal. Some income is much less taxed than others.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Now everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, everyone has a millionaire idea in their heads. The problem is that in schools students are not taught to be entrepreneurs.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“On the surface, it seems as if there are laws for the rich and laws for everyone else. But in reality, the laws are the same. The only difference is that the rich use the laws to their advantage, while the poor and middle classes do not. That is the fundamental difference.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Once a President or congressman is elected, we the taxpayers take care of them for life. I ask myself: If they are qualified to be our leaders, why can’t they take care of themselves?”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“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
Why We Want You To Be Rich

“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
Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens

“One great asset of the rich is that they think differently than everyone else. If you do what everyone else does, you’ll wind up having what everyone else has. And for most people, what they have is years of hard work, unfair taxes, and a lifetime of debt.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“One of the keys to a successful and happy life is to be flexible enough to respond appropriately to whatever change comes your way.” (Robert T. Kiyosaki Quotes)
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“One of the quotes credited to Ford goes: “Thinking is the hardest work there is. That is why so few people engage in it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“One of the reasons the rich get richer is that they buy more investments by taking advantage of the tax laws. In essence, the money that would have been paid in taxes is used to buy additional assets, which provide another deduction against income, which reduces the taxes due, legally.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“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
Rich Dad’s Escape from the Rat Race

“Only fools expect everything to go the way they want.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“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
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“Professional investors are people who risk little of their own money and yet still make the highest returns.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Real life is not made up of right answers. Real life is made up of multiple guesses, some of which turn out to be right, and many of which wind up being wrong.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich

“Remember that anything important can’t really be learned in the classroom. It must be learned by taking action, making mistakes, and then correcting them. That’s when wisdom sets in.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Remember, all con men are nice people. If they were not being nice by telling you what you want to hear, you would not listen to them.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Remember, bankers love debtors because debtors make the bank rich.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Rich dad said that financial intelligence determined, not so much how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard that money works for you, and how many generations you can keep it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Security is a myth. Learn something new, and take on this brave new world. Don’t hide from it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“So dream big daring dreams, and then underachieve a little bit each day. I recommend setting attainable daily goals that, when achieved, provide positive reinforcement to help you stay on the path to the big goal.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Social welfare is destroying the soul of America. Social programs are cancers growing within the spirit of the people they were created to serve. Social programs do not make people stronger. They keep people weak, depending on the government to solve their problems.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“Success is a poor teacher.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Taxes can be your biggest expense.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“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
Unfair Advantage

“The difference between a gambler and an investor is simple. For a gambler, investing is a game of chance. For an investor, investing is a game of skill.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“The idea of a job is an idea born out of the Industrial Age.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich

“The important thing was not the money, but the person I became in the process, a rich man who does not allow money, or the lack of it, to dictate the limits of his life.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich

“The key to long-term success in life is your education and skills, your life experiences, and most of all, your personal character.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“The more people you’re indebted to, the poorer you are,” said rich dad. “And the more people you have indebted to you, the wealthier you are. That’s the game.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“The more security you seek the less freedom you will have, that is why all prisons have maximum security cells.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“The only difference between a rich person and a poor person is what they do in their spare time.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“The path is the goal.” In other words, finding your path in life is your goal in life.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“The paycheck is one of the most powerful tools ever created by man. The person who signs the paycheck has the power to enslave another person’s body, mind, and soul.” (Robert T. Kiyosaki Quotes)
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“The person becomes attached to the vehicle and then fails to see all the other investment vehicles and procedures available.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“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.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Who Took My Money?

“The process is the same when going from an emotional mindset of job security to the emotional mindset of financial freedom.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“The reality is that real investors do not park their money. They move their money. A true investor’s money is always moving, acquiring new assets, and then moving on to acquire even more assets. Only amateurs park their money.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“The reason so many people fail to achieve success is because they fail to fail enough times.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“The rich does not work for money, but money works for them…., while the poor work for money. Illiteracy, both in word and numbers, is the foundation of financial struggle….,Wealth is a person’s ability to survive so many number of days forward… or if i stopped working today, how could i survive?…,Wealth is the measure of cash flow from to asset column compared with the expense column.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“There are business and investment opportunities coming that will create bigger fortunes than the automobile did for Henry Ford, oil did for John D. Rockefeller, computers did for Bill Gates, and the Internet did for the young founders of Yahoo, Google, and Facebook.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich

“They are in such a hurry to make money that they eventually lose both time and money,” I added. “They want to do things on their own rather than invest in a little study.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“Thinking is the hardest work there is. That is why so few people engage in it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“This is also a difficult quadrant to become wealthy in because, if the person stops working, the income stops coming in. The tax laws are also very tough on the self-employed.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich

“Too many people work very hard to earn money and slowly kill themselves in the process.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Rich Kid, Smart Kid

“Traditional schools are for those who want to be successful in the E and S quadrants. Another type of education is for those who want to be successful in the B and I quadrants.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Trust that you have everything you need right now to be successful financially. All it takes to bring out your natural, God-given gifts is your desire, determination, and a deep faith that you have a genius and a gift that is unique.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Warren Buffett is saying that portfolio concentration, or focusing on a few investments rather than diversifying, is a better strategy.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“We all do things that make us successful, and we all do things that keep us unsuccessful.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich

“We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don’t be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You can’t have success without failure.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“We need to look at money, work, and investing as adults. And what being an adult means is knowing what you have to do and doing it, even though you may not feel like doing it.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“What will my life be like if I take on this challenge and succeed?”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Increase Your Financial IQ

“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
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“What’s the point of having great knowledge and keeping them all to yourself?”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why We Want You To Be Rich

“When the poor and the middle class think about how to make more money, they can only consider working harder and longer. But unfortunately, when you do that, even though you get more money, you also enter a level where you pay more taxes.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“When you research the philosophy behind Prussian education, you will find that the purpose was to produce soldiers and employees, people who would follow orders and do as they were told. The Prussian system is for mass-producing employees.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Business of the 21st Century

“Why consumers will always be poor. When the supermarket has a sale on, say, toilet paper, the consumer runs in and stocks up. When the stock market has a sale, most often called a crash or correction, the consumer runs away from it. When the supermarket raises its prices, the consumer shops elsewhere. When the stock market raises its prices, the consumer starts buying.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens

“Why in the world would someone say, ‘I can’t afford it’ or ‘I can’t do it’ to something they want? Why would someone deny themselves the things they want? It makes no logical sense.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Retire Young, Retire Rich

“Winston Churchill once said: “Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Words form thoughts, thoughts form realities, and realities become life.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing

“You cannot teach a poor person to be rich until they change their context. Teaching a person with poor or middle class person’s context is a waste of time…and it does annoy them.” (Robert T. Kiyosaki Quotes)
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Why “A” Students Work for “C” Students and “B” Students Work for the Government

“You have to know the difference between a paycheck and cash flow because, when it comes to education, they are opposites.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Second Chance

“You will never know true freedom until you achieve financial freedom.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Your boss’s job is to give you a job. It’s your job to make yourself rich.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant

“Your brain can be your most powerful asset. But if not used properly, it can be your most powerful liability.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing