Robert Toru Kiyosaki is a Japanese-American entrepreneur, 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
Quotes
“FOCUS – Follow One Course Until Successful.”
“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”
“The more I risk being rejected, the better my chances are of being accepted.”
“A true luxury is a reward for investing in and developing a real asset.”
“Find out where you are at, where you are going and build a plan to get there.”
“The world is full of smart, poor people.”
“Confidence comes from discipline and training.”
“If you want to be rich, think big, think differently.”
“Skills make you rich, not theories.”
“The size of your organization is directly related to your ability to enforce the rules.”
“I’ve traveled all over the world and America is the easiest place to get rich.”
“When you hear that something can’t be done, ignore that advice and push forward.”
“Remember, your mind is your greatest asset, so be careful what you put into it.”
“The avoidance of money is just as psychotic as being attached to money.”
“You won’t learn if you think you already know everything.”
“When people are lame, they love to blame.”
“Employees pay the highest percentage of taxes. Big business and investors pay the least.”
“Anyone can be an entrepreneur. All it takes is a little drive and ambition.”
“Broke is temporary, poor is eternal.”
“A job is a short term solution to a long term problem.”
“Excuses cost a dime and that’s why the poor could afford a lot of it.”
“Excuses are the words coming from the loser in you.”
“Investing isn’t risky; not being in control is risky.”
“For there to be an expense, there must be income somewhere else.”
“Have the backbone to go after what you want in life. It’s too easy to settle.”
“Education is more valuable than money, in the long run.”
“Don’t waste a good mistake, learn from it.”
“Cynics criticize and winners analyze.”
“Intention is for achievers. Hope is for the hopeless.”
“People who dream small dreams continue to live as small people.”
“The entrepreneur must be the best salesperson and marketer in his business.”
“Passion is a powerful force. Passion properly directed is unstoppable.”
“Today is the word for winners and tomorrow is the word for losers.”
“Don’t invest in what you don’t know. Learn first then invest.”
“There are no mistakes in life, just learning opportunities.”
“The only people who think life should be easy are lazy people.”
“Listen to the advice from the one who’s already achieved your goal.”
“If you fail, learn, and move on, you’re growing.”
“Don’t sacrifice your spirit for wealth. Grow your wealth by first growing your spirit.”
“People without leverage work for those with leverage.”
“Your mind, more than your actions, determines your net worth.”
“The most life destroying word of all is the word tomorrow.”
“A game is like a mirror that allows you to look at yourself.”
“When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.”
“Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.”
“The moment you stop learning you’re dying.”
“Leadership is what you need to learn next.”
“If you change your thoughts you can change your actions.”
“People who refuse to open their minds to new strategies seldom become rich.”
“Your Mentors in life are important, so choose them wisely.”
“The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.”
“You get one life. Live it in a way that it inspires someone.”
“When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.”
“The greatest cause of human financial struggle is the fear of losing money.”
“Money is just an idea.”
“By asking the question How can I afford it? your brain is put to work.”
“Those who are humble enough to learn anew will succeed in this new age.”
“If you want to get richer quicker, then solve bigger problems!”
“The main cause of poverty is self-inflicted fear and ignorance.”
“Business is like a wheel barrow. Nothing happens until you start pushing.”
“I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.”
“Start small and dream big.”
“Quitting is the easiest thing to do.”
“Job is an acronym for ‘Just Over Broke.”
“Whatever you want in life, you’ve got to give away first.”
“Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.”
“It’s not what you know anymore that counts, it’s how fast you learn.”
“Work to learn. Don’t work for money.”
“You need to have the courage to fail.”
“Everyone can tell you the risk. An entrepreneur can see the reward.”
“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.”
“Your mind is infinite, it’s your doubts that are limiting.”
“The more security you seek, the less freedom you have.”
“One of the biggest defects in life is the inability to ask for help.”
“The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.”
“A winner is just someone who doesn’t give up when they lose.”
“Your job isn’t to make money. It’s to find a problem that needs solving.”
“A successful business is created before there is a business.”
“Education is cheap; experience is expensive.”
“You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.”
“Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.”
“I have found that the more I teach those who want to learn, the more I learn.”
“Before you invest in something, invest the time to understand it.”
“Earning money has a way of increasing financial intelligence quickly.”
“When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.”
“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”
“Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions.”
“If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.”
“Getting rich begins with the right mindset, the right words and the right plan.”
“No one cares about it more than you. Give it the attention it needs.”
“Money does not make you happy, but the lack of money can cause unhappiness.”
“We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.”
“I’d rather welcome change than cling to the past.”
“The poor look for jobs while the rich build networks.”
“By pursuing the things you love, all the other things in life will fall into order.”
“There is gold everywhere, most people are not trained to see it.”
“Successful people ask questions. They seek new teachers. They’re always learning.”
“If you want to be rich, don’t allow yourself the luxury of excuses.”
“When you are young, work to learn, not to earn.”
“When success and incompetence meet, disaster is not far away.”
“A winning strategy must include losing.”
“What you think is real is your reality.”
“Tomorrow is for losers and dreamers.”
“Few people realize that luck is created.”
“Don’t bury your failures, let them inspire you.”
“In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.”
“So where in the old economy, content was king, in the new economy, context is king.”
“Some people worry. Others prepare.”
“Losers are those who are afraid of losing.”
“What you don’t know keeps you poor.”
“Action first, mistakes second, lessons third.”
“Financial leverage is the advantage the rich have over the poor and middle class.”
“You have to be smart. The easy days are over.”
“If you find you have dug yourself into a hole… stop digging.”
“If you do not know how to care for money, money will stay away from you.”
“The moment you believe your own crap and excuses, you fail.”
“The truth is that money doesn’t make you rich; knowledge does.”
“The problem with having a job is that it gets in the way of getting rich.”
“There is nothing more dangerous than a person with only one right answer.”
“Intelligence is the ability to solve problems.”
“Life is a game, where either you lose or you learn.”
“You become what you study.”
“Does God say, “cut back on the sunsets?” No, our Maker is abundant.”
“Choosing what we think rather than reaction to our emotions.”
“Network marketing is the fastest growing business model in the world today.”
“The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.”
“The hardest part of change is going through the unknown.”
“There are always going to be skeptics. Prove them wrong.”
“Do not let fear of failure overwhelms joy success.”
“There is a good life waiting for you. Its just waiting for you to grab it.”
“You cannot be successful without failure.”
“I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.”
“Hoping drains your energy. Action creates energy.”
“I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs.”
“All of you were given two great gifts: your mind and your time.”
“It’s human nature to blame someone else for your shortcomings or upsets.”
“Success is a poor teacher.”
“Do today what you want for your tomorrows.”
“If you are not a brand, you are a commodity.”
“Financial freedom is freedom from fear.”
“It’s the investor who is risky, not the investment.”
“Humans cannot find freedom until they let go of old obsolete ideas.”
“Often, in the real world, it’s not the smart that get ahead but the bold.”
“Once a person stops searching for information and self-knowledge, ignorance sets in.”
“True leaders inspire us to be bigger and do things we are afraid of doing.”
“The world has changed, but education has not changed with it.”
“Most people know how to set goals; few know how to achieve them.”
“For winners, losing inspires them. For losers, losing defeats them.”
“You can always quit, so why quit now.”
“A great property manager is key to success in real estate.”
“If you are not successful, that means you’re not making enough mistakes.”
“To be truly wealthy, we must be able to give more than what we receive.”
“Success is not a stop sign.”
“Failure is part of the process of success.”
“There’s a bit of hidden magic in every mistake. The magic is called learning.”
“Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.”
“Money will never make you happy if you are an unhappy person.”
“There is always risk, so learn to manage risk instead of avoiding it.”
“Good debt is a powerful tool, but bad debt can kill you.”
“An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.”
“Entrepreneurs don’t finish when we are tired. We finish when we are done.”
“True learning takes energy, passion and a burning desire.”
“You will never know true freedom until you achieve financial freedom.”
“Passion is the beginning of success.”
“Taxes punish those who produce and reward those who don’t produce.”
“There is no one road to success, you must find your own route.”
“Rich don’t work for money. They work for assets.”
“If I lost my job, I’d get a job at McDonald’s.”
“Making mistakes is natural. Making mistakes is how we learn.”
“If you want to be rich the rule of thumb is to teach others how to be rich.”
“Negative thoughts are not protecting you. They are making you smaller.”
“People’s lives are forever controlled by two emotions: fear and greed.”
“It does not take money to make money.”
“Don’t buy luxuries until you’ve built the assets to afford them.”
