Robert Kiyosaki Quotes

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

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

I worked for Xerox for 4 years and after that I knew I was never going to be a corporate person. It wasn't my environment.

Most small businesses failed because the owner was under skilled, not under capitalized.

It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.

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

The next great transfer of wealth WILL take place, not by conspiracy but by ignorance.

All depends on how determined we are to be successful.

If you took all of my money away, I would have it right back. I don't really care about money. I mean I do but why worry about it because I can make my own money all the time.

My Rich Dad said, 'All of us have the power of choice. I choose to be rich, and I make that choice every day.'

A great property manager is key to success in real estate.

With any method of attaining great wealth, there is a price, and price is not always measured in money

The benefit of living in a free society is that we all have the choice to be rich, poor, or middle class. The decision is up to you.

An active investor is someone who actually lives off their investments as opposed to wages from a job.

If you do not like Real Estate, all you have to do is make hamburgers, build a business around that hamburger, and franchise it.

You can always quit, so why quit now.

A network marketing business is the perfect business for people who like helping other people.

A prediction is a prediction because it's predictable.

Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.

My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

In 1997, in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, I stated, 'Your home is not an asset.' Real estate agents sent me hate mail.

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

Sometimes we win, sometimes we learn.

You have to look for teachers. If you want to be a mechanic, go hang out with mechanics.

One of the reasons people aren't rich is because almost everyone has more excuses than money.

When I was young, people lived paycheck to paycheck. Today, it seems like they live from credit card payment to credit card payment.

Listen to the advice from the one who's already achieved your goal

Sometimes, what is right for you at the beginning of your life is not the right thing for you at the end of your life.

A winning strategy must include losing.

People without leverage work for those with leverage.

I think there's just too much greed in the world today [and] that's why we have problems.

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.

Humans cannot find freedom until they let go of old obsolete ideas.

I'm not a Republican or a Democrat, but George Bush has just put us so greatly into debt; now Obama's going to make it even worse. So, it's basically highway robbery, and I think it's a tragedy.

Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it's easier to change yourself than everyone else.

Be sure to have friends who demand more of you rather than tell you why you cannot do what you want to do.

Few people realize that luck is created.

There are no bad business and investment opportunities, but there are bad entrepreneurs and investors.

There are two things losers say: 'I can't do it' and 'I can't afford it.

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

Do not let fear of failure overwhelms joy success

If you are moving, even fire will not hurt you. If you are standing still near the fire, even though you are not in the fire, the heat will eventually get to you.

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

Within 7 days, 75% of people will have given up on their New Year's resolutions; that's tomorrow. Evaluate yourself. Don't be one of them.

Even when you win you lose... if you didn’t learn something.

One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over his life.

Education is the foundation of success. Just as scholastic skills are vitally important, so are financial skills and communication skills.

If the investor is uneducated, anything he or she invests in will be risky. So it's not the investment that is risky. It's the investor.