Robert Kiyosaki Quotes

Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.'

~ Robert Kiyosaki

When people are lame, they love to blame.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

It was easy being healthy when I was young. I was full of energy, so sports and physical challenges were fun. But as I got older and the spring left my step, exercise became harder, and eating, drinking and watching TV became easier. By the time I was 50, I'd put on 50 pounds.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

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

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Warren Buffett is famous for talking about the 'intrinsic value' of stocks. But while many people parrot this phrase, few know what it really means.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Jobs are a centuries-old concept created during the Industrial Revolution. Despite the reality that we're now deep in the Information Age, many people are studying for, or working at, or clinging to the Industrial Age idea of a safe, secure job.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else's religion, but he'll accept his gold.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the 'right' thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It's like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

A financial crisis is a great time for professional investors and a horrible time for average ones.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

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.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

If you're going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

There may be less of a chance of losing all the money you put into a mutual fund than there is of losing all the money you put into lottery tickets, but you're never going to win big in a mutual fund.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

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

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Today, medical devices such as catheters and stethoscopes use silver, and every hospital in the western world uses silver sulfadiazine to prevent infections.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

If medical doctors can be sued for malpractice, shouldn't financial professionals practice under the same safeguard?

~ Robert Kiyosaki

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.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Fuel prices are at the center of our lives. They affect our ability to travel, stay warm, and feed ourselves.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

My partner Donald Trump says that married couples should always have a prenuptial agreement. True, a prenuptial is important if one partner is much richer than the other before marriage, but Kim and I don't have one.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

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

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Over a 10-year period, 99 out of 100 new entrepreneurs will fail. Only one will be left standing as others get pushed out of the market or burn out from working so hard. It's really sad.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

The Web and new technology offer more opportunities to reach a world market at a lower price. Today, a person can start a business at home and reach the world market.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

When I was a kid, there were no credit cards. Instead, retailers offered layaway plans. My mom would go to a store, such as a furniture outlet, choose the sofa she wanted, and put it on layaway. That meant she put a little money down to hold the sofa, and every payday she'd pay a little toward the purchase.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Many novice real estate investors soon quit the profession and invest in a well-diversified portfolio of bonds. That's because, when you invest in real estate, you often see a side of humanity that stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and saving money shelter you from.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They're both important and schools are forgetting one of them.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

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

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Bad debt is debt that makes you poorer. I count the mortgage on my home as bad debt, because I'm the one paying on it. Other forms of bad debt are car payments, credit card balances, or other consumer loans.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

People concerned about inflation today tend to buy big houses and nice cars.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Regardless of what our national credit rating is, people will always want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, fuel for their cars, and clothes on their backs.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Learn to invest in investments where you can achieve an honest, legal advantage over other investors. When it comes to investing, why play on a level field?

~ Robert Kiyosaki

Ken Lay, the disgraced former chairman of Enron, found a way to escape his legal problems: He died after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges.

~ Robert Kiyosaki