I believe that every one of us has a gift. And I believe that mine is the ability to take the complex and make it simple.
— Robert Kiyosaki
If you must invest in paper, learn to be an options trader. Then you will know how to make money whether the markets are going up or down.
Success is not a stop sign.
The thing most people don't pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It's 24/7.
I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.
I wasn't born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.
You make more money if you're generous.
Many people will have nothing at the end of their working lives.
I just don't like mutual funds. I think they're a rip-off.
Getting rich is about fun. It's a game, and you have to treat it that way.
Start a part-time business and make as many mistakes as you possibly can while you still have your daytime job.
I don't like being told what to do and kissing you-know-what to get up the corporate ladder.
The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.
The problem with real estate is that it's local. You have to understand the local market.
I did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.
People clinging to job security, savings, retirement plans, and other relics will be the ones financially-ravaged from 2010-2020, the most volatile world-changing decade in history.
Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.
Money and investing can be complex, confusing, and often boring subjects.
Most shareholders have little if any control over the companies in which they own stock, even if they own a million shares.
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.
My measure of success is whether I'm fulfilling my mission.
When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.
The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.
Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.
The trained mind is a rich mind.
Most small-business owners have no financial education when they started. They weren't trained to be entrepreneurs.
If I have cash and I can't figure a way to put it into real estate or my business, I hold it in gold and silver.
You can't take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.
My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a 'have-not,' but I knew that I wasn't.
Losers are people who are afraid of losing.
Everything the working class has been told to do, the rich do not do. That is my message.
I've always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.
The idea of going to school and getting a job is the most destructive one in your brain.
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.
I am very concerned about the millions of baby boomers who are counting on the stock market to deliver them a safe, sound, long retirement. I am afraid the baby boomers who are counting on the stock market are in trouble.
Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.
I explain the law of compensation like this: 'Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time.
Everybody could be an entrepreneur, but very few will become very rich entrepreneurs.
Many entrepreneurs do not realize that many of the problems their businesses face today began yesterday, long before there was a business.
You can only choose between rich and poor. The middle class is gone.
Giving a poor person money keeps them poor.
The rich don't work for money - the rich invent money.
In 'Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education' and 'Why A Students Work for C Students,' I reveal the secrets of the wealthy and what schools will never teach you about money.
I'm a real estate guy.
The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.'
The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.
I'm a cash flow guy. If it doesn't make me money today, forget about it.
Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket.
If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed.
Often, in the real world, it's not the smart that get ahead but the bold.
