Robert Kiyosaki Quotes

Illiteracy, both in words and numbers, is the foundation of financial struggle.

If you are going to build the Empire State Building, the first thing you need to do is dig a deep hole and pour a strong foundation. If you are going to build a home in the suburbs, all you need to do is pour a 6-inch slab of concrete. Most people, in their drive to get rich, are trying to build an Empire State Building on a 6-inch slab.

If you want to be rich, you need to be financially literate.

You will see things that other people never see.

Keep using your brain, work for free, and soon your mind will show you ways of making money far beyond what I could ever pay you.

Keep working boys, but the sooner you forget about needing a paycheck, the easier your adult life will be.

Is working harder at this the best solution to this problem?

Choosing what we think rather than reacting to our emotions.

Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions.

Please don’t let money run your life.

[...]a person stops searching for information and knowledge of one’s self, ignorance sets in.

“The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich. It’s self-inflicted fear and ignorance that keeps people trapped.

An education and a job are important. But it won’t handle the fear.

Will a job be the best solution to this fear over the long run? In my opinion, the answer is no.

“I’ve met so many people who say, ‘Oh, I’m not interested in money.’ Yet they’ll work at a job for eight hours a day. That’s a denial of truth. If they weren’t interested in money, then why are they working?