Quotes from Robert Kiyosaki

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

Something's very wrong with a nation that would rather spend money on war than take care of its children.

I've actually taken companies public, I've actually busted companies, I've actually gone broke.

It's easier to aim to please and say what others want to hear than to form an opinion and fight for it, even if it means taking a risk or losing your job.

My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

Education is cheap; experience is expensive.

The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.

Leadership is what you need to learn next

Don't stop trying, learning, fighting, experimenting, doing, until the miracle happens.

You won't learn if you think you already know everything.

In the world of entrepreneurs, you don't need a college education. You need a proper education.

Too many people are too lazy to think. Instead of learning something new, they think the same thought day in day out.

If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become, not the words of fear or failure.

The idea of going to school and getting a job is the most destructive one in your brain.

Every time the Fed implements 'quantitative easing,' a.k.a. printing more money, two things go up: taxes and inflation. When taxes and inflation go up, more jobs are lost.

When President Obama speaks about raising taxes on the rich, he speaks about high-income employees and small business owners, not entrepreneurs who build big businesses.

Most of us are aware of the sacrificial slaughter of Bear Sterns. Some people call it a bailout, but I call it a handout - a government handout to some of the richest people on Earth, paid for by American taxpayers.

So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes.

At the point the money hits your hands, you have the power to determine your financial future.

Once again, the 90/10 rule of money applies - 10% of the borrowers in the world use debt to get richer - 90% use debt to get poorer.

Balanced people go nowhere. They stay in one spot.

Know a little about a lot.

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.

Find the game where you can win, and then commit your life to playing it; and play to win.