Quotes About Wealth

The first lesson of having money work for you, as opposed to you working for money, is all about power. If you work for money, you give the power to your employer. If money works for you, you keep the power and control it.

I-don't-wants hold the key to your success," rich dad would say. Because I, too, do not want to fix toilets, I shop hard for a property manager who does fix toilets.

Most people would rather live within their means than expand their means.

La historia prueba que las grandes civilizaciones se acaban cuando la distancia entre 'tener' y 'no tener' es demasiado grande.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Once you have decided to concentrate on minding your own business—focusing your efforts on acquiring assets instead of a bigger paycheck—

My rich dad's advice made much more sense. Soon the cash flow from my properties was so strong that my company bought me my first Porsche. My fellow Xerox salespeople thought I was spending my commissions. I wasn't. I was investing my commissions in assets.

the rent more than covers my monthly expenses so I have cash flow from my investment.

He just played the game smarter, and he did it through corporations—the biggest secret of the rich.

In the long run, it's not how much money you make. It's how much you keep, and how many generations you keep it.

La bancarrota es temporal, la pobreza, eterna.

So why should investing be any different?

Stocks •?Bonds •?Income-generating real estate •?Notes (IOUs) •?Royalties from intellectual property such as music, scripts, and patents •?Anything else that has value, produces income or appreciates, and has a ready market

Our overall philosophy is to plant seeds inside my asset column. That is my formula. We start small and plant seeds. Some grow; some don't.

Proper physical exercise increases your chances for health, and proper mental exercise increases your chances for wealth.

the "wants." I want to be free to travel the world and live in the lifestyle I love. I want to be young when I do this. I want to simply be free. I want control over my time and my life. I want money to work for me.

with money comes great power that requires the right knowledge to keep it and make it multiply.

they often do not have the mental and emotional capacity to handle the sudden abundance of money, so the money overflows and runs away.

Si trabajas por dinero, le cedes el poder a tu jefe. Si haces que el dinero trabaje para ti, puedes conservar el poder y controlarlo.

The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on building a better hamburger and know little to nothing about business systems.

If you can't make up your mind decisively, then you'll never learn to make money anyway.

America today is less a democracy and more an oligarchy.

hold on to your share of that abundance.

For example, one dad had a habit of saying, "I can't afford it." The other dad forbade those words to be used. He insisted I ask, "How can I afford it?" One is a statement, and the other is a question. One lets you off the hook, and the other forces you to think.