Robert Kiyosaki quotes - page 5

"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. (Robert Kiyosaki)
The power of self-discipline. If you cannot get control of yourself, do not try to get rich.
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It is what you do not know that is your greatest risk.
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Education is the foundation of success[...].
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There is always risk, so learn to manage risk instead of avoid it.
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Today, the most dangerous advice you can give a child is ‘Go to school, get good grades and look for a safe secure job,' ” he likes to say. "That is old advice, and it's bad advice. If you could see what is happening in Asia, Europe, South America, you would be as concerned as I am.
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As a process, choosing for myself turned out to be much more valuable in the long run, rather than simply accepting or rejecting a single point of view.
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"I can't afford it.” The other dad forbade those words to be used. He insisted I say, "How can I afford it?” One is a statement, and the other is a question.
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If you can't make up you mind decisively, then you'll never learn to make money anyway.
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But that is not how life teaches you, and I would say that life is the best teacher of all. Most of the time, life does not talk to you. It just sort of pushes you around. Each push is life saying, ‘Wake up. There's something I want you to learn.
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Life pushes all of us around. Some give up. Others fight. A few learn the lesson and move on. They welcome life pushing them around. To these few people, it means they need and want to learn something. They learn and move on. Most quit, and a few like you fight. (Robert Kiyosaki)
Most people want everyone else in the world to change but themselves.
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When it comes to money, most people want to play it safe and feel secure. So passion does not direct them. Fear does.
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[...]they feel the fear of not having money. Instead of confronting the fear, they react instead of think.
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"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?
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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.
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Money often puts a spotlight on what we do not know.
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A fool and his money is one big party.
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A person can be highly educated, professionally successful and financially illiterate.
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The poor and middle class all too often allow the power of money to control them. By simply getting up and working harder, failing to ask themselves if what they do makes sense, they shoot themselves in the foot as they leave for work every morning. By not fully understanding money, the vast majority of people allow the awesome power of money to control them. The power of money is used against them.
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When we were told to follow set procedures and not deviate from the rules, we could see how this schooling process actually discouraged creativity. (Robert Kiyosaki)
And when it comes to money, high emotions tend to lower financial intelligence.
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My real estate strategy, on the other hand, is to start small and keep trading the properties up for bigger properties and, therefore, delaying paying taxes on the gain. This allows the value to increase dramatically. I generally hold real estate less than seven years.
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If you know what you're talking about, you have a fighting chance.
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The people who get out of the "Rat Race” in the game the quickest are the people who understand numbers and have creative financial minds.
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