Rich Dad Poor Dad is a book written by Robert Kiyosaki. The book was published in 1994 and has become one of the best-selling personal finance books of all time. It has sold over 26 million copies worldwide. Here is a compilation of Rich Dad Poor Dad Quotes by Robert T. Kiyosaki.
The book is about the different attitudes towards money and financial literacy in two vastly different households. One household, which he refers to as the “poor dad,” is frugal, careful with money, and teaches their children to avoid debt at all costs. The other household, which he refers to as the “rich dad,” believes that it’s okay to spend money as long as you can afford it and they teach their children how to acquire assets such as stocks or real estate instead of just focusing on paying off debts such as mortgages or credit cards.
Famous Rich Dad Poor Dad Quotes
“Focus- Follow One Course Until Successful”
“An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.”
“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
“The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth in what seems to be an instant.”
“Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions.”
“Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won’t quit.”
“Going into our fear and confronting our greed, our weaknesses, our neediness is the way out. And the way out is through the mind, by choosing our thoughts.”
“Leadership is what you need to learn next”
“In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.”
“Emotions are what make us human. Make us real. The word ’emotion’ stands for energy in motion. Be truthful about your emotions, and use your mind and emotions in your favor, not against yourself.”
“There is always risk, so learn to manage risk instead of avoiding it.”
“Know a little about a lot.”
“If fear is too strong, the genius is suppressed”
“There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary. Poor is eternal.”
“We all have tremendous potential, and we all are blessed with gifts. Yet, the one thing that holds all of us back is some degree of self-doubt. It is not so much the lack of technical information that holds us back, but more the lack of self-confidence.”
“Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.”
“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way”
“How can I afford it?” opened up the brain and forced it to think and search for answers.”
“Life is much like going to the gym. The most painful part is deciding to go. Once you get past that, it’s easy.”
“You will never know true freedom until you achieve financial freedom.”
“Life is sometimes tough when you do not fit the standard profile.”
“Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.”
“Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn. But have fun. Most people never win because they’re more afraid of losing.”
“Balanced people go nowhere. They stay in one spot.”
Rich dad poor dad quotes on investment
“At the point the money hits your hands, you have the power to determine your financial future.”
“If you work for money, you give the power to you employer. If money works for you, you keep the power and control it.”
“Money is just an idea.”
“Most people fail to realize that in life, it’s not how much money you make, it’s how much money you keep.”
“The love of money is the root of all evil.” The lack of money is the root of all evil.”
“They get up every day and go work for money, not taking the time to ask the question, ‘Is there another way?”
“Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.”
“The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.”
“It’s not how much money you make. It’s how much money you keep.”
“Thinking is the hardest work there is. That is why so few people engage in it.”
“Life is sometimes tough when you do not fit the standard profile.”
“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.”