Top 500 Robert T. Kiyosaki Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game.”

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202. “Every successful person in life began by pursuing a passion, usually against all odds.”

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203. “Losers are those who are afraid of losing.”

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204. “Ephemeralization means the ability to do everything with nothing, or leverage, or doing more with less. So, as a businessman, I’m constantly ephemeralizing, figuring out how I can do more and more for less and less.”

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205. “If you work for money, you give the power to your employer. If your money works for you, you keep and control the power.”

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206. “If you’re not working to get your business or investing operation to operate without you, you’re thinking too small. Think team and systems.”

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207. “Cynics criticize and winners analyze.”

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208. “A true luxury is a reward for investing in and developing a real asset.”

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209. “There are always going to be skeptics. Prove them wrong.”

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210. “Rather than risk starting their own businesses, most people seek safer environments, preferring job security to freedom and a steady paycheck to greater wealth. Their fear of failing is greater than the joy of freedom.”

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211. “Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”

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212. “You can tell a person’s past, present and future by listening to the words they use.”

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213. “Job is an acronym for ‘Just Over Broke.”

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214. “The harder you work for money, the more you are taxed, the harder your money works, the less it is taxed.”

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215. “Have the backbone to go after what you want in life. It’s too easy to settle.”

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216. “Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it’s easier to change yourself than everyone else.”

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217. “Dreams are not easy. Dreams are painful. They force work and commitment. They are challenging and motivating.”

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218. “An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.”

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219. “Intelligence is the ability to solve problems.”

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220. “Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”

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221. “How you earn your money and build your career is how you earn your destiny and build your legacy.”

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222. “Investing isn’t risky; not being in control is risky.”

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223. “If you’re working for a good company and you’re happy there, and you’re being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there.”

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224. “In the world of entrepreneurs, you don’t need a college education. You need a proper education.”

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225. “If you do not know how to care for money, money will stay away from you.”

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226. “Making mistakes is natural. Making mistakes is how we learn.”

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227. “Most people put money in their piggy bank. I buy a goose that lays golden eggs over and over again. That’s what an asset is.”

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

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229. “The greatest cause of human financial struggle is the fear of losing money.”

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230. “Most small businesses fail because the owner is underskilled, not undercapitalized.”

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231. “The world has changed, but education has not changed with it.”

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232. “In 1997, in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, I stated, ‘Your home is not an asset.’ Real estate agents sent me hate mail.”

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233. “Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.”

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234. “Changing quadrants is often a change at the core of who you are, how you think, and how you look at the world. The change is easier for some people than for others simply because some people welcome change and others fight it.”

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235. “Money does not make you happy, but the lack of money can cause unhappiness.”

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236. “It is easier to invest for cash flow during a financial crisis. So don’t waste a good crisis by hiding your head in the sand. The longer the crisis lasts, the richer some people will become.”

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237. “A winning strategy must include losing.”

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238. “Most people work all week to get to the weekend. A few work all weekend for years to get to freedom.”

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239. “Whatever you want in life, you’ve got to give away first.”

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240. “It’s the investor who is risky, not the investment.”

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241. “Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks.”

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242. “Passion is a powerful force. Passion properly directed is unstoppable.”

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243. “What you don’t know keeps you poor.”

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

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245. “The reason so many people fail to achieve success is because they fail to fail enough times.”

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246. “In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.”

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247. “One of the reasons people aren’t rich is because almost everyone has more excuses than money.”

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248. “I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.”

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249. “For most people, the price for security is personal freedom. And without freedom, many people spend their lives working for money, rather than living out to their dreams.”

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250. “One of the most stupid things to do is to pretend you are smart. When you pretend to be smart, you are at the height of stupidity.”

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