Robert Kiyosaki

“If you're going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.”

“Learn to invest in investments where you can achieve an honest, legal advantage over other investors. When it comes to investing, why play on a level field?”

“If you or I fail at business, we fail. If we cheat and fail, we go to jail. But if you're rich and politically connected, your incompetence may be protected by a government bailout.”

“Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.”

“Warren Buffett is famous for talking about the 'intrinsic value' of stocks. But while many people parrot this phrase, few know what it really means.”

“Education is what you learn after you leave school.”

“The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.”

“If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.”

“Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They're both important and schools are forgetting one of them.”

“When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.”

“The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.'”

“History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.”

“People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.”

“Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won't make a company successful.”

“I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.”

“Bad debt is debt that makes you poorer. I count the mortgage on my home as bad debt, because I'm the one paying on it. Other forms of bad debt are car payments, credit card balances, or other consumer loans.”

“You have to be smart. The easy days are over.”

“Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.”

“Ken Lay, the disgraced former chairman of Enron, found a way to escape his legal problems: He died after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges.”

“My family wasn't rich, so when it comes to money, I tend to think, 'Err on the side of caution.'”

“Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.”