20 Passive Income Quotes by Warren Buffett and Robert Kiyosaki (That Will Inspire You To Become Rich)

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Note: This post was originally published in 2017 when I first started my blog/website, Finsavvy Panda, as a hobby.

As time went on, this blog eventually grew and became my full-time source of income, so I’ve tried not to update this post to retain its originality.

If you’re interested in starting a blog and making money by writing about topics you enjoy, check out my post on how to start a profitable blog earning six-figures per year here.

As you can see, Warren Buffett and Robert Kiyosaki’s quotes have inspired and led me to escape my regular 9-5 after putting in the time and effort to build this blog! 🙂

 

Hey there! Today, I’m going to make a list of my favorite passive income quotes by Warren Buffett and Robert Kiyosaki that will inspire you to become rich.

While you’re at it, I also recommend going through these other best money quotes by Warren Buffett that will help you earn more and achieve a more purposeful life. These handpicked quotes and sayings seriously helped me get out of debt (by paying off my car and student loans) while saving my first $100,000 by my mid-20s.

By following through and actually implementing into action the meaning behind those quotes, I was able to accumulate my first $1,000,000 in net worth by the age of 33, which is why I also share a separate post about how to become a millionaire in your 30s.

On top of that Robert Kiyosaki’s best-selling book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, also made a positive impact throughout my financial journey after saving my first six figures. After figuring out the best ways to save money and investing those savings in my 20s, I wanted to learn more about generating passive income streams to grow my wealth.

As a result, I picked up his books during that time and shared my honest review about Rich Dad Poor Dad.  

Now, before we go through the list of the best quotes about money, I want to talk about one popular passive income quote by billionaire, Warren Buffett, that made me think very deeply about life.

“If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die. – Warren Buffett”

 

If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.

This quote by my most inspirational idol prompted me to think deeply about work, money, and life. From time to time, I ask myself these five questions:

• What is the meaning of life?
• Why do we care so much about money?
• What does it mean to live a rich life?
• How does one become fulfilled?
• What do I want out of life?

 

 

Like most kids growing up, your parents would encourage you to go to college and receive good grades. Once you graduate with a sh!t load of debt, they’d tell you to find a “good paying” job.

Great, within four to six months, you find a job that pays you $50,000 per year. Woo-hoo! That means you can start paying off your debt…

and maybe splurge a bit out of control…

On top of that, it’s time to work your a$$ off to get promoted “so that you can earn more.” With that said, you eventually buy your dream home along with a couple of BMWs.

Not to mention, you eventually earn over $100,000 per year after 10-15 years of sweat, tears ‘n blood. As time passes, you continue to slave your way up ’til you hit 65.

At that age, you ask yourself:

Where did time just go? What on earth happened to my 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s… 60s??

“But oh well… that’s life. At least I get to enjoy now” you say.

Sadly, this is how the masses define a “rich life.”

Are you one of them?

 

Instead of working your way up, work your way OUT!

Idk about you, but I’m not very fond of the rat-race culture. Words couldn’t describe how I feel.

In my view, it’s a never-ending cycle of false happiness. Too much of our time is focused on how others perceive our success. We’re caught comparing who got promoted the quickest, and who makes the most (slaving for someone, of course). After that, it becomes a lifestyle inflation. That is, who has the biggest house, nicest car, and all other things to “show” for.

Those materialistic goods are nice to have, and I admit that I splurge here and there. But the unsustainable lifestyle inflation isn’t my priority because it doesn’t bring true happiness.

After working a 9-5 for six years, I started to feel empty. Despite having a great support system (i.e. family and friends), I realized that something else was missing.

That something else is fulfillment.

Aside from having a lot of money, being fulfilled is my definition of rich.

According to the dictionary, “fulfillment is the feeling of happiness and satisfaction. People often feel fulfillment when something is completed, whether it’s a goal or a dream.”

 

So, my questions to you.

What are your happiest moments?

What are your dreams or goals?

 

I know, for a fact, that it’s not when you’re stuck at work, just to earn enough to finance your luxury goods (e.g. house, cars, big vacation, etc.). It’s also not the times when you’re celebrating the fact that it’s a Friday.

 

For me personally, my happiest moments are with friends and family. Or, when I’m able to make an impact by helping real people with real problems (not the selfish people at work).

With that said, my goal is to free myself from the rat race, so I can help people like you who struggle to find freedom.

 

So, can money buy you happiness?

As you can see, Warren Buffet – one of the world’s richest men with a net worth of $75 billion – told a CNBC spokesperson that his money does buy him one thing he values very much: his freedom. For him, freedom is the key to a happy life.

 

 

My whole point here is to tell you that you don’t have to work your way up ’til retirement (you’re way more worthy than your company’s pension). Instead, you have the option to work your way out of this crap and start living a rich and fulfilling life.

Let’s face it, money can buy you happiness (up to a degree). It can buy your way out of the never-ending rat race.

In other words, you can be free to pursue your passions if you’re motivated enough to want it. I know some who feel fulfilled with their day jobs which is perfectly fine. I am very happy for them, honestly.

But for those who aren’t and you just know that the corporate life isn’t your thing (like me), you have to find a way to make money work for you; instead of you working for money.

 

Make money while you eat, sleep, and dream…

 

 

This obviously isn’t easy. Building a passive income stream and making your money work for you will take A LOT of dedication and upfront time.

It’s something I’m working on. And the most important step you MUST achieve is developing the right mindset and believing in yourself. I really recommend you read this before you start building your passive income stream.

I’m not telling you to quit your job now. But if you really want to pursue freedom, you will spare some time researching about passive income (or your amazing business idea). In other words, continue your 9-5 but at the same time, slowly make your money work for you!

Your goal is to make enough passive income so that it can fund your desired lifestyle. Or, at least to the point where you can afford to accept a lower pay and feel fulfilled with what you do.

As a result, you’ll get to spend more time with the people you actually care about; not the selfish “I-think-I’m-better-than-you” type of snobs at your work. Not just that, you’ll also be able to pursue your passion without answering anyone (other than your family 😊).

The earlier you start, the sooner you can GTFO!

 

Passive Income Quotes and Sayings

Here are my other favorite quotes about passive income, making money, and saving money. I gathered these quotes to help you feel motivated and inspired to work on building wealth throughout your life.

There will be times when you will be tempted to give up given that building wealth and building passive income is a continual long and slow progress that compounds over time, so these quotes by Warren Buffett and Robert Kiyosaki will help you keep going.

 

Passive Income Quotes by Warren Buffett

1. “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die”
2. “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”
3. “Rule No. 1 is never lose money. Rule No. 2 is never forget Rule No. 1.”
4. “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
5. “The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”
6. “Price is what you pay, value is what you get.”
7. “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”
8. “I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute”
9. “I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”
10. “You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”

 

Passive Income Quotes by Robert Kiyosaki

1. “The only difference between a rich person and poor person is how they use their time.”
2. “You can only be financially free when your passive income exceeds your expenses”
3. “The rich don’t work for money. They make money work for them.”
4. “The poor and middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.”
5. “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.”
6. “Money is not the goal. Money has no value. The value comes from the dreams money helps achieve.”
7. “The more people you help, the more money you will make.”
8. “The best thing about money is that it works 24 hours a day and can work for generations.”
9. “An asset is something that puts money in my pocket. A liability is something that takes money out of my pocket.”
10. “It’s more important to grow your income than cut your expenses. It’s more important to grow your spirit that cut your dreams.”

 

How To Earn Passive Income

While these quotes and sayings about passive income may give you the motivation and inspiration to become rich, it won’t work if you don’t put them into action.

Here are some ways to earn while you sleep. If you want more details on these, you can the best passive income ideas here. They are the passive income streams that I’m currently working on, which I started experimenting with in my 20s.

My list of ways to make passive income also includes some work-from-home jobs that you can start pursuing from anywhere across the globe.

Again, nothing in life is easy so it will require dedication and perseverance.

Here are some more posts about passive income and making money that may interest you:

• How To Make $500 a Day (Jobs That Pay $500 a Day)
• Best Ways To Make $300 in a Day
• Make Extra Money: How I Made Over $1,000,000 With These Side Hustles

 

1) Invest in the equity markets

Start throwing your money into stocks and low-fee passive ETFs (exchange-traded funds) that pay some dividends. Listed from highest to lowest payout, those sectors include telecom, utilities, financials, and consumer staples.

Do you already have a portfolio of stocks and funds? That’s great! If you’re serious about quitting sooner, increase that monthly investment plan!

 

2) Enroll in your company’s match

This one’s pretty obvious but in case some of you missed it, I thought I’d mention it here. Don’t ignore this match because part of that is free money invested!

 

3) Start a money-making blog

UPDATE: I wrote this post many years ago when I first started this blog. Most of what I have written here remains unchanged, and it allows me to read back on these posts to see how much I’ve grown. I started this blog because I had people asking me for advice about money, so I thought I could share my knowledge and personal experience on how I saved my first $100,000 by my mid-20s. This includes my progress on how I save, invest, and earn extra money, which helped me save my first $1,000,000 in net worth by age 33.

Do you have a passion for a specific topic? If so, you can start expressing yourself and helping others through a blog. For example, you can write about food, diet, finance, real estate, DIY, cars, self-help, etc. The ideas of topics are endless!

That’s why I actually started this blog and you can check out my tutorial on how to start a profitable.

With that said, you need to figure out your niche. Once you’ve established a niche, value-added content, and followers, you can start making money. This includes earning through affiliate links, ads, recommending products that you love, as well as providing your own products.

As a new blogger, I’ve been passively earning over $500 dollars per month from my blog.

In fact, I was inspired by Eden from Mint Notion to start my blog. I would have never imagined myself starting a blog because I’m generally not a confident person and my writing sucks. But I took the plunge and started one anyway, and I am so glad that I did! Spolier alert: you don’t need to be the best writer to start a money-making blog.

 

Why start a blog?

I initially signed up to start a blog because I wanted to make some passive income on top of my full-time job. My hope is to earn extra money so that I can improve my lifestyle while at the same time, being able to save a larger portion of my pay from my 9-5 for financial freedom.

Your story may be different from mine.

Perhaps you want to earn extra money so that you could get out of debt, stop living paycheck to paycheck, or earn some passive income. Whatever the case, it is possible to make extra money by starting a blog today.

To start a money-making blog, I highly recommend starting a self-hosted blog with Bluehost for less than a cup of latte a month.

 

UPDATE: I started this blog and wrote this post just a bit over a year ago. Fast forward one year later, I made $5,532.12 blogging in my last month! I went from making $0 to my first $1,000. Now, I’ve been consistently making over $4,000 per month for 4 months in a row as I write this update!

Several years forward, you can learn how I quit my job to become a full-time blogger earning six figures per year.

 

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4) Invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs)

In addition to equity index and stock investing, you can add some real estate to your portfolio. Similar in nature, a REIT is a type of instrument that’s listed on major exchanges and trades like a stock. In addition to the potential for moderate capital growth, they generally offer high dividend yields.

 

5) Invest in residential real estate

Another form of real estate investment includes investment in residential properties. On a high level, returns should include:

• net positive cash flow
• tax benefits
• principal paid
• forced appreciation through renovations and upgrades
• a realistic price appreciation over time

Having that said, do your own research, because you should never trust everything your realtor tells you!

BiggerPockets Blog is my main go-to resource for tips and stories on real estate investing. They include topics related to house flipping, becoming a landlord, house hacking, and other forms of real estate investing. I personally enjoy it because it provides valuable information to those who love real estate.

 

6) DRIP

In addition to points #1 to #3, don’t forget to enroll in a DRIP (dividend reinvestment plan). This automatically reinvests all your dividends by purchasing fractional shares or units of your stock/fund/REIT.

The below are benefits of a DRIP:

• the money is immediately put to work with no effort on your end
• unlike a typical stock or ETF transaction, you don’t pay any trade commission to purchase the additional share(s)
• it allows you to purchase a fraction of a share. This feature allows you to invest 100% of your dividends

Overall, don’t underestimate the power of DRIP!

 

7) House hack

You can take advantage of your unused space and monetize it. For example, I’m currently renting out one of my units to cover the mortgage. This option gives you the flexibility to invest your paycheck in other investments. Not to mention, your tenants are helping you build equity by doing this.

 

8) Rent out other unused spaces

In addition to your house, you can rent out any unused parking or storage space.

I have co-workers and family friends who rent out their unused parking space for $50-$200 per month depending on their location. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an extra $50-$200 in your pockets each month? Imagine what that can do for you. 🙂

 

9) Create digital products or publish an eBook

Tying this with the above, you can also create your own eBook by condensing your helpful blog posts into one that will add value to your customers. Once that’s done, you can sell your product on Kindle, and to your subscribers.

For example, I’ve created a few digital products for my blog and I’m able to generate passive income from them. Here are some of my best-selling products that have worked well for me:

• The Power-Up Budget Binder
• The Treasure Map To Blogging Success in 30 Days
• Pinterest Canva Templates For Pinterest Business Owners
• The Golden Compass To Pinterest Traffic

 

Money rich vs. freedom rich

Again, the idea behind this “passive income” isn’t to get you to earn more for the sake of amassing a pile of money.

Generally speaking, money in its physical form doesn’t mean anything. It’s really just a piece of paper. So even if you had “a lot” of money but nothing to live for, no fulfillment, no life goals, are you rich?

I’d say no.

Ultimately, you just want money so that it can buy your needs and wants. That includes food, living expenses, traveling, exploring new things, gifts, donations, splurge on a few luxuries, etc.

Most importantly, your main life goal is to create a positive impact by giving back to the community and helping others around you.

But before doing that, you’ll have to be able to help yourself before helping others, right?

Overall, money gives you the freedom to do whatever you want; and that freedom is all you want, not the actual piece of paper.

 

Do you want to be free?

Can you continue to put up with that BS work your selfish boss gives you?

What do you really accomplish in life with all that spreadsheet and “project” work, anyway?

And let’s not forget those so-called “meetings” you attend. What a waste of time, right?

40+ years of your life is wasted to make your selfish bosses look good in front of their selfish bosses!

In the end, you’re getting paid $50,000-$300,000 per year just to make your company richer… whom, BTW, doesn’t give two sh!ts about you!

So why should you?

 

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