20 Famous Quotes of Aristotle Onassis

The quotes of Aristotle Onassis, one of the most famous Greeks in the entire world in the 20th century, offer an insight of his mentality, vision, and worldview that made him one of the richest men in modern history.

Aristotle Onassis was born on the 15th of January 1906. Born into a rather wealthy family in Izmir (or as was then known Smyrna), Onassis later went on to become the wealthiest and most famous mogul, businessman, and shipping magnate of the early 20th century, until he died in 1975.

Aristotle was the second-born child of Sokrates Onassis, his sister Artemis being born two years before him. His father, Sokrates Onassis, was one of the wealthiest tobacco merchants and entrepreneurs of Smyrna.

His mother Penelope Dologlou was married at 17 but died at the relatively early age of 33. His grandmother Gesthimani was very religious and hoped her grandchild would be a priest. Therefore, from a very young age, he was an altar boy and enjoyed singing Byzantine hymns.  As a student though he started drawing away from the church.

Following the Asia Minor Disaster, his father was imprisoned. The Turks seized their family business and destroyed their warehouse by fire. Having no other choice Aristotle was forced to migrate in search of a better life for him and his family.

The most famous quotes of Aristotle Onassis

1. 1. At your job, you must be serious but in life, you must be crazy.
   2. If there weren’t any women all the money in the world wouldn’t matter.
   3. Never start a job, a battle, or a relationship, if the fear of losing overshadows the prospect of success.
   4. Take care of your body. Be as good as you can with it. Don’t mind the details. Look at me, I look nothing like a Greek God, but I never wasted my time crying over the bad aspects of myself, remember things are only as bad as you think they are.
   5. Every win is an injustice to someone.
   6. The secret in business is knowing something nobody else knows.
   7. The rule is there are no rules.
   8. Be either rich or an enemy of the rich. I understand both, but never be envious of the rich and try to please them at the same time.
   9. After a certain point, money ceases to matter, it stops being the goal, the game is all that matters.
   10. To be happy make sure you are tanned, live in expensive buildings, even if you have to stay in the cellar, go out to expensive restaurants, even if you can only afford one drink and if you have to borrow, borrow a lot.
   11. Crises give birth to moguls.
   12. I don’t have friends or enemies, I have competitors.
   13. It is in our darkest moments where we have to focus to see the light.
   14. You will understand that if you make things easier for others you will earn their liking.
   15. If someone is mediocre he will pass by unnoticed, if he is outrageously successful, he is suspicious.
   16. To be successful you have to act big, think big, and talk big.
   17. My law in business is to be the one buying not selling.
   18. The more you have the more you know you don’t have.
   19. I made a big mistake. I never believed that in the world we live in, emotions can overcome every logic in business.
   20. The best deals and the best sex happens outside of boundaries.

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