Quotes from Sophia Loren

I work when I feel like I can do something that pleases me, that I think I can give a little more than I've given up to yesterday.

Where youthful beauty is unconscious, mature beauty is knowing and sophisticated.

Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.

Beauty is no handicap if you don't think about it.

You must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.

I'm an actress. It's my passion.

The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself.

Transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it.

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.

The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.