Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. - Sophia Loren
Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful. - Sophia Loren
Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. - Sophia Loren
A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. - Sophia Loren
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. - Sophia Loren
Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got. - Sophia Loren
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. - Sophia Loren
Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. - Sophia Loren
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. - Sophia Loren