Sophia Loren Quotes

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.

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

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It's not a question of clothes or makeup. It's how she sparkles.

I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.

The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

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.

Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then maybe you have a powder box and do not need.

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

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.

If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful.

I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself.

You cannot say, because I am from Naples so I like the mixture of drama and comedy all together.

My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

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

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.

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

When I'm walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner,there is something wonderful waiting for me. That's my attitude.

I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.

I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.

Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.

Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.

The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.

I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up.

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

I'm a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It's a pretty dumb animal, mind you.

You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.

Mistakes are the price of an interesting life.

I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one.

Good food is a celebration of life.

Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.

I know how to say 'no' in twelve languages. That's enough for a woman.

Believe me, it is actions that count.

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

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

I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.

If you don't have the roots somewhere, it's very difficult for people to work with you. Because you are a different person from them. They don't know you, really. They don't know how you feel.

Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Even in love, it is better to leave, better not to waste time.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.

I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.

i have no regrets. regret only makes wrinkles.

There is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours.

You really have to be satisfied with what you are and accept from life what it still very generously offers you - and notice it, and be glad for it.

If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.

I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way - I just feel good in my skin.

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new.