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.
SOPHIA LORENI was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto – the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.
More Sophia Loren Quotes
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My philosophy is that it’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.
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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.
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Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.
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I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.
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If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful.
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Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets — ‘piccoli segreti’ — that are simmering on the burners.
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The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.
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Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can’t do any of them well – and I like to do everything perfectly.
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Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.
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Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.
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Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then maybe you have a powder box and do not need.
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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.
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Without my mother’s ambition, her drive, I doubt that on my own I would have pushed myself out of Pozzuoli and into the frightening world that was faraway Rome.
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I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth.
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I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.
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