Sophia Loren Quotes

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

Sophia Loren

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

Sophia Loren

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

Sophia Loren

Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got.

Sophia Loren

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

Sophia Loren (Sophia, Living and Loving: Her Own Story, 1979)

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

Sophia Loren

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.

Sophia Loren (Women and Beauty, 1984)

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.

Sophia Loren

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.

Sophia Loren

I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn't and it really doesn't have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips.

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

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

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.

Sophia Loren

I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. 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.

Sophia Loren (Sophia, Living and Loving: Her Own Story, 1979)

Sophia Loren Biography

Born: September 20, 1934

Sophia Loren is an Italian actress. She is best known for starring in movies like "Two Women" and "Houseboat". She was the first non-english actress to receive an Oscar for her role in "Two Women".

Notable Works

Women and Beauty (1984)