Sophia Loren

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

— 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 the people you love. When you learn to tap into this source, you will truly have defeated age.

— Sophia Loren

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

— Sophia Loren

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

— Sophia Loren

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

— 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