Sophia Loren

"You have to live with purpose."

"I love the beauty of simplicity."

"You must never give up."

"Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes."

"A woman's dress should be a claim for attention, but her eyes should be the claim for the heart."

"I think my real deception is that I know I can seduce my grandfather."

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

"You must have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."

"It's important to have dreams and ambitions, but not to let them paralyze you."

"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts."

"I've been through everything but the floods."

"Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got."

"The fireworks before the main speech are the overture to the celebration."

"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."

"A lot of people have eyes, but few actually see."

"You have to be born a lady, but you have to become a woman."

"Patience is a virtue that every successful person must possess."

"I would rather have one life well-lived than many lives poorly lived."

"There is a time for work, and a time for love. That leaves no other time."

"Fear is the enemy of progress, but courage is its greatest ally."

"Sometimes you have to choose between being happy and being right."

"Art is the greatest communication of human experience."

"Every woman should have four pets: a mink, a jaguar, a lion, and a tiger."

"You cannot be both wise and happy, but you can aim for contentment."

"The most important thing is to be yourself, authentically and unabashedly."

"Music speaks where words fail; it is the language of the soul."

"Kindness is never wasted; it always comes back to you."

"I believe in destiny, but I also believe in hard work."

"The measure of a person is not their appearance but their character."

"Hope is the thing that keeps us moving forward when everything else fails."