Advice from Sophia Loren

12/24/2009

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou

I was reading an article on dealing with bossy coworkers and there, out of the blue, was this quote from Sophia Loren:

“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.”

So I got curious and googled for other words of wisdom from Loren (for Gen Xers, she is a famous Italian movie star) and here are some of my favorites:

“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.”

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

"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."

"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."

Finally, since Loren is known for more than just her acting skills, I couldn't resist throwing in this one as well:

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

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