Tyler Perry Quotes

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells ... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

My life has always been - there's never been a middle. Either I had or I didn't. Either I was up or I was down.

Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.

I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent real people on this Earth.

A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.

I feel like I died as a child.

I put a thong on a few months ago trying to be sexy. I've been looking for it but ain't seen it since.

Yes, God is real.

He who has the gold makes the rules.

Are You Living or Just Existing? -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

I truly believe my mother loved me. But feeling it all the time? I didn't.

Never argue with what is.

True love can come more than once.

There were certain areas in the country where I couldn't go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.

As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.

You will always fine jealous people.They're the ones promoting you.

A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery so the old women have to have it.

I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement.

Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable. I love my mother to this day.

Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

If it had not been for The Lord on my side I don't know where I would be.

I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.

God will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies so let them watch you eat.

Childrens' laughter is like medicine to sadness.

Being alone doesn't necessarily mean that you're lonely.

The dream will outlive the dreamer so dream big.

There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized.

You don't try to do anything that Morgan Freeman does. He was the voice of God in a movie. That's Morgan Freeman!

It takes a while to build a dream

Prayer really can change things.

I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore.

Don't try to be seen, God may be hiding you on purpose.

Your gift can make room for you.

What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.

You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

Don't let people change who you are just be who you are with someone else.

Share wisdom with those who will receive it.

Don't make a black woman take off her earrings".

You can't build your life around hurts from the past -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

I never thought of myself as a mogul, but it's really great to be in that position.

I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love.

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.

I live my life outside of the box because when I die they're going to put me into one!

I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.

Focus on one thing, make it your priority, and stick with it no matter what!

Teach but never try to change people because sometimes they change back.

Be aware of the darkness but your focus should always be the light.

All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.

You really will reap what you sew.

I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.

There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.

It's most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.

As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.

Fear is a sprit that really can stop you from living.

A hunter only shoots a deer he can see, if you ain't being seen you ain't doing nothing!

The thing about using other people's money is they're going to set the rules.

When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.

Life is so precious, such a gift, and that you have to live for you.

You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God.

Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.

In that day, we didn't have no remote controls and vacuum cleaners. If you wanted all that stuff you had children!

I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.

Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.

'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

I thank God for Closed Doors

There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.

Your beginning never dictates your destnation.

Be careful what you say, life and death truly are in your own words.

My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.

Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.

You need to know that you can't honor God when you're chained to the voice and opinions of man.

It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.

A baby can heal broken hearts.

I don't know about marriage as much as I do know that I'd be a great father.

We don't have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.

I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.

Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.

A footstool is only needed when you need to get higher. Let your enemy lift you.

People always try to do the right thing..after they've tried everything else.

I love to give. I've been a giver all my life.

What excites me? I think it's moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.

When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

If you lie to yourself you will lie to God too.

What rings true is that everything we grow through in life will work out for our good.

I've been doing television with TBS for quite some time, and it's been a great journey.

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

A mother's love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.

Who you are at 20 will not be who you are at 40 and if it is, SOMETHING IS WRONG!

Don't stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.

we didn't have much, but we had love.

People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.

Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.

When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

Never wish to be somebody else.

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year.