110+ Tyler Perry Quotes On Relationships, Success And Forgiveness

Tyler Perry is an American actor, writer, producer, director, and songwriter. He is best known for his Madea character, a tough elderly woman, and for creating the sitcoms House of Payne and Meet the Browns. Perry has also created several films, stage plays, and television shows, and has written and produced many of them. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tyler Perry on relationships, success, forgiveness.

Top 10 Tyler Perry Quotes

1. It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.
2. 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.
3. Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
4. Don't make a black woman take off her earrings".
5. 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.
6. The road that I'm on is a path that I didn't choose. It chose me. I'm just trying to walk it, and to do the best that I can to honor and respect it.
7. I live my life outside of the box because when I die they're going to put me into one!
8. Focus on one thing, make it your priority, and stick with it no matter what!
9. People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
10. You let your past destroy you, or you use it to create something better

Tyler Perry Short Quotes

• He who has the gold makes the rules.
• I never thought of myself as a mogul, but it's really great to be in that position.
• Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
• I don't cook, so my favorite dish to prepare is something on the takeout menu.
• What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.
• I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.
• As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.
• Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.
• A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
• I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.

Tyler Perry Quotes About Success

Developing a good work ethic is a key [to success]. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life. — Tyler Perry

I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success. — Tyler Perry

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary. If you are tremendously successful, and you're black, you are extraordinary, or you wouldn't stand out in this world. — Tyler Perry

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

My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are my biggest successes. It has nothing to do with work. — Tyler Perry

Ever since I've been blessed with success, I've struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I've had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, 'Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?' Then I feel like I can help. — Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Quotes About Forgiveness

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. — Tyler Perry

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

There's nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness where you don't hold any grudges against people. I forgave for the things they didn't know and for the things they didn't know to do. — Tyler Perry

It's so important to forgive people for their wrongs in your own life because every bit of it was for a reason-it was to form the person that you are. — Tyler Perry

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

If you've ever watched anything that I do, and you completely give it a chance and take the blinders off, and you'll understand that the underlying theme of everything I've done has been about forgiveness, learning to move on. — Tyler Perry

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

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. — Tyler Perry

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on. — Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Quotes About Life

I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it. — Tyler Perry

There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul! — Tyler Perry

I tell people, if you're thinking about suicide, all that stuff I've attempted and thought about it. If you think about it, life gets better. The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving. — Tyler Perry

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

Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing. — Tyler Perry

I think every one of us, in life, have some sort of moment that has happened that we wish we could have done differently or that we wish could have had a different outcome. — Tyler Perry

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

Life is so precious, such a gift, you have to live for you. Live your own truth, live the life that God has put you and nobody else on this Earth to live and not what somebody might be telling you to live. — Tyler Perry

The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving. — Tyler Perry

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you. — Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Quotes About Dreams

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

Keep your dreams ALIVE. No matter how hard it gets, no matter how many people talk about you; they're going to throw dirt on you but that's alright, when they put you in that box (after your dead), they're going to put dirt on you some more, so that's okay - GO, don't be afraid, have NO FEAR. — Tyler Perry

It's a dream realized to partner with Oprah and bring scripted programming to OWN. She has accomplished so much with the network, and I'm excited to work with her to be a part of its continued growth. — Tyler Perry

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

Tyler Perry Quotes About God

If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money. — Tyler Perry

I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not. — Tyler Perry

I thank God for Closed Doors — Tyler Perry

Flying radio-controlled airplanes [is my guiltiest pleasure]. Only God would give me a hobby where I'm looking up to the sky. It's the only time where I am able to focus and concentrate on nothing but looking up. It's a fascinating hobby. — Tyler Perry

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. — Tyler Perry

Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me. — Tyler Perry

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

God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity. — Tyler Perry

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

For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high. — Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Quotes About Inspiring

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

I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh. — Tyler Perry

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

Tyler Perry Quotes About People

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

You can,t make yourself happy by causing other peoples misery -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys — Tyler Perry

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

I'm good at giving up control to people who know where they're going and what they want to do. I can sit in the back of a car and ride cross-country if you know where you're going and you know how to take me there. — Tyler Perry

I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything's solved, and it's great and wonderful. You're a perfect human being. — Tyler Perry

The important thing for me is, and what I'd like people to know is that, one particular genre does not make it whole. There are many, many different genres and if you ever gave it an opportunity open mindedly, I think you'd find some pretty interesting things there. — Tyler Perry

I wanted just for people to know that, no matter how simple your life is, if you have millions or you don't have anything, you can be happy where you are. — Tyler Perry

I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you're getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that. — Tyler Perry

I know I can only do as much as I can do... Although I have so many ideas of my own, I'm still very interested in helping to cultivate and encourage some promising new artists. But there are a lot of people and, unfortunately, a very small window. — Tyler Perry

I think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and, I'm sorry, I'm still on the last caller. — Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Quotes About Hollywood

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood. — Tyler Perry

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week. — Tyler Perry

Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up. — Tyler Perry

I don't do divas. I don't do entourages. I don't do the Hollywood crap. — Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Quotes About Family

Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet. — Tyler Perry

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. — Tyler Perry

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

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

Tyler Perry Quotes About Learned

What I've learned is you treat women right. — Tyler Perry

I think we are born into what we're supposed to learn and find out in this life. — Tyler Perry

Everything that I talk about, pretty much, are things that I learned or understood over the years. — Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Famous Quotes And Sayings

You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want to do is sit, laugh, have a good time, love one another, forget about what's going on in the world, and find something out so they can be useful in this life. Do this and you have common sense. — Tyler Perry

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. — Tyler Perry

...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery. — Tyler Perry

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. — Tyler Perry

You put some Vaseline under your eyes at night and under your chin, and you put a little bit on your chest and you'll avoid stretch marks and I'll get you some Vaseline, you can change your oil and fry chicken with it, too, but you best make sure you have something. — Tyler Perry

I'm always on to something else. It's like, I'm sitting here now jotting down notes for something that's in my head. There's always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing. — Tyler Perry

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. — Tyler Perry

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

we didn't have much, but we had love. — Tyler Perry

You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag. — Tyler Perry

What excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today, I think it's moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me. — Tyler Perry

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

What I've never wanted to do was allow myself to be put in a box, so I've tried to do a lot of different things so this is a step in trying to do something different so we'll see how it goes. I'm under no illusions that this is slam-dunk. I did the best I could and that's all I can rely on. — Tyler Perry

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

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. — Tyler Perry

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

There was our house in New Orleans. Two blocks in front of us were these beautiful mansions and two blocks behind us were the ghetto, projects, and that's where I had to go to school, but I would always pattern my life looking forward. It was almost literal. — Tyler Perry

Don't believe the hype. I don't care how many number ones you have at the box office, I don't care how much they say you're great, don't believe it. Just stay in your lane and do what you're supposed to do. — Tyler Perry

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

The question that a lot of people ask me all the time is how did you make it? The truth be told, it was nothing but the grace of God. — Tyler Perry

I had one request when I started doing the plays. My prayer was: God let me do well enough to be able to take care of my mother. I was able to do that 'til the day she died because of my audience. So, they've already done enough. All I ask for now is their continued support. — Tyler Perry

True love can come more than once. — Tyler Perry

My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now. — Tyler Perry

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

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. — Tyler Perry

I realized that here's a moment for me to learn so until I learn and understand more about how types of films are done - action, sci-fi - even though I have a desire to do it, I won't go into it until I'm very clear that I can do it and that moment hasn't come yet. Maybe one day I will ready, but for now, I just enjoyed playing the character. — Tyler Perry

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. — Tyler Perry

I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted." — Tyler Perry

I always feed myself positivity. I turn to anything that teaches good, that teaches strength, and that you can make it. I swear to you that those kinds of thoughts come alive in your body and in anything you touch because your energy goes into everything you touch, everything you share and everything you speak. So, it's most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times. — Tyler Perry

I'm a child who was abused. I know the difference. I clearly know the difference. The whipping for correction and then their child abuse. — Tyler Perry

My father who was there in the house, he wasn't at all a role model. And my mother, who was trying to protect me from him as best she could, she took me everywhere with her, which gave me a tremendous amount of sensitivity to the things women go through. — Tyler Perry

I've been pretty transparent with all that I've done. I think my work speaks a lot for who I am. So, I don't think there's a particular thing I'd like them to know. — Tyler Perry

A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave. — Tyler Perry

I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There's something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that's really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette. — Tyler Perry

I've been doing television for quite some time, so Oprah Winfrey and I thought it was a great idea to partner up. I am going to buy my own network and I thought it was a great opportunity for both of us. It's a win-win because I get the opportunity to give her what she needs, which is programming, and at the same time, I get to learn how to run a network. — Tyler Perry

It's always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind. — Tyler Perry

I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that's the job of an actor. — Tyler Perry

It's a clear day Sonny, L A N D. — Tyler Perry

When I have absolutely nothing to do, and I find myself in the middle of all of it going, "Wow!" When nothing's going on, that's when I get to stop and really appreciate the journey. — Tyler Perry

I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that! — Tyler Perry

Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman. — Tyler Perry

Life Lessons by Tyler Perry

1. Tyler Perry's work demonstrates the power of resilience and determination in the face of adversity. He has persevered through many challenges to become one of the most successful actors in the world.
2. His work also shows the importance of staying true to oneself and one's values, even when faced with criticism and doubt.
3. Finally, Tyler Perry's success is a testament to the power of hard work and dedication to one's craft. He has worked tirelessly to create a body of work that has inspired and entertained millions.