Tyler perry quotes

If you are in business trying to make it, things are falling apart and you can’t get it together and you don’t know what is going on and you wanna stop. Don’t stop. The only way you can make it and have true success in your life. And there’s one way. You can’t have any fear.

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.

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

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.

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.

What I've learned is you treat women right.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

I know that my audience is largely women, so what I try to do a lot of times is address their issues.

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.

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.

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.

I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history.

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.

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

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

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.

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never going to get it and they're never going to change. But every once in a while, you'll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I don't do divas. I don't do entourages. I don't do the Hollywood crap.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

God gives everyone a lane and no one can beat you in your lane. Just stay focused on Him and what you are supposed to do. And everything will be alright.

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

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.

You let your past destroy you, or you use it to create something better

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

If I'm away from you for more than an hour, I can't stop thinking about you. I carry you in my spirit. I pray for you more than I pray for myself...I know you don't believe in fairy tales. But, if you did, I'd want to be your knight in shining armor. You've been through so much. I don't want to see you hurt anymore. Now I may not be able to give you all that your used to. But I do know I can love you past your pain. I don't want you to worry about anything. You just wake up in the morning, that's all you have to do and I'll take it from there...There's one condition...You have to be my wife

My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made all those foolish mistakes. Then, when we got a little older, at thirty, we started getting these flashes of light, revelations of what a great and lucky thing it is that we didn't get caught doing those stupid things back then. Around forty, if we are lucky, we stop lying to ourselves. Fifty and above, we've run out of patience for foolishness. Take me to the bottom line.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

True love can come more than once.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I don't cook, so my favorite dish to prepare is something on the takeout menu.

I thank God for Closed Doors

I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Everybody's got skeletons in the closets. Every once in a while, you've got to open up the closet and the let the skeletons breathe. Half the time, the very thing you think is gonna destroy you or ruin you is the very thing that nobody cares about. My advice to people with skeletons is to dust them off every now and then-- as long as your closet's aint full of them. It's not good to have more than two or three.

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

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...

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

I totally give credit to God for all of this stuff, because if I had tried to make these things happen, I couldn't have. To have all these things happen has been absolutely amazing. 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

...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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.