Tyler Perry Quotes - Page 2

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.

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

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.

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

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.

True love can come more than once.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...