Tyler Perry Quotes

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

If you look at ‘The Have and the Have Nots,’ I didn’t want to write a show where everyone is great and wonderful and perfect. I wanted to write it so that you’re not really sure who the haves are. You look at Hanna, and you see that she doesn’t have much, but she has great faith.

Developing a good work ethic is key. 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.

I think that with everything I’ve done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that’s really important to me.

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

I am an architect at heart. I designed every home I’ve ever had, plus my studio.

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

We are all allowed to support whoever we’d like to in this country. That’s the greatest part about being an American – one of them, that is; you know what I mean?

If you look at everything I do – even in ‘Boo!’ there’s a message, and it’s always ‘faith, family, forgiveness.’ That’s the greatest gift that I’ve been given. I can get a message to the very people I grew up with, the millions who love what I do.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

What I’ve learned is you treat women right.