Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and director. He is best known for creating and performing the Madea character, a tough elderly black woman. He has also had great success with stage plays and several television series such as Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne.

Perry’s films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays. Many of Perry’s stage-play films have been subsequently adapted as films. Perry has additionally acted in films not directed or produced by himself. Perry is one of the highest paid people in entertainment.

“A baby can heal broken hearts.” – Tyler Perry
“A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.” – Tyler Perry
“A footstool is only needed when you need to get higher. Let your enemy lift you.” – Tyler Perry
“A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.” – Tyler Perry
“All of the power that you have and all of the strength that you have and all the ideas that you have are in or born in your uniqueness.” – Tyler Perry
“All you can do is plant your seed in the ground, water it and believe. That’s what allowed me to be in this position right now, I would not stop believing.” – Tyler Perry
“Always aim for right and avoid doing wrong at all costs.” – Tyler Perry
“Anything you want is possible, If I didn’t believe it, I wouldn’t take the time to send this message to you.” – Tyler Perry
“Are you living or just existing?” – Tyler Perry
“Be aware of the darkness but your focus should always be the light.” – Tyler Perry
“Be careful what you say, life and death truly are in your own words.” – Tyler Perry
“Being alone doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re lonely.” – Tyler Perry
“Bitterness is as toxic as stage 4 cancer.” – Tyler Perry
“Children’s’ laughter is like medicine to sadness.” – Tyler Perry
“Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.” – Tyler Perry
“Don’t let people change who you are, just be who you are with someone else.” – Tyler Perry
“Don’t make a black woman take off her earrings.” – Tyler Perry
“Don’t share your dreams with everyone and don’t be angry with non-dreamers.” – 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
“Don’t try to be seen, God may be hiding you on purpose.” – Tyler Perry
“Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.” – Tyler Perry
“Everything that happens to you can work for your good if you let it.” – Tyler Perry
“Fear is a spirit that really can stop you from living.” – Tyler Perry
“Focus on one thing, make it your priority, and stick with it no matter what.” – Tyler Perry
“Focus on one thing, one area. Put all of your energy into watering one area.” – Tyler Perry
“For me, there is a guiding compass that just lives inside of me. Every time I’ve gone against it, something bad has happened. As long as I stay in line and honor it, it has really been life-changing.” – Tyler Perry
“God has not given us a spirit of fear.” – Tyler Perry
“God will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies so let them watch you eat.” – Tyler Perry
“God will really make your enemy your footstool” – Tyler Perry
“He who has the gold makes the rules.” – Tyler Perry
“Heartbreak can make you hard! But don’t let it make you bitter.” – 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 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
“I don’t think dreams die – I think that people give up.” – Tyler Perry
“I got 27 people living in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doing that.” – Tyler Perry
“I haven’t had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.” – Tyler Perry
“I live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!” – Tyler Perry
“I only wanna put out good things because I only want good things to come to me.” – 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
“I thank God for closed doors.” – Tyler Perry
“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.” – 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 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
“I’m just enjoying my life. I suggest you try it.” – Tyler Perry
“I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.” – Tyler Perry
“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.” – Tyler Perry
“If it had not been for The Lord on my side I don’t know where I would be.” – Tyler Perry
“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.” – Tyler Perry
“If you haven’t forgiven someone, it does not hurt that person. They’re sleeping at night. You’re holding onto that, and all the damage is being done to you internally.” – Tyler Perry
“If you lie to yourself you will lie to God too.” – Tyler Perry
“In that day, we didn’t have no remote controls and vacuum cleaners. If you wanted all that stuff you had children!” – Tyler Perry
“It ain’t what people call you. It’s what you answer to.” – Tyler Perry
“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.” – Tyler Perry
“It takes a while to build a dream” – Tyler Perry
“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.” – 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
“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
“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
“Life is sometimes hard, and you have to laugh your way through it.” – Tyler Perry
“Love is stronger than any addiction.” – Tyler Perry
“Never argue with what is.” – Tyler Perry
“Never despise small beginnings.” – Tyler Perry
“Never wish to be somebody else.” – Tyler Perry
“Nothing is impossible for God.” – Tyler Perry
“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.” – Tyler Perry
“People always try to do the right thing, after they’ve tried everything else.” – Tyler Perry
“People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.” – Tyler Perry
“Prayer really can change things.” – Tyler Perry
“Put all your energy into watering one area. If you spread the water across many seeds, you don’t have as much water for one seed. Focus on one thing. Make it your priority.” – Tyler Perry
“Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.” – Tyler Perry
“Share wisdom with those who will receive it.” – Tyler Perry
“Sometimes we try to hold on to the very things that God himself is trying to tear apart.” – Tyler Perry
“Take time to smell the roses but be careful of the bees.” – Tyler Perry
“Teach but never try to change people because sometimes they change back.” – Tyler Perry
“The dream will outlive the dreamer so dream big.” – Tyler Perry
“The grass may be greener on the other side but the water bill is higher.” – Tyler Perry
“The joy of The Lord really is strength.” – Tyler Perry
“The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.” – 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
“The thing about using other people’s money is they’re going to set the rules.” – Tyler Perry
“The will to live is as strong as the will to love and be loved.” – Tyler Perry
“There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.” – 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
“True love can come more than once.” – Tyler Perry
“We all have the power to be a point of light.” – Tyler Perry
“We didn’t have much, but we had love.” – Tyler Perry
“What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.” – Tyler Perry
“What I’ve learned is you treat women right.” – Tyler Perry
“What rings true is that everything we grow through in life will work out for our good.” – Tyler Perry
“When it all comes down to it, life isn’t about how much we get – it’s about how much we share.” – Tyler Perry
“When you haven’t forgiven those who’ve hurt you, you turn your back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.” – Tyler Perry
“While the most dangerous person in the world is a person with nothing to lose, the most powerful person in the world is a person with nothing to prove.” – Tyler Perry
“Who you are at 20 will not be who you are at 40 and if it is, something is wrong!” – Tyler Perry
“Yes, God is real.” – Tyler Perry
“You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.” – Tyler Perry
“You can learn something from everything and everybody, especially the elderly.” – Tyler Perry
“You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.” – Tyler Perry
“You can’t build your life around hurts from the past.” – Tyler Perry
“You can’t make yourself happy by causing other people’s misery.” – Tyler Perry
“You close the door on me and tell me I can’t, I’m gonna find a way to get in.” – Tyler Perry
“You give away your power when you don’t forgive.” – Tyler Perry
“You let your past destroy you, or you use it to create something better.” – 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
“You really will reap what you sew.” – Tyler Perry
“You will always find jealous people. They’re the ones promoting you.” – Tyler Perry
“Your beginning never dictates your destination.” – Tyler Perry
“Your gift can make room for you.” – Tyler Perry

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