black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.

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

Boys New Orleans Swimming
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

Biggest Life Take This Successes
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

Choices Integrity Way
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

Character Jobs Thinking
We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
TYLER PERRY

Light People Waiting
What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
TYLER PERRY

Brain Film Wraps
I don’t think the dreams die – I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
TYLER PERRY

Dream Give Up Thinking
I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.
TYLER PERRY

Beats. Doing Heck People
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

Happiness Life Rest Safe
Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
TYLER PERRY

Alive Jail Statistics
Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
TYLER PERRY

Laughing Lesson Life People
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

Good Money Trying Want
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

Deep Down Grudge People Real
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

Fans Shows Television Trying
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

Jobs Keys Summer
There were certain areas in the country where I couldn’t go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.
TYLER PERRY

Certain Country Years

You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Tyler Perry Quotes