A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
TYLER PERRYIf 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…
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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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.
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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.
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I live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
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I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.
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You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there’s a bond that’s unbreakable.
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There were certain areas in the country where I couldn’t go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.
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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.
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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.
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…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.
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I’m very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I’m all for the underdog, so I’d like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.
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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.
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He who has the gold makes the rules.
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I thank God for Closed Doors
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