Tyler Perry > Quotes

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

“What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never going to get it and they're never going to change. But every once in a while, you'll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that.”
― Tyler Perry, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

“You will always fine jealous people.They're the ones promoting you.”
― 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

“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

“I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it.”
― Tyler Perry

“People always try to do the right thing..after they've tried everything else.”
― Tyler Perry

“Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.”
― 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

“...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.”
― Tyler Perry, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

“Everybody's got skeletons in the closets. Every once in a while, you've got to open up the closet and the let the skeletons breathe. Half the time, the very thing you think is gonna destroy you or ruin you is the very thing that nobody cares about. My advice to people with skeletons is to dust them off every now and then-- as long as your closet's aint full of them. It's not good to have more than two or three.”
― Tyler Perry Author Don't Make a Black Woman Take of her Earrings

“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 Author Don't Make a Black Woman Take of her Earrings

“What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.”
― Tyler Perry Author Don't Make a Black Woman Take of her Earrings

“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

“I thank God for Closed Doors”
― Tyler Perry

“we didn't have much, but we had love.”
― Tyler Perry Author Don't Make a Black Woman Take of her Earrings

“You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.”
― Tyler Perry

“You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want to do is sit, laugh, have a good time, love one another, forget about what's going on in the world, and find something out so they can be useful in this life. Do this and you have common sense.”
― Tyler Perry, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

“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.”
― Tyler Perry, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

“A mother's love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.”
― Tyler Perry

“Don't try to be seen, God may be hiding you on purpose.”
― Tyler Perry

“What rings true is that everything we grow through in life will work out for our good.”
― Tyler Perry Author Don't Make a Black Woman Take of her Earrings

“Being alone doesn't necessarily mean that you're lonely.”
― 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, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

“Don't make a black woman take off her earrings".”
― Tyler Perry, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

“There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.”
― Tyler Perry

“The grass may be greener on the other side but the the water bill is higher.”
― Tyler Perry

“Fear is a sprit that really can stop you from living.”
― Tyler Perry

“God will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies so let them watch you eat.”
― Tyler Perry