Tyler Perry is an actor, producer, director, screenwriter, and New York Times Best Selling author. He’s best known for creating and playing a character named Madea in his films. 

Check out these 40 Tyler Perry quotes that’ll inspire you to be great: 

1. “People ask me all the time, how did you make it? I say it in the press all the time but people cut it out…it was nothing but the grace of God.” – Tyler Perry

2. “I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.” – Tyler Perry

3. “Focus on one thing, make it your priority, and stick with it no matter what.” – Tyler Perry

4. “What I have learned in this life is, you can never be ashamed of where you come from.” – Tyler Perry

5. “If you lie to yourself you will lie to God too.” – Tyler Perry

6. “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

7. “I don’t think dreams die – I think that people give up.” – Tyler Perry

8. “I thank God for closed doors.”  – Tyler Perry

9. “You can’t make yourself happy by causing other people’s misery.” – Tyler Perry

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11. “A footstool is only needed when you need to get higher. Let your enemy lift you.” – Tyler Perry

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

13. “I’m just enjoying my life. I suggest you try it.” – Tyler Perry

14. “Life is sometimes hard, and you have to laugh your way through it.” – Tyler Perry

15. “We all have the power to be a point of light.” – Tyler Perry

16. “He who has the gold makes the rules.” – Tyler Perry

17. “The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.”  – Tyler Perry

18. “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

19. “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

20. “Being alone doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re lonely.”  – Tyler Perry

21. “Don’t share your dreams with everyone and don’t be angry with non-dreamers.”  – Tyler Perry

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

23. “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

24. “Everything that I write about, I write from my own experiences. There are bits and pieces of everything that’s in the very fabric of who I am, that help me tell a story.” – Tyler Perry

25. “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

26. “People always try to do the right thing..after they’ve tried everything else.” – Tyler Perry

27. “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

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

29. “Bitterness is as toxic as stage 4 cancer.”  – Tyler Perry

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31. “Your gift can make room for you.” – Tyler Perry

32. “Who you are at 20 will not be who you are at 40 and if it is, SOMETHING IS WRONG!” – Tyler Perry

33. “Don’t try to be seen, God may be hiding you on purpose.”  – Tyler Perry

34. “Are You Living or Just Existing?” – Tyler Perry

35. “Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.” – Tyler Perry

36.  “Never wish to be somebody else.” – Tyler Perry

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

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