Here is a collection of quotes from a writer, actor, producer, and director Tyler Perry who has built an entertainment empire that consists of successful films, plays, and a best-selling book.
"I'm not an artist. I set the camera up and tell my story." he said
Quotes by Tyler Perry
1. 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.
2. I'm not an artist. I set the camera up and tell my story.
3. Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.
4. The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
5. Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
9. You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.
10. You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.
11. You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag.
12. I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not.
13. The Bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. I believe that. Because I've seen it all work.
14. 'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
15. What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.
16. 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.
17. My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now.
18. Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.
19. I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore.
20. I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
21. I love to give. I've been a giver all my life.
22. I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There's something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that's really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette.
23. I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.
24. Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable.
25. Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.
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