The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

— Tyler Perry

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.

— Tyler Perry

There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized.

— Tyler Perry

Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title.

— Tyler Perry

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

— Tyler Perry

What I've been able to do with my character, Made, and the other characters, with the jokes, is use it as an anesthetic to get to the heart and soul of real issues. And what I've found on stage over the years is that, while making people laugh, I can drop in pearls of wisdom.

— 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

...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

You can get a thousand noes from people, and only one "yes" from God.

— Tyler Perry

You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

— Tyler Perry