Quotes July 07, 2019

Courtesy of Jeff Moore’s Everyday Power Blog

“Rather than being an icon, I wanna be an inspiration.”
Tyler Perry

“Every dreamer in this room, there are people whose lives are tired to your dream. Own your stuff, own your business, own your way.”
Tyler Perry

“When I started hiring Taraji, Viola Davis and Idris Elba, they couldn’t get jobs in this town but God blessed me to be in a position to be able to hire them. I was trying to help somebody cross.”
Tyler Perry

“I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement.”
Tyler Perry

“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.”
Tyler Perry

“While you’re fighting for a seat at the table, I’ll be down in Atlanta building my own.’ Because what I know for sure is that if I could just build this table, God will prepare it for me in the presence of my enemies.”
Tyler Perry

“Be aware of the darkness but your focus should always be the light.”
Tyler Perry

“Share wisdom with those who will receive it.”
Tyler Perry

“You give away your power when you don’t forgive.”
Tyler Perry

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

“Don’t let people change who you are, just be who you are with someone else.”
Tyler Perry

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

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

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

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

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

“Be careful what you say, life and death truly are in your own words.”
Tyler Perry

“Are You Living or Just Existing?”
Tyler Perry

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

“It takes a while to build a dream.”
Tyler Perry

“It doesn’t matter if a million people tell you what you can’t do, or if ten million people tell you no. If you get one yes from God, that’s all you need.”
Tyler Perry

“You can’t build your life around hurts from the past.”
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

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

“Stay in your lane and do what you’re supposed to do.”
Tyler Perry