I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

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.

What I've learned is you treat women right.

What excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today, I think it's moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.

You can't build your life around hurts from the past" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

Are You Living or Just Existing?" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

It's so important to forgive people for their wrongs in your own life because every bit of it was for a reason-it was to form the person that you are.