Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry) was born September 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tyler Perry had a rough childhood and suffered abuse. At the age of 16, Tyler tried to take his life and was unsuccessful. One of Tyler Perry’s first plays was “I Know I’ve Been Changed”. Tyler worked hard and saved $12,000 to get his play debuted but less than 30 people showed up. Despite his disappointment he continued on his journey and put his trust in God.
At a young age his mother instilled faith in him. His faith and belief in Jesus Christ is what allowed him to preserve through some of his hardest moments of his life. Despite his rough upbringing he pushed past his hardships and blazed his own trail to success. He is one of the few people in the entertainment industry who unapologetically believes in Jesus Christ and he credits his success to his faith in God.
Tyler Perry has incorporates spiritually and faith in most of work. Whether its his most well known character “Madea” dropping faith and practical nuggets in movies and plays or actors and actresses belting out gospel medleys Tyler finds a way to bring faith into his work.
Tyler Perry is an inspiration to many and a good example of perseverance. His life is a testament to God’s faithfulness. As we live our day to day lives we can always know that no matter what we face in life our faith in God is what will get us through.
Here are 10 Tyler Perry Quotes we can take with us on our life’s journey:
“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.”
“Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.”
“What I’ve learned is you treat women right.”
“You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.”
“I didn’t have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don’t, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.”
“If you don’t want my God here, you don’t want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money.”
“You close the door on me and tell me I can’t, I’m gonna find a way to get in.”
“I don’t want to leave this planet until I achieve everything that I was put here to do.”
“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.”
“As I experience life and go through things, that’s what I write about.”
