Tyler Perry Quotes

I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked.

My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.

My parents instilled a really good work ethic from when I was little - if you want to have money to spend on holidays, you earn it. So I've always been someone who wanted to be able to survive by myself, but I think you have to let down the barriers a little bit - let other people in.

I frequently say that I never share blame, I never share credit, and I never share desserts!

The only thing that gives my mom pleasure in life is buying stuff off QVC, and I'm gonna pay those bills. I paid my mom's house off. My wife's family needs help? I'm gonna take care of that.

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

I don't feel like taking anybody's money.

The American way is to not need help, but to help.

You may feel overwhelmed by your own poverty and the labors of the day. But if you decide not to wait until you have more strength and more money, and if you pray for the Holy Spirit as you go, you will, when you arrive, know what to do and how to help someone even poorer than you are.

We're asking those who have done well to do a little more for the people who need it.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.

I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.

In our family, where we began with no money, we like to say that we have discovered that God invented money so those who have it can help others.

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

I lived through a golden period where society felt that it was good to help people who didn't have a great deal of money fulfil their potential.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

We must protect our limited resources for those who are truly in need and who are doing all they can to be self-sufficient.

I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that's what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else's life.

I'm saying that you can create success for yourself but also understand that you have a responsibility to others.

I don't have to go around trying to save everybody anymore; that's not my job.