Tyler Perry Quotes

I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!'

And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.

I'm living out my dreams every day.

Making a film is very gratifying and intoxicating. It does great things to your self-esteem, but pushing people and mentoring them to their full potential is far more fulfilling.

More people can be great leaders than think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to matter-to count, to stand for something, to have it make so difference that we lived at all.

I want you to live the best life you can. You can be world-changers. .. Pursue this life of love with focus and passion and ambition and courage. Give it your all. And that will be your path to true success.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

Leadership is about calling people to do things beyond themselves.

It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

When you do your best and live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same.

Dont retire - inspire...Theres a lot to be done

I had one of those light bulb 'a ha' moments while screening 'Good Will Hunting' in Camp David in 1998 - Madeleine Albright and the Clintons were there, and I just became really inspired by all of these amazing people. I left the screening asking myself what I could do.

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day.

I'm blessed that I'm not content. Whenever I work with kids, which I'm passionate about, I want them to know that, yes, two World Cups, two Asian Cups, but I've done it the hard way.

You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

I look at power as the ability to get people motivated and to get them to do things that maybe they don't think are important but, in the end, are in pursuit of something greater than themselves.

I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible.