Tyler Perry Quotes

When he asked my grandmother if she would mind being poor, she said she would be happy just to have her daughter and himself: 'If you have love, even plain water is sweet.

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

I am the happiest writing and being with the people I love.

I live for being with the people I love and to live as happily as possible.

You were never poor as long as you had something to love.

I am what I am. I love golf, I love my life, I love my family and friends.

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

I know this is going to sound corny, but I love my life. I love my baby, so I love getting to wake up with him. And I have the most amazing job, with writing that any actor would love and costars who I can't wait to see on Monday mornings. And I love coming home to my husband.

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.

'Everything To Me' is about everything that's important. It's about my wife, my kids, it's about life, about being happy. It's about life in general, you know, about not knowing what's going to be around the corner, but you've got to enjoy it and enjoy the things you have. My wife, my kids, my health, and stuff like that.

You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side.

I guess I would be most grateful for my family and my friends and my dogs, my boyfriend. I'm grateful for a lot. I'm grateful to be healthy.

The things that make me happy most are my family and working.

I have the most beautiful daughter in the world and I'm grateful for her.

You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.

You have what is right in front of you. You survive and you have your family. That's the whole world.

I grew up beyond proud - we didn't have much, but we had a lot of love.

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.

As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I'll be happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, I'll be happy. As long as I can write in some form, I'll be happy. It is the essential things like that I equate with happiness.

I wouldn't change a thing about my family.

I've been my most happy and my most unhappy in relationships. I have family and friends and people I care very much about. I've got a really, really, really good life.

Who, being loved, is poor?

I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else.

How I thrive is very simple. My son brought my perspective back to focusing on and appreciating the simple things in life. It's about just being with my family - whether that's waking up in bed next to my husband under the comforter and just hugging or walking down the street and holding my son's hand.