--- title: "5 Tried Quotes By Tyler Perry" description: "5 Tried quotes by Tyler Perry. Plus more from Tyler Perry and more Tried sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/tyler-perry-1498_right-thing_people-always-try-to-do-the-right-thing_586666.jpg" --- > [People always try to do the right thing..after they've tried everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/people-always-try-to-do-the-right-thing-after-they-ve-tried/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/tyler-perry-1498_right-thing_people-always-try-to-do-the-right-thing_586666.jpg) > [My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/my-biggest-success-is-getting-over-the-things-that-have-tried-to/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/tyler-perry-1498_biggest_my-biggest-success-is-getting-over-the-t_1588540.jpg) > [What I've never wanted to do was allow myself to be put in a box, so I've tried to do a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/what-i-ve-never-wanted-to-do-was-allow-myself-to-be-put-in-a-box-so-i/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/tyler-perry-1498_different_what-i-ve-never-wanted-to-do-was-allow-m_2205660.jpg) > [My first show was called 'I Know I've Been Changed' in '92. I tried to do this show for years and years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/my-first-show-was-called-i-know-i-ve-been-changed-in-92-i-tried-to-do/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/tyler-perry-1498_about_my-first-show-was-called-i-know-i-ve-bee_2467494.jpg) > [I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/i-didn-t-want-to-be-the-kind-of-man-that-my-father-was-so-i-ve-tried/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/tyler-perry-1498_actor_i-didn-t-want-to-be-the-kind-of-man-that_2667338.jpg) ## Other authors on Tried ## More by Tyler Perry > ['Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/madea-is-a-southern-term-it-s-short-for-mother-dear-so-there-are-a/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/when-black-women-are-down-with-you-and-in-your-corner-you-have-an/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/hollywood-is-finally-waking-up-to-the-fact-that-people-who-go-to/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [I was watching the Oprah show one day and she said that it's cathartic to write things down, so I started writing down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/i-was-watching-the-oprah-show-one-day-and-she-said-that-it-s/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [I've been doing television with TBS for quite some time, and it's been a great journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/i-ve-been-doing-television-with-tbs-for-quite-some-time-and-it-s-been/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/you-know-people-don-t-want-their-intelligence-insulted-they-don-t/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/i-remember-being-a-kid-and-praying-in-the-hell-of-my-house-to-have/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [“Yes, God is real.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/yes-god-is-real/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [It's a clear day Sonny, L A N D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/it-s-a-clear-day-sonny-l-a-n-d/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [I totally give credit to God for all of this stuff, because if I had tried to make these things happen, I couldn't have.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/i-totally-give-credit-to-god-for-all-of-this-stuff-because-if-i-had/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/what-i-know-about-me-is-that-in-order-to-lead-you-also-have-to-know/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/i-haven-t-had-a-worst-business-decision-because-i-believe-all-things/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [You will always fine jealous people.They're the ones promoting you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/you-will-always-fine-jealous-people-they-re-the-ones-promoting-you/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [“God has not given us a spirit of fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/god-has-not-given-us-a-spirit-of-fear/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [Lionsgate is my family, the home for all my movies and videos...and they've given me exactly what you want in a home: a supportive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/lionsgate-is-my-family-the-home-for-all-my-movies-and-videos-and-they/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tried/tyler-perry/#itemlist", "name": "5 Tried Quotes By Tyler Perry", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People always try to do the right thing..after they've tried everything else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tyler Perry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/people-always-try-to-do-the-right-thing-after-they-ve-tried/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/tyler-perry-1498_right-thing_people-always-try-to-do-the-right-thing_586666.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/tyler-perry-1498_right-thing_people-always-try-to-do-the-right-thing_586666.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/tyler-perry-1498_right-thing_people-always-try-to-do-the-right-thing_586666.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People always try to do the right thing..after they've tried everything else.” — Tyler Perry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. 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