Steve Harvey Quotes

Every day, President Obama sends a beautiful message about how we should treat our women based on how he treats his wife. When people went after his wife during the campaign, he took a stand.

Men are, by nature, hunters, and women have been put in the position of being the prey.

If he hasn't lined up the who he is, the what he does, and the how much he makes in the way that he sees fit, he can't possibly be to you what he wants to be.

Men respect women who have standards - get some!

I don't want people to see me fall. I mean, I got enough people cheering for me to fall now... The Internet has created some amazing place for evil to exist, you dig?

How can smart women be so stupid about men sometimes? Lack of knowledge. It's what men have kept secret for so long.

My father instilled in me to take care of my family. Show up even when you don't want to show up.

God has given me a life far beyond anything I ever dreamed about. God is, man, God is something else man.

Don't hate the player; change the game

I can't cuss and tell jokes the rest of my life. I gotta say something meaningful. I gotta give something back to a Creator who has given so much to me.

Men respect standards- get some!

People see me laughing and telling jokes, but they had no idea after the show was over, I had no joy in my life, in my heart.

At one point in time, you've just got to be a brave soldier, and speak up. What are you scared of, you know? So many of our entertainers have that fear because we're afraid of opposition.

I just believe if you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer? That's just me talking. You can believe what you want to believe.

You have to pick your places to "step up" and you have you pick your spots. If you're just going to run out there, and, just be what/who you want to be, then you won't be that long.

Man didn't put me in this place [in entertaining industry]. I'm in this position because of God. And so, if man didn't put me in this place, I really don't see no man that can take me out of here.

I’m not really a relationship expert but ... I’m an expert on manhood and what men think.

Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do.

I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.

You've got to be in a bad relationship to really understand what a great one is.

If you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer?

I'm not a doctor. I just have a tremendous amount of common sense.

Act like a lady think like a man

But even in my darkest days I had faith it would turn around.

Men and women really do want the same things. We just need each other to bring it out. That's really the truth of the matter.

When people think you are speaking against them as a group, they try to shut it down out here.

I'm still very much a Christian and have a great relationship with God. I love Him, but one of my flaws is that I cuss.

You can tell me anything you want to about investment, but you can't move no money of mine, so I know where all of mine is. Now, if we ain't got a lot, it's our fault.

To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a lot of people that I had the insight I had.

I ain't no author, man . . . my writing skills are not of "New York Times" best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My vocabulary ain't.

You think that God positioned you here so you can just have it all to yourself? God blesses you to become a blessing. That's the deal.

I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: You're never going to win an argument with a girl, so just let her have what she wants!

I was always a dreamer with high aspirations, but I kept coming up short my whole life.

My mother was a Sunday school teacher. So I am a byproduct of prayer. My mom just kept on praying for her son.

Other than my foundation - mentoring programs - everything I do is for money.

I don't let nobody sign for my money. Me and my wife write our own checks. So, if there's some money missing, we know how it got missing.

The mentoring program [of the Steve Harvey foundation] is to teach young boys the principles of manhood.

I tell people I'm a stand-up comedian two hours a week. The rest of the time, I'm somebody's husband, I'm somebody's father. I'm a man. I take great pride in that.

I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something.

I'm a old hoodlum, so I will jump on you if I have to.

The hip hop community is not at fault here - I'm definitely not blaming them. But, that can't be the only view of manhood for our young men.

Our only teachers and role models for our young men cannot be, you know, videos, and, the hip hop community.

The problem in our community is not the women - I mean, they've done all they can do.

You can't ask the women to do anymore. It's time for us as Black men to step up and be what we're supposed to be.

I was raised by a mother who was a Sunday school teacher and a father who worked hard. Together they taught me to give back.

I'm not a movie star and I know that.

I'm not a good mother at all.

I never saw myself not being a stand-up. That was my plan.

I tell jokes for a check; I'm on TV for a check.

Hip-hop is a beautiful thing. I think that the music genre itself has created more millionaires than any other music genre before it, especially in our community.