Steve Harvey Quotes

The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, ‘Ma’am, I’m going to marry you one day.’ And 15 years later, I did.

There has been nothing more impactful on my life and meaningful to me than the introduction of Christ. That, hands down, blows away every joke I’ve ever written.

A woman can’t change a man because she loves him. A man changes himself because he loves her.

All men can and will change. But there’s only one woman we’re going to change for.

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

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

My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.

My color’s not a crutch. See, funny crosses a lot of color barriers.

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

You can take lessons to become almost anything: flying lessons, piano lessons, skydiving lessons, acting lessons, race car driving lessons, singing lessons. But there’s no class for comedy. You have to be born with it. God has to give you this gift.

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

God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.

There’s a lot more to me than just funny.

A guy that’s really serious about you, he’s gotta be talking to you, he’s gotta want to have one-on-one, in-your-face interaction. That’s how we are.