Steve Harvey Quotes

We all think that this relationship thing is a game out here. All I’m saying to women is, ‘Okay. If it’s a game, here are the rules that we play by.’

You are never too old to reinvent yourself.

I don’t think it’s cool for people to say, ‘You shouldn’t reference God because I don’t believe that, and I don’t want to hear it.’ Well, there’s a lot of stuff I don’t believe that I still gotta hear.

If you want to be successful, you have to jump, there’s no way around it. When you jump, I can assure you that your parachute will not open right away. But if you do not jump, your parachute will never open. If you’re safe, you’ll never soar!

Don’t be afraid to lose him, because if a man truly loves you, he’s not going anywhere

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

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

I had, like, 11 jobs. I’ve been fired 11 times! ‘Cause I’m not cut for that. You know, I was a great employee, man. Everybody loved me coming to work – I’m singing, tellin’ jokes on the assembly line. I was miserable, man. I was dying. I was dying.

Do not ignore you gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute BEST with the LEAST amount of effort.”~Steve Harvey

You’ve got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.

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

What you want most out of life is the thing you have to give the most of

I don’t rehearse on either of my shows, ‘Family Feud’ or my talk show. I never rehearse with the guests. I don’t want to have any preconceived thoughts, notions, because that kills my creativity as a host and as a stand up.

I’m not a good mother at all.

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

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.

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.