Top 140 Steve Harvey Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “God has positioned me just this way to be just like I am, to say what I say how I say it.”

— Steve Harvey

52. “Love is never going to go out of style, a man is always going to want to have the love of a woman. She just needs a game plan to work out how to get his love.”

— Steve Harvey

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

— Steve Harvey

54. “You have nothing if you’re texting a guy in a relationship. We can text six women a minute. We can text it and push ‘reply all.’ I mean, since we’re lying, we might as well lie to everybody.”

— Steve Harvey

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

— Steve Harvey

56. “I was homeless. I lived in a car for a couple of years. That was the worst. But nothing was worse than when I was 40 and my mom passed away. My mother was the best person I ever knew. Those were the two lowest points.”

— Steve Harvey

57. “When you put your efforts into your gift, you are giving God something to bless.”

— Steve Harvey

58. “Remember this: the number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure. Fear paralyzes you from taking action.”

— Steve Harvey

59. “If you don’t have a base – you can’t not have a spiritual base and survive. That’s probably what has kept me out of the tabloids. Then I go home, I’ve got a family, and I keep my wife in front of my head.”

— Steve Harvey

60. “The truth is I’ve always been a Christian. What’s amazing, is that the flaws that come with Christianity are really weird, because mine have a microphone and a camera attached to them. Most people don’t have to live under that microscope.”

— Steve Harvey

61. “I think that we, as the African-American men in hip-hop, we have a greater responsibly because we have the ears of so many millions of our young people. And they listenin’.”

— Steve Harvey

62. “What I learned from that moment is that when you face your fears, they aren’t as big as you thought they were. What makes them big is when you don’t turn around to face them head-on. The longer you avoid your fears, the bigger they grow in your mind.”

— Steve Harvey

63. “So, I ask you again – what’s next? There has to be a reason to get up tomorrow. There has to be a reason to go forward. Your calling has to be stronger than your current circumstances to help your dream keep moving forward.”

— Steve Harvey

64. “Boys Shack, MEN build homes.”

— Steve Harvey

65. “You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you’re in trouble.”

— Steve Harvey

66. “All I knew growing up was that my father was married to and loved my momma, period. He worked hard, made some money, and put it on the dresser. She spent it on the family, and he went out and earned some more. He taught me the most about love.”

— Steve Harvey

67. “Know this: It is your right to expect that a man will pay for your dinner, your movie ticket, your club entry fee, or whatever else he has to pay for in exchange for your time. You all have to stop this foolishness with the “I pay for my dinner so he knows I don’t need him” approach. As I point out in the next chapter, “The Three Things Every Man Needs: Support, Loyalty, and the Cookie,” a man – a real one, anyway – wants to feel needed.”

— Steve Harvey

68. “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.’”

— Steve Harvey

69. “Find that one glimmer of light in the darkness.”

— Steve Harvey

70. “Avoid people who are always having a bad day. In their minds, nothing ever works in their favor. They have a chronic “Woe Is Me” campaign that they continue to launch full blast. This kind of negativity depletes enthusiasm. You don’t need the woe-is-me speech every day.”

— Steve Harvey

71. “I’m not a good mother at all.”

— Steve Harvey

72. “But if he loves you, he will profess it, he will provide for you, and he will protect you. If he really loves you, the ultimate profession is, “This is my wife.”

— Steve Harvey

73. “Men don’t come up to you to just talk. We come up to you with a plan. We’re looking across the room at you, and we don’t care about your hopes and dreams. We don’t care about what your future holds. We saw something we wanted.”

— Steve Harvey

74. “I’m just a living witness that you can be an imperfect soldier and still be in the army fighting for God Almighty. Don’t you think you got to be perfect ’cause I ain’t.”

— Steve Harvey

75. “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.”

— Steve Harvey

76. “Anyone can sleep with a guy in 24-48 hours, but you’re sending the wrong signal to the guy if you do that.”

— Steve Harvey

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

— Steve Harvey

78. “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.”

— Steve Harvey

79. “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.”

— Steve Harvey

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

— Steve Harvey

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

— Steve Harvey

82. “People get jealous and use whatever information they have to make you feel bad and themselves feel better.”

— Steve Harvey

83. “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.”

— Steve Harvey

84. “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!”

— Steve Harvey

85. “Most often, perishing is a slow, painful process, and if you aren’t paying attention, it will trick you into thinking that this is the way things are supposed to be. By failing to have a vision, you are stripping yourself of every possible blessing, relationship, and opportunity. When you sit by and just let your life perish without a vision, it is the most painful kind of death.”

— Steve Harvey

86. “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.”

— Steve Harvey

87. “I have seen some crazy people do some crazy things on my variety show. I have to stop and ask them a lot of the time, just how they figured out that they could do the things that they do, some of it is just plain freaky.”

— Steve Harvey

88. “Sit up, speak with boldness about what you know, and add value that would be absent from the table if you remained silent. Take your opportunity to add your unique talents and skills to the mix.”

— Steve Harvey

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

— Steve Harvey

90. “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.”

— Steve Harvey

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

— Steve Harvey

92. “Don’t ever be afraid to put yourself in a lesser position so that you can learn something from someone who knows more.”

— Steve Harvey

93. “You should be living your life surrounded by people who are like-minded, service-oriented, and grateful, people who are trying to accomplish things, and who bring something to the table.”

— Steve Harvey

94. “Listen, if you are an entrepreneur who is passionate about your product, but you never ask anyone to buy what you are selling, it will never get sold. Sure, there’s a possibility that you can deliver your best sales pitch in your best Sunday suit and they will still say no. But so what? Do you know how many times I’ve been told no for movie scripts, television shows, and comedy specials? A whole hell of lot more times than I heard yes.”

— Steve Harvey

95. “How do you expect to get what you need if you don’t open up your mouth and ask for it? Our lives are a direct reflection of our communication. If you are unwilling to communicate your needs to your employers, customers, partners, and family members, you can’t blame them for not giving you what you need.”

— Steve Harvey

96. “So many people are missing their way in life because they are afraid to sign the lease on their gift.”

— Steve Harvey

97. “Successful people appreciate where they have come from, but they don’t let their past set the tone for their future. Successful people are innovators.”

— Steve Harvey

98. “When you understand that God blesses you to become a blesser, you will realize that giving back will become an important part of your success.”

— Steve Harvey

99. “Success is not just about your ability to achieve, but also your ability to serve through sharing. True success lives in our legacies.”

— Steve Harvey

100. “As long as God keeps waking you up in the morning, He ain’t through with you.”

— Steve Harvey