49 Madea Quotes about Love and Other Important Things in Life

Madea says it like it is while having a penchant for leaving audiences laughing until their stomachs ache. Read 49 quotes to experience her honesty and hilariousness all in one.

The unapologetically honest Madea has become a pop icon, appearing in films such as "Diary of a Black Woman,'" "Boo!," "Madea Goes to Jail," "Madea's Big Happy Family," among other notable Tyler Perry movies.

She is a rowdy, streetwise woman with a gun and a tongue that cuts sharp, but at the end of the day, Madea has a heart of gold and cares deeply for her loved ones.

Read this character's 49 quotes below to discover more.

Madea’s quote: “You will be surprised with the things that people put up with just to have somebody say that they love them." | Source: AmoDays

Madea Quotes About Love, Family, and Relationships

“Love is stronger than any addiction, baby; hell, it is one.” ― Madea

"Ain't nobody said it was gonna be easy, but it will get easy when you learn how to love yourself." ― Madea

“In front of all these children? You want me to confess all my sins in front of these men, I can’t do that, I’ll have them blushing." ― Madea

"If you tell somebody 'What you're doing is hurting me and I need you to stop' and they keep doing it, they don't care. Move on, let them go! No matter how much it hurts, let them go. And it'll get easier, I promise you. Every day, it'll get easier and easier and easier, you just have to make it through…" ― Madea

"A grown man takes care of his child without anybody needing to tell him he needs to take care of his child." ― Madea

Madea’s quote: “It will get easy when you learn how to love yourself." | Source: AmoDays

"Some people'll come in your life for a lifetime, and some'll come for a season. You got to know which is which. And you're gonna always mess up when you mix those seasonal people up with lifetime expectations. They got people that got married to people they was only supposed to be with for a season and they wonder why they're having so much hell in their life. That was the person that was supposed to come and teach you one thing. You didn't know it so you just fell in love and now you wonder why you don't have no peace anywhere you go." ― Madea

“If the parents were getting in charge of the children here, we wouldn’t be having all these issues.” ― Madea

"You know what? This is what I learned in all these years on this earth. If somebody want to walk out of your life, let them go!. Especially if you know that you done everything you can do. You done sat around and been the best man or the best woman you can be and they still want to go, let them go. Whatever they're running after, they'll see what they had in a minute, but by then it's gonna be too late. 'Cuz you'll sit there and you'll go... Because half of these people, you be sitting around crying about it, worrying about it and then two or three years from now you ain't even gonna remember their last name." ― Madea

"A grown man is so secure with himself he will go flip burgers to make sure his baby can eat." ― Madea

“You will be surprised with the things that people put up with just to have somebody say that they love them. I don't understand that! I can't live in dysfunction, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I done been through too much hell and high water to come there and let you come up in my adult life where I'm supposed to be at peace and give me all sorts of hell.” ― Madea

Madea’s quote: "Some people'll come in your life for a lifetime, and some'll come for a season. You got to know which is which.” | Source: AmoDays

"I don't know what's wrong with folks, ain't anything wrong with these kids, they just need some love and support and discipline. I see people taking in foster kids just to get money off of them. You need to watch how you treat these kids. I don't know who I'm talking to, but there's a lady in this section somewhere, watch how you treat them." ― Madea

Madea's Hilarious Quotes

“No matter what is going on in your life, you can always count on the Lord… or somebody.” ― Madea

“He had to make it drizzle ’cause he couldn’t make it rain.” ― Madea

"The devil is a lie, I'm not finna eat this." ― Madea

Madea’s quote: “You know I only go to church for two reasons, weddings and funerals; which one we gonna have today?” | Source: AmoDays

"Sweetheart, that word has two r's in it. It, Cosmertolergy!!!" ― Madea

"You sittin' here looking like 412 pounds...of a clogged artery." ― Madea

"A beast wit no neck, there it is!" ― Madea

“I told you, you don’t know how to lie. What kinda lawyer don’t know how to lie? Lie and lawyer go together lie-awyer…lie-awyer!” ― Madea

"I know you can't read, but that sign says do NOT feed the monkeys!" ― Madea

Madea’s quote: “What kinda lawyer don’t know how to lie? Lie and lawyer go together lie-awyer…lie-awyer!” | Source: AmoDays

“God don’t like you…He grew you in a petri dish!” ― Madea

“You know I only go to church for two reasons, weddings and funerals; which one we gonna have today?” ― Madea

"Judges got a real attitude with me. They took me to the judge. and he said, 'I'm sick of seeing you!' I said, 'I'm sick of seeing you too.' He said, 'Don't be getting smart with me.' I said, 'I've been smart, I'm just getting here.' He said, 'Say one more thing.' I said, 'Go to hell.' He said, 'Go to jail.'" ― Madea

"Well when you gettin got to somebody that got you and you got get them when you get them everyone gonna get got!" ― Madea

Madea’s quote: “God don’t like you…He grew you in a petri dish!” | Source: AmoDays

“These stretch marks are a road map to heaven, hell if you follow this GPS it’s gon’ take you somewhere you ain’t never been before.” ― Madea

Madea's Most Grumpy and Serious Quotes

“Put the shut to the up. Okay? Shut to the up.” ― Madea

“Yeah, what do you mean, 'brownies for my brownie?' You trying to call me black or somethin’?” ― Madea

"Boy: You're so huge, like a giant bag of Skittles.

Madea: You better get the hell up, or when I come back up in here, you know what's gonna happen? You're gonna taste the rainbow." ― "Madea's Witness Protection"

Madea’s quote: “Put the shut to the up. Okay? Shut to the up.” | Source: AmoDays

"Aquanisha baby, when you perm, your head, perm both sides." ― Madea

"I don't like you, say summ'n else smart to me" ― Madea

"It don't matter what people call you. It only matters what you answer to." ― Madea

“If you don’t back the hell up off me, I’ma beat you like the dude you look like!” ― Madea

“When a lady walk in you say, 'Hellur! Hellur?!'” ― Madea

Madea’s quote: "It don't matter what people call you. It only matters what you answer to." | Source: AmoDays

“I can’t stand folks wanna be the victim. ‘This person did this so I’m this way.’ Everybody got a story. Your mama and daddy gave you life, that’s all they were supposed to do. No matter how good, how bad the life was, it’s up to you to make something of it. Suck it up and shut the hell up.” ― Madea

"Ya'll sure doin' a lot for her; when I got married, all I got was a pair of shoes!" ― Madea

"No, sit down. Do what you do best, sit down. Just stay right where you at...” ― Madea

"You got to go on with your life. It's all right to sit around and be depressed for a minute, cry about it, do whatever you have to but don't stay there too long. Get up and go on with your life." ― Madea

Madea’s quote: "Ya'll sure doin' a lot for her; when I got married, all I got was a pair of shoes!" | Source: AmoDays

“Drop the hammer on them. Them teenage years, hell. I’m telling ya, I keeps me a hammer.” ― Madea

"Aint none of my weapons made by concealed; they all made by smith and wesson." ― Madea

"Lady, I got 'bout 27 people in my head, and they was all about to beat yo…I'm telling you, I'm crazy, I will burn this place down." ― Madea

"Lil girl! Stop poppin' dat gum!" ― Madea

Madea’s quote: “I’m a trick, she’s a treat, now get the hell on.” | Source: AmoDays

“Now I got silver hair, but I got silver bullets, too. Do you want one?” ― Madea

"Aint nobody said nothin' bout no lunch, I don't want no lunch." ― Madea

“Don’t let negative people stay in your life. You are worth fighting for, and if they don’t see that, then that’s their loss. #sorrynotsorry" ― Madea

“I’m a trick, she’s a treat, now get the hell on.” ― Madea

"Faith without works is dead, you can't just sit around praying, you got to do something too." ― Madea

Madea’s quote: “These stretch marks are a road map to heaven.” | Source: AmoDays

Madea was created and acted out by Tyler Perry., but of course, he has taken on numerous acting roles outside this beloved character. He played in "Gone Girl" alongside Ben Affleck and "Don't Look Up" with Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, and Leonardo DiCaprio ― among countless other roles.

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