85+ Steve Harvey Quotes From The Hilarious TV Presenter

Luca Demetriou
Dec 12, 2023 By Luca Demetriou
Originally Published on Feb 27, 2021
Edited by Luca Demetriou
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Broderick Steve Harvey is an American actor, comedian, author, and TV and radio, presenter.

Steve Harvey is best known for his observational humor and later known for his self-help advice, especially about relationships. Steve comes from a humble background and has seen everything about survival and success the hard way.

He is said to be one of the hardest working people in Hollywood. Steve Harvey is a six-time Daytime Emmy award and a 14-time NAACP Image Award winner in multiple categories.

He has always lived an inspirational life and we present below his best quotes. If you love to read quotes on similar topics, you may go through Stephen Fry quotes and [Jimmy Fallon quotes]

Steve Harvey Best Quotes

Steve Harvey quotes are always inspiring and below are a few of his best quotes.

1."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."

- Steve Harvey.

2."When you’re up in life, your friends get to know who you are. When you’re down in life, you get to know who your friends are."

- Steve Harvey.

3."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.

4."I was looking at my coffin choices, I was thinking about getting the player's special, the one with the diamo."

- Steve Harvey.

5.“Sometimes, son, nothing is going to change until you get sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

― Steve Harvey.

6.“You have to learn to convince yourself that the possibility is greater than the inevitability of doing nothing. Listen,”

― Steve Harvey.

7.“You career is what you’re paid for, your calling is what you’re made for.”

– Steve Harvey.

8.“Let a man see what he can get but make him imagine what he can have.”

– Steve Harvey.

9.“Wake up and smile! Wake up and be grateful!”

– Steve Harvey.

10.“You have the potential for greatness.”

– Steve Harvey.

11.“Forgiveness is for you. It does more for you than the other person.”

– Steve Harvey.

12.“Do not ignore the passion that burns in you. Spend time to discover your gift.”

– Steve Harvey.

13.“Your setback is just a setup for a comeback.”

– Steve Harvey.

14.“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

– Steve Harvey.

15.“Do not ignore your gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute best with the lease amount of effort.”

– Steve Harvey.

16."I never in my life saw myself as a game show host. I don't want to be a traffic cop."

- Steve Harvey.

17.“We can all be something better than we are if we are only willing to change and forgive.”

- Steve Harvey.

Steve Harvey Quotes About Life

Below are the best Steve Harvey quotes about life and wisdom and Steve Harvey funny quotes.

18."Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share."

- Steve Harvey.

19.“People don’t like to hear the truth out here because the truth makes them think.”

– Steve Harvey.

20.“He’s an honest man who does what he says.”

– Steve Harvey.

21."Procrastination will delay your change! Today is a very good day to change; don’t let you stop yourself from growing.”

– Steve Harvey.

22.“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.

23.“Everybody on your side ain’t on your side.”

– Steve Harvey.

24.“Sometimes out of your biggest misery, comes your greatest gain.”

– Steve Harvey.

25.“I am from the hood; I never had nothing.  Now that I have something, I must give back.”

– Steve Harvey.

26.“Your gift is something that you can do innately better than anything else.”

– Steve Harvey.

27.“What you want out of life is the thing you have to give the most of.”

– Steve Harvey.

28.“My calling is to help people, to teach people, to share with people, until I die.  I can never stop doing that.  I can’t, and I don’t want to.”

– Steve Harvey.

29.“Change comes in every person’s life. You can either react to it or you can participate in it.”

― Steve Harvey.

30." Act like a success, think like a success: discovering your gift and the way to life's riches".

― Steve Harvey.

31.“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.

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

― Steve Harvey.

33.“If you are waking up with the sensation that there has got to be more in life then there is.”

– Steve Harvey.

34.“I aim for stuff so big, that the dream is bigger than the fear.”

– Steve Harvey.

35.“If you see it in your mind, you can hold it in your mind.”

– Steve Harvey.

36.“The single most important part of your life is your dream.”

– Steve Harvey.

37."Your reality is yours. Stop wasting time looking at someone else’s reality while doing nothing about yours."

– Steve Harvey.

Steve Harvey Quotes on Success

Wooden Chessboard with chess pieces.

Steve Harvey has been a synonym of success and his quotes teach us the way for the same sucess.

38.“Growth is in a series of mistakes. That’s the only way you learn.”

– Steve Harvey.

39.“Do what you say you’re going to do! People can do nothing but respect that.”

– Steve Harvey.

40.“If you want to be successful you have to jump, there’s no way around it.  If you’re safe, you’ll never soar.”

– Steve Harvey.

41.“Catch fire today!  Make today the day you stop complaining and do something.”

– Steve Harvey.

42.“The what’s next is the reason to keep waking up. The what’s next is the driving force for all successful people. There always has to be a what’s next.”

― Steve Harvey.

43.“Martin Luther King Jr. said something that I will always remember. He said, “A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.” Don’t bend over. Stay tall. Keep climbing.”

― Steve Harvey.

44.“Goals are dreams with their feet on the ground.”

― Steve Harvey.

45.“Excuses are the lies you convince yourself are true to avoid proving you are worthy of the gift you were given. Say this with me—“no more excuses.”

― Steve Harvey.

46.“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.

47.“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.

48.“A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction.  You have to get that through your head.  That it is not easy becoming successful.”

– Steve Harvey.

49.“The 4 P’s to success: pressure, persistence, perseverance & prayer.”

– Steve Harvey.

50.“Men produce strategies for success.”

– Steve Harvey.

51.“You are never too old to reinvent yourself.”

– Steve Harvey.

52.“Don’t let your mind stop you.”

– Steve Harvey.

53.“You simply cannot drive forward if you’re focused on what’s happening in the rear view mirror.”

– Steve Harvey.

54.“I pay attention to every minute of the day.”

– Steve Harvey.

55."Don't hate the player; change the game."

- Steve Harvey.

56.“Failure means you’ve now learned another valuable lessons that pushes you one step closer to success.”

- Steve Harvey.

57.“The number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure.”

– Steve Harvey.

58.“Your dream has to be bigger than your fear.”

– Steve Harvey.

59.“I take my brand very seriously.”

– Steve Harvey

60.“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”

– Steve Harvey.

61.“You can’t tell big dream to small minded people.”

– Steve Harvey.

Steve Harvey Quotes On God

He believes God is the supreme power and believes that faith helps us grow. Read the below quotes which help us believe in God.

62."If you pray about it don't worry about it. If you're going to worry about it don't pray about it."

- Steve Harvey.

63."God has positioned me just this way to be just like I am, to say what I say how I say it."

- Steve Harvey.

64.“You have to aspire to something so great that you have to have God’s help.”

– Steve Harvey.

65."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."

- Steve Harvey.

66."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."

- Steve Harvey.

67."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."

- Steve Harvey.

68."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.

69."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."

- Steve Harvey.

70.“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.

71.“Our creator, in his infinite wisdom, created every single soul with a gift. Your gift may be totally unique or it may be similar to”

― Steve Harvey.

72.“God’s plan for you is greater than any plan you can think of.”

– Steve Harvey.

73.“Prayer changes things.”

– Steve Harvey.

74."Jump: take the leap of faith to achieve your life of abundance."

― Steve Harvey.

75."I'm going to take this God-given gift of being funny, and I'm going to spread it out like peanut butter on everything I do."

- Steve Harvey.

Steve Harvey Relationship Quotes

Steve Harvey gives us relationship goals with a few of his best quotes.

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

– Steve Harvey.

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

- Steve Harvey.

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

- Steve Harvey.

79."I know how men think when they're not responding to questions in a clinical study."

- Steve Harvey.

80."If a man loves you...he's willing to profess it. He'll give you a title after a while. You're going to be his lady, his woman, his fiancee, his wife, his baby's mama, something."

- Steve Harvey.

81."T-bone you can't talk to Ced like that, just cause your life is messed up. It ain't his fault your third wife left you for your second wife."

- Steve Harvey.

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

– Steve Harvey.

83.“Your career is what you’re paid for, your calling is what you’re made for.”

– Steve Harvey.

84."Your mission, your purpose and your destiny will all be tied to one thing — your gift."

– Steve Harvey.

85.“The more people you help become successful the more successful you become.”

– Steve Harvey.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 85+ Steve Harvey quotes from the hilarious TV presenter, then why not take a look at [comedian quotes], or [Ellen Degeneres quotes]

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Written by Luca Demetriou

Bachelor of Arts specializing in English and Drama, Master of Arts specializing in Performance: Design and Practice

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Luca DemetriouBachelor of Arts specializing in English and Drama, Master of Arts specializing in Performance: Design and Practice

Experienced in writing and sub-editing, Luca holds a Bachelor's in English Literature and Drama from the University of Birmingham, where he served as the culture editor at Redbrick Paper. He is currently pursuing a Master's in Performance: Design and Practice at the University of the Arts in London, showcasing his passion for the arts, performance, and history. With a keen interest in traveling, Luca enjoys exploring new cultures and experiencing diverse perspectives.

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