Actor, comedian, and producer Tyler Perry exemplifies grit through both his perseverance and his stamina. As a child, Tyler grew up in New Orleans where neglect and severe physical abuse surrounded him. His father would constantly brutally beat him and his mother. Tyler endured through the pain and soon learned that this abuse was not at his fault, after several years of thinking he was to blame. He also forgave his father even after all the trauma he had put him through, On the Oprah Winfrey show where he got discovered he said “It 's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.” Perry’s ability to persevere through all this pain and still be successful with his great