Bob Marley Quotations

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

If you're white and you're wrong, then you're wrong; if you're black and you're wrong, you're wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green - God make no rules about color; only society make rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.

You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you're supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.

I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through.

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.

Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.

The devil ain't got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil's a good friend, too... because when you don't know him, that's the time he can mosh you down.

I don't believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

I don't know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.

My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.

It take many a year, mon, and maybe some bloodshed must be, but righteousness someday prevail.

Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can't move, you keep prejudice for years. Never get nowhere with that.

Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side, not the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

Me is a common sense man. That mean when me explain things, me explain it in a very simple way; that mean if I explain it to a baby, the baby will understand too, you know.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

Babylon is everywhere. You have wrong and you have right. Wrong is what we call Babylon, wrong things. That is what Babylon is to me. I could have born in England, I could have born in America, it make no difference where me born, because there is Babylon everywhere.

You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

You can just imagine if everyone on earth did have one day where we just put all our minds together regardless where the force is, as long as it's positive, and just meditate for even a hour that day. And just live nice with them nice meditation. I mean, now, the climate would be nice, the smog would a leave

Herb? Herb is the healing of the nation, seen? Once you smoke herb, you all must think alike. Now if you thinking alike, dat mean we 'pon the same track. If we 'pon the same track, that mean we gonna unite.

I want to give you some love, I want to give you some good good lovin

Children are wonderful. It don't take plenty y'know. Just a nice girl who don't take birth control. Sexual intercourse is a lovely thing.

I-man say don’t make jah body a graveyard for de dead animals,

Stop and think a little: Are you the victim of the system?

love the life you live. live the life you love.

Life must be somewhere to be found, instead of #‎ ConcreteJungle .

We don't need no trouble! What we need is love!

Many more will have to suffer, many more will have to die , don't ask me why !

If you wanna hear what the people are saying, you can hear what the Rastaman saying.

I see you finally got a number to match your IQ.

My life nah important to me, but other people life important. My life is only important if me can help plenty people. If my life is just for me and my own security then me no want it. My life is for people. That's way me is.

My life anuh fi me alone... My life a fi people... Fi help plenty people... If my is for me alone mi nuh want it

Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy

Take that veil from off of your eyes, look into the future of realize.

Football is Freedom, a whole universe.

If you don't start somewhere, you're gonna go nowhere.

From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girl, My heart says follow through.

In high seas or in low seas, I'm gonna be your friend... I'm gonna be your friend. In high tide or in low tide, I'll be by your side... I'll be by your side.

Me can't be prejudice. Me can't me no think of life that way. Because, me figure if you prejudice, that mean you have a hate. If you have a hate inside of you, you can't be righteous.

The beauty of love. The love of beauty. The greener you are, the wiser you will be.

One bright morning when my work is over I will fly away home.

When you smoke (ganja) you don't want to war.

I went deep inside myself. I had time to explore my beliefs and because of that I'm stronger. Bob Marley (March 1981)

yeah me see myself as a revolutionary, would wouldn't want no help and imma take no bribe from no one and fight it single handed with music

Oh let Jah love come shining in into our lives again.

One of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim...

When the morning gathers the rainbow, want you to know I'm a rainbow too.

Only Once In Your Life

I love to see when ya move with the rhythm; I love to see when you're dancin' from within; It gives great joy to feel such sweet togetherness, everyone doin' and they're doing their best!

My favorite herb - lamb's bread. Kali. I like Hawaiian. But for some reason, you communicate better with Jamaican herb. The best Jamaican herb, it have more energy, more everything to it.

We are the children of the Rastaman we are the children of the higher man

We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we're fussin' n fighting like we ain't supposed to be.

Me can't tell you how me know Rastafari. It is pure vision.

The best herb I smoke in Jamaica and Africa. African - Rasclot! Them people cure it in a banana. In a banana skin. A green banana. They wrap it up in a banana so when you get it, it compressed and, I'll tell you, it great! Blood clot! In Nigeria and Ghana, love that herb! Good herb, mon.

Rise up this mornin', Smile with the risin' sun.

A little wine sometimes, that's all. Spirits (are) bad. Alcohol wrong. Herb does grow.

How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man, yeah to see the unification of all Africans.

You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters?

Jah show every mon him hand, and Jah has show I mine.

I believe in freedom for everyone, not just the black man.

Yeah, man. It's time to let de people get good herbs and smoke. Government's a joke. All dey wan' is ya smoke cigarettes and cigar. Some cigar wickeder den herb. Yeah, man, ya can't smoke cigar. Smoke herb. Some big cigar me see man wit', God bless! Me tell him must smoke herb.

Me never believe in marriage that muchmarriage is a trap to control me; woman is a coward. Man strong.

I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me.

Do you have a record contract? I have a recording agreement. What's the difference? One is an agreement and one is a contract! I am a man who deals by ear.

tell me what you think it means.

You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can't wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement.

If you know what your life is worth, you will look for yours on earth.

Everyone in life is gonna hurt you, you just have to figure out which people are worth the pain.

Love hard when there is love to be had.

The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.

If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing.

Never let the children cry, Cause you got to tell Jah, Jah why

I woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun.

Your life is worth much more than gold.

Whose the cap fit, let them where it.

Before pointing fingers make sure your hands are clean.

Well, it grow together. It's like, first time I try to write a song is the first time I try to play the guitar. And so I can write a song without the guitar. But it really grow together. I really like stay with my guitar. But it just happen, is the inspiration come through man. Because, I personally, it look like, could I write a whole heap a tune, it look like. But I pick special tune to write. Cause a man can think of plenty things. Yuh know wah ah mean.

Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it's like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn't exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day's work and always brings a smile to your face.

Why not help one another on the way..makes it much easier