44 Famous Quotes by Bob Marley
Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter who is considered one of the most influential musicians of all time. His music, which blended elements of reggae, ska, and rock, spoke to the struggles of the oppressed and marginalized and inspired a generation of activists around the world. Marley's message of unity, peace, and love continues to resonate with people of all ages and backgrounds, and his legacy as a cultural icon and musical pioneer remains as strong as ever. (Bob Marley Biography).
Bob Marley Famous Quotes
1. "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."
2. "Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight."
3. "Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for."
4. "None but ourselves can free our minds."
5. "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."
6. "Money can't buy life."
7. "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!"
8. "Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction."
9. "Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold."
10. "If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say."
11. "The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow."
12. "Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny."
13. "The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow."
14. "When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open."
15. "Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?"
16. "I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool."
17. "In this bright future you can't forget your past."
18. "If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already."
19. "When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself."
20. "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."
21. "I don't believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit."
22. "The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall."
23. "You have to be someone."
24. "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."
25. "Man is a universe within himself."
26. "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."
27. "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."
28. "Tell the children the truth."
29. "God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can."
30. "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."
31. "Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow."
32. "What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind."
33. "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."
34. "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."
35. "I don't know how to live good. I only know how to suffer."
36. "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."
37. "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."
38. "Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality."
39. "I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through."
40. "My future is righteousness."
41. "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."
42. "My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."
43. "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."
44. "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."
― Bob Marley Quotes
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