All Quotes by Bob Marley
“My future is righteousness.”
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
“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.”
“If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
“We don't have education, we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool.”
“Today, people struggle to find what's real. Everything has become so synthetic that a lot of people, all they want is to grasp onto hope.”
“The more you accept herb, the more you accept Rastafari.”
“Possession make you rich? I don't have that type of richness. My richness is Life, forever.”
“Keep calm and chive on.”
“All dese governments and dis this and that, these people that say they're here to help, why them say you cannot smoke the herb? Herb... herb is a plant, you know? And when me check it, me can't find no reason. All them say is, 'it make you rebel'. Against what?”
“Alcohol make you drunk, man. It don't make you meditate, it just make you drunk. Herb is more a consciousness.”
“Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.”
“Some people say great God come from the sky take away everything and make everybody feel high, but if you know what life is worth, you will look for yours on earth.”
“Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!”
“One love, one heart, Let's get together and feel alright.”
“Every day the bucket a-go a well, one day the bottom a-go drop out.”
“Truth is the light So you never give up the fight.”
“Don't worry about a thing, 'Cos every little thing is gonna be alright.”
“Your life is worth much more than gold.”
“Excuse me while I light my spliff, good God I gotta take a lift.”
“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?”
“Life is one big road with lots of signs, Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality”
“In the abundance of water a fool is thirsty.”
“I don't know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.”
“When one door is closed, many more is open.”
“It is better to live on the house top than to live in a house full of confusion.”
“Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.”
“The Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.”
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, 'Cause none of them can stop the time.”
“Won't you help to sing, Redemption songs.”
“We JAH people can make it work.”
“Don't gain the world and lose your soul Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”
“Two thousand years of history Black History could not be wiped away so easily.”
“And what has been hidden from the wise and the prudent been revealed in the mouth of the toddlers.”
“Who are you to judge the life I live? so before you point your fingers make sure your hands are clean.”
“They say: only the fittest of the fittest shall survive, stay alive!”
“Don't forget your history nor your destiny”
“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!”
“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.”
“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.”
“In this bright future you can't forget your past.”
“None but ourselves can free our minds.”
“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.”
“If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.”
“Everytime I plant a seed,he say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.”
“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.”
“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.”
“Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.”
“I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.”
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
“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.”
“Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?”
“None but ourselves can free our minds.”
“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.”
“Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.”
“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.”
“Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.”
“I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.”
“The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.”
“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.”
“Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.”
“When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.”
“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.”
“Tell the children the truth.”
“What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.”
“I don't know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.”
“If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.”
“Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.”
“The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.”
“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.”
“It take many a year, mon, and maybe some bloodshed must be, but righteousness someday prevail.”
“You have to be someone.”
“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!”
“Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.”
“The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.”
“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.”
“In this bright future you can't forget your past.”
“If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.”
“When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.”
“If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
“Man is a universe within himself.”
“Money can't buy life.”
“What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.”
“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
“I don't believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.”
“Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through.”
“My future is righteousness.”
“My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”