Bob Marley is one of the most important names who ensured that reggae music does not remain only in Jamaica and made it known to the whole world. Bob Marley, who is described as the king of this type of music by many, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist.
Here we listed best Bob Marley quotes about love, life, reggae, women, money. Bob Marley’s famous sayings
‘”Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.”‘,
‘“My hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty. We forward in this generation, triumphantly.”’,
‘“None but ourselves can free our minds.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘“If puss and dog can get together, why can’t we love one another?”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘“They say: only the fittest of the fittest shall survive, stay alive!”’,
‘“One love, one heart, Let’s get together and feel alright.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘“Enjoy life now. This is not a rehearsal.”’,
‘“Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.”’,
‘“One love, one heart, one destiny.”’,
‘“I’ve been here before and will come again, but I’m not going this trip through.”’,
‘“Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.”’,
‘“And don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘“Conquer the devils with a little thing called love.”’,
‘“If she’s amazing, she won’t be easy. If she’s easy, she won’t be amazing. If she’s worth it, you won’t give up. If you give up, you’re not worthy.”’,
‘“ Love would never leave us alone.”’,
‘“Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.”’,
‘“Judge not unless you judge yourself.”’,
‘“Overcome the devils with a thing called love.”’,
‘“If something can corrupt you, you’re corrupted already.”’,
‘“She may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile… what else matters?”’,
‘When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open.”’,
‘“Live the life you love. Love the life you live.”’,
‘“The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.”’,
‘“Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.”’,
‘“There will never be no love at all.”’,
‘“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.”’,
‘“Your life is worth much more than gold.”’,
‘“The trust is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”’,
‘“Forget your troubles and dance.”’,
‘“My feet is my only carriage.”’,
‘“And no matter what game they play We got something they can never take away”’,
‘“You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that’s why I’m scared when you say you love me.”’,
‘“If you get down and quarrel everyday, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say.”’,
‘“My fear is my only courage.”’,
‘“Love the life you live, live the life you love.”’,
‘“Put your vision to reality.”’,
‘“I don’t know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.”’,
‘“Wake up and live.”’,
‘“When the root is strong, the fruit is sweet.”’,
‘“Truth is the light.”’,
‘“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”’,
‘“The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?”’,
‘“Though the road’s been rocky it sure feels good to me.”’,
‘“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?”’,
‘“Don’t trust people whose feelings change with time. Trust people whose feelings remain the same, even when the time changes.”’,
‘“Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.”’,
‘“I don’t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.”’,
‘“They say: only the fittest of the fittest shall survive, stay alive!” —Could You Be Loved, from the album Uprising (1979)’,
‘“Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you’re not ready for judgment.”’,
‘“When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can’t take the peace.”’,
‘“Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality.”’,
‘“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!”’,
‘“I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.”’,
‘Have no fear for atomic energy, ’cause none of them can stop the time.”’,
‘“You can fool some people some times but you cant fool all the people all the time.”’,
‘“So before you point your fingers make sure your hands are clean.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘“Just can’t live that negative way… make way for the positive day.”’,
‘“Just because you are happy, it does not mean that the day is perfect, but that you have looked beyond its imperfections.”’,
‘“Until the end of the world, all whys will be answered, but now, you can only ask!”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘“Live for yourself and you will live in vain; live for others, and you will live again.”’,
‘“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”’,
‘“God sent me on earth. He sends me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God wants to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.”’,
‘“I have no education. I have inspiration. If I was educated I would be a damn fool.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘”When the morning gathers the rainbow, want you to know I am a rainbow too.””‘,
‘“Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you.”’,
‘”It take many a year, mon, and maybe some bloodshed must be, but righteousness someday prevail.”‘,
‘“Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.”’,
‘”Look for things marked positive to you, like songs, because all dem things are right.”‘,
‘“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.”’,
‘“Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold.”’,
‘“Herb is the unification of mankind.”’,
‘“Don’t trust people whose feelings change with time. Trust people whose feelings remain the same, even when the time changes.”’,
‘“I will never regret you or say I wish I’d never met you, because once upon a time, you were exactly what I needed.”’,
‘“She may not be the most popular or prettiest, but if you love her and she makes you smile, what else matters?”’,
‘Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections.”’,
‘“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for”’,
‘“Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.”’,
‘“Some will hate you pretend they love you now then behind they try to eliminate you.”’,
‘“The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.”’,
‘“And no matter what game they play. We got something they can never take away”’,
‘“It’s your own conscience that is gonna remind you; that it’s your heart and nobody else’s that is gonna judge.”’,
‘“What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth.”’,
‘“My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.”“My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘”Why not help one another on the way..makes it much easier”‘,
‘“Hey mister music, sure sounds good to me I can’t refuse it what to be got to be.”’,
‘”How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man, yeah to see the unification of all Africans.”‘,
‘”Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can not move, you keep prejudice for years. Never get nowhere with that.””‘,
‘“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”’,
‘“Man can’t do without God. Just like you’re thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can’t go without God.”’,
‘”Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner, there aint not no hiding place from the Father of Creation.””‘,
‘“Don’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.”’,
‘While they fight you down, stand firm and give Jah thanks and praises.”’,
‘”In this bright future you can not forget your past.””‘,
‘“One love, one heart. Let’s get together and feel all right.”’,
‘”When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can not take the peace””‘,
‘”Your recipe, darling, is so tasty, and you sure can stir your pot.”‘,
‘“I don’t stand for black man’s side, I don’t stand for white man’s side, I stand for God’s side.”’,
‘“None but ourselves can free our minds.”’,
‘“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.”’,
‘If you get down and quarrel every day, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say.”’,
‘“Who are you to judge the life I live? I am not perfect and I don’t have to be! Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.”’,
‘”Oh let Jah love come shining in into our lives again.”‘,
‘“No bullet can stop us now, we neither beg nor we won’t bow, neither can be bought or sold. We all defend the right, Jah-Jah children must unite — life is worth much more than gold.”’,
‘”Take that veil from off of your eyes, look into the future of realize.”‘,
‘“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.”’,
‘”Football is Freedom, a whole universe.”‘,
‘The sun shall not smite I by day, nor the moon by night, and everything that I do shall be hopeful and right.”’,
‘”I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy.””‘,
‘“Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner, there ain’t no hiding place from the Father of Creation.”’,
‘”Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.”‘,
‘”the power of philosophy floats through my head.. light like a feather, heavy as lead.”‘,
‘”Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, Live to fight another day”‘,
‘”Stop and think a little: Are you the victim of the system?”‘,
‘”My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.”‘,
‘”If you get down and quarell everyday, you are saying prayers to the devil, I say.””‘,
‘”When the cats away, the mice will play.”‘,
‘”Rastafari not a culture, it is a reality.”‘,
‘”One bright morning when my work is over I will fly away home.”‘,
‘”The sun shall not smite I by day, nor the moon by night, and everything that I do shall be upfull and right.”‘,
‘”Someone will have to pay for the innocent blood that they shed every day.”‘,
‘”There is a natural mystic blowing through the air. If you listen carefully now, you will hear.””‘,
‘”The bad people trying to make the world worse never take a day off, so why should I?”‘,
‘”Herb is the unification of mankind.”‘,
‘”Every man should have the right to choose their destiny.”‘,
‘”No man can lead mean, we have to have unity.”‘,
‘”One lifetime is not enough to live”‘,
‘”Bless my eyes this morning, Jah sun is on the rise once again”‘,
‘”Well I am always interested my peoples right. But I will push myself to a revolution without arms.””‘,
‘”The stone that the builder refused shall be the head corner stone.”‘,
‘”Rise and take your stance once again”‘,
‘”Do not shed no tears, no woman, no cry.””‘,
‘”Though the road is been rocky it sure feels good to me.””‘,
‘”In the abundance of water a fool is thirsty.”‘,
‘”The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.”‘,
‘”Life, it is life we deal with…He that sees the light And knows the light Shall live.”‘,
‘”The heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.”‘,
‘”In their presence, there is no need for continuous conversation, but you find you are quite content in just having them nearby.”‘,
‘”The hotter the battle the sweeter the victory.”‘,
‘”Be humble because until the sun with all its grandeur, let the moon shine.”‘,
‘”They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself.”‘,
‘”Trust the universe and respekt your hair.”‘,
‘”What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.”‘,
‘”It is your own conscience That is gonna remind you That it is your heart and nobody else s That is gonna judge.””‘,
‘”Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.”‘,
‘”The beauty of love. The love of beauty. The greener you are, the wiser you will be.”‘,
‘”What we need is love, to guide and protect us on.”‘,
‘”And me, I know that there is a god. Cause I know who god is.”‘,
‘”There will never be no love at all.”‘,
‘”Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don not give up the fight.””‘,
‘”until the end of the world,all whys will be answered,but now,you can only ask!”‘,
‘”The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.”‘,
‘”I want to give you some love, I want to give you some good good lovin”‘,
‘”You can not run away from yourself””‘,
‘”Today they say that we are free, only to be chained in poverty.”‘,
‘”You are on a positive road. You have some type of direction where you are going, so you have to just keep on going.”‘,
‘”Love would never leave us alone”‘,
‘”God created people in technicolor. God has never made a difference between black, white, blue, green or pink”‘,
‘”This music is about struggle. Reggae is a vehicle to carry a message of freedom and peace.”‘,
‘”Be not selfish in your doings: pass it on.”‘,
‘”So you think you have found the solution but it is just another illusion.”‘,
‘”We know where we are going cause we know where we are from.”‘,
‘”No chains around my feet, But I am not free.”‘,
‘”Let righteousness cover the earth like the water cover the sea!”‘,
‘”Me never believe in marriage that muchmarriage is a trap to control me; woman is a coward. Man strong.”‘,
‘”Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”‘,
‘”Well, me do not swim too tough so me do not go in the water too deep.”‘,
‘”Music is the only thing that does not hurt when it hits you.”‘,
‘”Every need got an ego to feed.”‘,
‘”Your life is worth much more than gold.”‘,
‘”The lips of the righteous teach many, but fools die for want of wisdom.”‘,
‘”Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.”‘,
‘”Today, people struggle to find what is real. Everything has become so synthetic that a lot of people, all they want is to grasp onto hope.” ‘,
‘”If you know what life is worth, you will look for yours on earth.”‘,
‘”One love, one heart, one destiny.”‘,
‘”Forget your troubles and dance! Forget your sorrows and dance! Forget your sickness and dance! Forget your weakness and dance!”‘,
‘”When one door is closed, don not you know, another is open.”‘,
‘”In the abundance of water – the fool is thirsty”‘,
‘”Overcome the devils with a thing called love.”‘,
‘”Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you are living?’,
‘”Man is a universe within himself.”‘,
‘”Everyone in life is gonna hurt you, you just have to figure out which people are worth the pain.”‘,
‘”My life is only important if i can help plenty of people” ‘,
‘”I woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun.”‘,
‘”Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.”‘,
‘”One love, one heart . . . Let’s get together and feel all right”‘,
‘”It is better to win the peace and to lose the war.”‘,
‘”Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around.”‘,
‘”God, guide and protect us. When we are wrong, please correct us.”‘,
‘”None but ourselves can free our minds.”‘,
‘”Dry your tears, have no fears.”‘,
‘”A foolish dog barks at a flying bird”‘,
‘”Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”‘,
‘”You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that iss so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end.”‘,
‘”Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.”‘,
‘”The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.”‘,
‘”beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.”‘,
‘”I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated I would be a damn fool.”‘,
‘”Complaints are prayers to the devil.”‘,
‘”Everything in life got its purpose. Find its reason in every season.”‘,
‘”One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”‘,
‘”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.”‘,
‘”The winds that sometimes take something we love, are the same that bring us something we learn to love. Therefore we should not cry about something that was taken from us, but, yes, love what we have been given. Because what is really ours is never gone forever.”‘,
‘”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.”‘,
‘”The most beautiful curve on a woman’s body is her smile.”‘,
‘”The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.”‘,
‘”True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it is dark around you.”‘,
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