Bob Marley Quotes

"In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty"

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

"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 forget your history nor your destiny"

"You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time."

"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"

"Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, live to fight another day"

"Facts an' facts, an' t'ings an' t'ings: dem's all a lotta fussin' stuffin'. Hear me! Dare is no truth but de one truth, an' that is the truth of Bah Rastafari."

"In this great future you can`t forget your past"

"Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be duplicated. The singularity of every man and woman is Jah's gift. What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth"

"Just can't live that negative way make way for the positive day!"

"The power of philosophy floats through my head, Light like a feather, Heavy as Led"

"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"

"Open your eyes & look within, are you satisfied with the life you´re living"

"Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally discredited and abandoned...WAR! So that is prophecy, and everyone know that is truth. And it came out of the mouth of Rastafari"

"The harder the battle the sweet of Jah victory"

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

"The first thing you must know about me is that I always stand what I stand for. Good? The second thing you must know about yourself listening to me is that words are tricky. So when you know what me a stand for, when me explain a thing to you, you must never try to look 'pon it in a different way from what me a stand for"

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

"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"

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind..."

"When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the pace"

"The stone that the builder refused, will always be the head cornerstone."

"Conquer the devils with a little thing called love!"

"Jah will never give the power to a baldhead!"

"Is the foolish dog, bark at the flying bird."

"Love would never live us alone"

"But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty"

"Oh Mockingbird have you ever heard words that I've never heard"

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

"When the cats away, the mice will play!"

"If you are the big, big tree, we are the small axe, ready to cut you down!"

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

"Herb like fruit, the healing of a nation, keep your healthy mind clear"

"You can't educate us for no equal opportunity talking about people, freedom and liberty"

"Most people think, great God will come from the skies, take away everything and make everybody feel high. "

"Fools say in their hearts, Rasta your God is Dead. But I and I know that Jah Jah Dread"

"Judge not before you judge yourself!"

"My music 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"

"Me don't swim too tough, so me don't go in the water too deep"

"Overcome the devils with a thing named love"

"You have to be someone"

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

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

"To really solve a problem, you know, you really feel like killin' someone, but whos problem I gonna solve when I kill someone? So I figure peace I the best thing"

"I rule my destiny"

"Jah why can't we be what we want to be, we want to be free"

"One world, one love"

"The power of phylosophy floats through my head. Light like a feather. Heavy as lead"

"It's easier for a white man to pass through the eye of a needle than a black man to get the respect he deserve."

"I don't come to bow. I come to conquer."

"We are confident in the victory of good over evil"

"I feel like bombing a church, now that you know that the preacher is lying."

"I'n'I nah come to fight flesh and blood, but spiritual wickedness in high and low places."

"When the rain fall, It don't fall on one man's housetop."

"If I were educated, I'd be a fool."

"It's easier for a white man to pass through the eye of a needle than a black man to get the respect he deserve."

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

"Tell the children the truth"

"Get up stand up for your rights, never give up the fight."

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

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

"The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall."

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

"The only truth is Rastafari."

"My future is righteousness."

"Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality."

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

"I'm a man of God and me come to do God's work."

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

"I go to jail one time for no driver license."

"Overcome the devils with a thing named love."

"Well, me don't swim too tough so me don't go in the water too deep."

"I have a BMW. But only because BMW stands for Bob Marley and The Wailers, and not because I need an expensive car."

"(I drive) a jeep. An old jeep, so nobody will say I'm driving a BMW anymore. I couldn't stand that BMW, ha ha ha! BMW make pure trouble!"