Top 294 Quotes & Sayings by Bob Marley

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Last updated on April 20, 2025.

Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley's contributions to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide, and made him a global figure in popular culture to this day. Over the course of his career, Marley became known as a Rastafari icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality. He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for democratic social reforms. In 1976, Marley survived an assassination attempt in his home, which was thought to be politically motivated. He also supported legalization of marijuana, and advocated for Pan-Africanism.

Jamaican - Singer | February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981

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Money can't buy life.

Bob Marley

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.

Bob Marley

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.

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Man is a universe within himself.

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

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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.

Bob Marley

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.

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

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

Bob Marley

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.

Bob Marley

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.

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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.

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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.

Bob Marley

My future is righteousness.

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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!

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Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Bob Marley

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.

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

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None but ourselves can free our minds.

Bob Marley

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

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You have to be someone.

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

Bob Marley

Tell the children the truth.

Bob Marley

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.

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

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

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

Bob Marley

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

Bob Marley

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.

Bob Marley

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.

Bob Marley

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

Bob Marley

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

Bob Marley

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.

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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.

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

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The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.

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

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

Bob Marley

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

Bob Marley

What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.

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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.

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

Bob Marley

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

Bob Marley

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

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The most beautiful things are not perfect, they are special

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Love, friendship, laughter... Some of the best things in life really are free.

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The most beautiful curve on a woman’s body is her smile.

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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.

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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.

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True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it's dark around you.

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The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.

Bob Marley

Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.

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Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you've never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more.

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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.

Bob Marley

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

Bob Marley

Top 294 Quotes & Sayings by Bob Marley

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