Quotes from Bob Marley


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


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


Tell the children the truth.


You have to be someone.


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.


Money can't buy life.


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


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


None but ourselves can free our minds.


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


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


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.


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


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


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


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!