60 Bob Marley Quotes to Keep You Motivated

Robert Nesta Marley OM (born 6 February 1945, Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica – died 11 May 1981, Miami, Florida, United States) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Bob Marley is well known for his rocksteady, ska, and reggae songs, which include the hits "No Woman, No Cry," "I Shot the Sheriff," "Exodus," "Three Little Birds," "Could You Be Loved," "Jamming," and "Redemption Song."

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. ― Bob Marley
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for. ― Bob Marley
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
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. ― Bob Marley
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.
Don’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright. ― Bob Marley
Don’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.
I don’t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit. ― Bob Marley
I don’t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living? ― Bob Marley
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?
love the life you live. live the life you love. ― Bob Marley
love the life you live. live the life you love.
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! ― Bob Marley
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!
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. ― Bob Marley
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.
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. ― Bob Marley
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.
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. ― Bob Marley
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.
When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open. ― Bob Marley
When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open.
True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it’s dark around you. ― Bob Marley
True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it’s dark around you.
Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. ― Bob Marley
Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.
One love, one heart, one destiny. ― Bob Marley
One love, one heart, one destiny.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds! ― Bob Marley
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!
Overcome the devils with a thing called love. ― Bob Marley
Overcome the devils with a thing called love.
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. ― Bob Marley
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold. ― Bob Marley
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.
The most beautiful curve on a woman’s body is her smile. ― Bob Marley
The most beautiful curve on a woman’s body is her smile.
When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself. ― Bob Marley
When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.
Though the road’s been rocky, it sure feels good to me. ― Bob Marley
Though the road’s been rocky, it sure feels good to me.
The most beautiful things are not perfect, they are special. ― Bob Marley
The most beautiful things are not perfect, they are special.
The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her. ― Bob Marley
The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.
Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but it’s everything in between that makes it all worth living. ― Bob Marley
Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but it’s everything in between that makes it all worth living.
Judge not before you judge yourself. Judge not if you’re not ready for judgment. ― Bob Marley
Judge not before you judge yourself. Judge not if you’re not ready for judgment.
Love, friendship, laughter… Some of the best things in life really are free. ― Bob Marley
Love, friendship, laughter… Some of the best things in life really are free.
Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end. ― Bob Marley
Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.
Money can’t buy life. ― Bob Marley
Money can’t buy life.
In this great future, you can’t forget your past. ― Bob Marley
In this great future, you can’t forget your past.
Light up the darkness. ― Bob Marley
Light up the darkness.
Man is a universe within himself. ― Bob Marley
Man is a universe within himself.
Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight. ― Bob Marley
Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.

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.

Bob Marley

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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A hungry mob is an angry mob. ― Bob Marley
A hungry mob is an angry mob.
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. ― Bob Marley
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow. ― Bob Marley
The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
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. ― Bob Marley
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.
Why drink and drive if I can smoke and fly? ― Bob Marley
Why drink and drive if I can smoke and fly?
If you don’t start somewhere, you’re gonna go nowhere. ― Bob Marley
If you don’t start somewhere, you’re gonna go nowhere.
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
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.
The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I? ― Bob Marley
The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?
My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die. ― Bob Marley
My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.
Love would never leave us alone. ― Bob Marley
Love would never leave us alone.
What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind. ― Bob Marley
What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.
Everything in life got its purpose. Find its reason in every season. ― Bob Marley
Everything in life got its purpose. Find its reason in every season.
The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race. ― Bob Marley
The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.
Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again. ― Bob Marley
Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.
I don’t stand for black man’s side, I don’t stand for white man’s side, I stand for God’s side. ― Bob Marley
I don’t stand for black man’s side, I don’t stand for white man’s side, I stand for God’s side.
My feet is my only carriage. ― Bob Marley
My feet is my only carriage.
My future is righteousness. ― Bob Marley
My future is righteousness.
Man can’t do without God. Just like you’re thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can’t go without God. ― Bob Marley
Man can’t do without God. Just like you’re thirsty, you have to drink water. You just can’t go without God.
Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections. ― Bob Marley
Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections.
Don’t let them change you or even re-arrange you. ― Bob Marley
Don’t let them change you or even re-arrange you.
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. ― 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.
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
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.
The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall. ― Bob Marley
The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.
Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. ― Bob Marley
Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.
You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? ― Bob Marley
You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters?
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