Bob marley quotes

bob marley 1945-1981

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

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.

In this great future you can’t forget your past.

In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty.

"People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader... The word of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people."

"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."

"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."

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

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