Liputan6.com, Jakarta Bob Marley was a famous singer from Jamaica who shared many wise words about life, love, and peace. His quotes still inspire people around the world today. These simple but powerful messages can help you feel better and think about what matters most in life. Here are the best quotes from Bob Marley that will touch your heart.
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Love and Relationships
- The truth is, everyone will hurt you. You just need to find the ones worth suffering for.
- One love, one heart. Let's get together and feel alright.
- Love would never leave us alone.
- 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.
- The biggest coward is a man who wakes up the love of a woman without wanting to love her.
- You may not be her first, her last, or her only. But if she loves you now, what else matters?
- Don't hurt her, don't change her, don't expect more than she can give.
- Hold onto her and give her the most you can.
- Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad.
- Miss her when she's not there.
- Love hard when there is love to be had.
- Perfect people don't exist, but there's always one person that is perfect for you.
- You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and soul mate.
- Love the life you live. Live the life you love.
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Music and Pain
Bob Marley (Billboard)
- One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
- My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.
- My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool who says that, but I know facts.
- Reggae is for everyone, and we hope we can help everyone with our music.
- Reggae has to be inside you. It cannot be taught, that's a fact.
- Hey mister music, sure sounds good to me. I can't refuse it.
- Music gets my message across to people everywhere.
- We are touring for more than just money reasons.
- I was really into spiritual music.
- When music hits you, all your troubles go away.
Life Wisdom and Philosophy
- Life is one big road with lots of signs. Don't make your mind too complicated.
- When you ride through the hard times, flee from hate and jealousy.
- Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality.
- Wake up and live!
- Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
- Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.
- The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
- Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad.
- It's everything in between that makes it all worth living.
- You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.
- The day you stop racing is the day you win the race.
- Everything in life has its purpose. Find its reason in every season.
- Today, people struggle to find what's real. Everything has become so fake.
- All they want is to hold onto hope.
- Just because you are happy doesn't mean the day is perfect.
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Freedom and Mental Strength
bob marley (Instagram @bobmarley)
- None but ourselves can free our minds.
- Free yourself from mental slavery.
- Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all your life.
- Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
- We don't have education, we have inspiration.
- If I was educated I would be a fool.
- I don't have education. I have inspiration.
- You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all people all the time.
- When one door is closed, many more doors are open.
- The people trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?
- Light up the darkness.
- Get up, stand up. Stand up for your rights.
- Don't give up the fight.
- Every man has the right to decide his own destiny.
- You have to be someone. The best someone to be is yourself.
Wisdom and Values
- Don't gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver or gold.
- The greatness of a man is not in how much money he has.
- It's in his honesty and his ability to help those around him.
- Money can't buy life.
- My richness is life, forever.
- Possessions make you rich? I don't have that type of richness.
- Your life is worth much more than gold.
- Who we are means so much more than what we have.
- Don't get so caught up in the material world that you forget to live.
- Man is a universe within himself.
- You are full of endless possibilities.
- My future is doing what's right.
- Tell the children the truth.
- Teach your children well, and spread your wisdom.
- The future will be better for it.
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Peace and Positivity
- Don't worry about a thing. Every little thing is gonna be alright.
- Rise up this morning, smile with the rising sun.
- Sun is shining, the weather is sweet. Make you want to move your dancing feet.
- In this bright future you can't forget your past.
- So dry your tears, I say.
- We won't worry, we won't shed no tears.
- We found a way to cast away the fears.
- If you get down and fight every day, you're praying to the devils.
- Make way for the positive day, because it's a new day.
- You just can't live that negative way.
- There's a natural magic blowing through the air.
- If you listen carefully now, you will hear it.
- When the morning gathers the rainbow, you should know I'm a rainbow too.
- Let good things cover the earth like water covers the sea.
- Everything's gonna be alright.
Judgment and Understanding
- Judge not, before you judge yourself.
- Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.
- Who are you to judge the life I live?
- I know I'm not perfect and I don't live to be.
- Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.
- The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too.
- While you talk about me, someone else is judging you.
- I am not perfect and I don't have to be!
- Your imperfections are what make you special.
- Don't let them change you or even rearrange you.
- There never has been and will never be another you.
- I don't stand for black man's side or white man's side. I stand for God's side.
- Hate is a chain that can hold you back.
- If you hate, you can't move forward for years.
- You'll never get anywhere with hate.
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Living for Others
- Live for yourself and you will live in vain.
- Live for others, and you will live again.
- 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.
- Hear the children crying, but I know they cry not in vain.
- Now the times are changing. Love has come to bloom again.
- Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
- All I ever had were songs of freedom.
- We can make it work together.
- Let's get together and feel alright.
- They don't want to see us unite.
- All they want us to do is keep fighting each other.
- They don't want to see us live together.
- Some will hate you, pretend they love you, then try to hurt you behind your back.
Change and Growth
bob marley (source: Instagram @bobmarley)
- The winds that sometimes take something we love bring us something we learn to love.
- We should not cry about something that was taken from us.
- Love what we have been given.
- What is really ours is never gone forever.
- You can always change your life, even in small ways.
- Sometimes it takes a little searching to find a new road.
- Your past is part of who you are. Keep going forward with all you've learned.
- Your mind is your own and no one else's.
- Your own inner strength will amaze you.
- Let love make you stronger.
- Love someone to help them become stronger too.
- Each day is special, even if it's a tough one.
- Bad days make you stronger for tomorrow.
- A life that's loved is the best life.
- You don't die and go to heaven. You have to live in heaven.
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Truth and Reality
Bob Marley (AFP/Bintang.com)
- Truth is the light, so you never give up the fight.
- If you know your history, then you would know where you're coming from.
- Then you wouldn't have to ask me who I think I am.
- Two thousand years of history could not be wiped away so easily.
- What has been hidden from the wise has been shown to children.
- They say the sun shines for all, but in some people's world it never shines.
- When the rain falls, it won't fall on one man's house only.
- In the abundance of water, a fool is thirsty.
- It is better to live on the rooftop than in a house full of confusion.
- A hungry crowd is an angry crowd.
- Never make a politician give you a favor. They will always want to control you.
- You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella.
- You say you love sun, but you seek shade when it shines.
- You say you love wind, but you close windows when it comes.
- That's why I'm scared when you say you love me.
