Ziggy Marley is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, and the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He also performed the theme song for the children’s cartoon series Arthur. May his quotes inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “Love is my religion” Ziggy Marley
2. “It takes years to develop into the kind of human being you want to be.” Ziggy Marley
3. “Everything I’ve taken away from my father has been significant. So I can’t say that one lesson is the most significant. By being around him, I learned that there is a purpose in life and that if we are inspired to help people, we should do it. ” Ziggy Marley
4. “Hopefully people hear that a part of what hurts society has a lot to do with the diet, the food that you’re eating. So let’s be careful.” Ziggy Marley
5. “The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.” Ziggy Marley
6. “I’m always in love.” Ziggy Marley
7. “There’s a rainbow in the sky all the time, don’t be blind.” Ziggy Marley
8. “God is for everyone.” Ziggy Marley
9. “We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.” Ziggy Marley
10. “Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.” Ziggy Marley
11. “The last thing my father told me was – on your way up, take me up, on your way down, don’t let me down. A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously.” Ziggy Marley
12. “I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.” Ziggy Marley
13. “I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I’m just trying to be free with my expression.” Ziggy Marley
14. “You can complain because roses have thorns or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.” Ziggy Marley
15. “My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.” Ziggy Marley
16. “I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.” Ziggy Marley
17. “Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.” Ziggy Marley
18. “Love is a spiritual thing.” Ziggy Marley
19. “Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that’s the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.” Ziggy Marley
20. “Love is more than one thing.” Ziggy Marley
21. “No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let’s try to live the best we can now.” Ziggy Marley
22. “Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.” Ziggy Marley
23. “People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I’m not paranoid or scared, I’m open. That’s how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.” Ziggy Marley
24. “I have my own ideas.” Ziggy Marley
25. “This chance we should not miss to share this sacred bliss and spread it all around I’m gonna spread it all around. My heart been broke before but still, I must endure. Keep the spirits high, keep the spirits high, cause it’s the greatest things in life calls for the most sacrifice. Are we brave, are we brave enough?” Ziggy Marley
26. “I’ve been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It’s helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I’ve lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be someone else to grow.” Ziggy Marley
27. “There’s more to life than physical and material.” Ziggy Marley
28. “Spirituality is a part of my family, from generation ago.” Ziggy Marley
29. “Running is a part of my medicine. It’s what helps relieve my stress, and it’s what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that’s going on in my life.” Ziggy Marley
30. “Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect.” Ziggy Marley
31. “The most important thing my father taight me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.” Ziggy Marley
32. “The present is what slips by us while we’re pondering the past and worrying about the future.” Ziggy Marley
33. “If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like a slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life become vibrant again.” Ziggy Marley
34. “Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.” Ziggy Marley
35. “Free spirits have to soar.” Ziggy Marley
