Ben Okri Quotes

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

Life is a rollercoaster, and the lower you are, the higher you'll go.

Everyone is always making transitions in life.

You never know how times will change in where you are in your life.

I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some really low lows. I've been so blessed that I could never say, 'I wish this didn't happen.' It's part of who I am. There's nothing in my life that's so ugh.

The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that's a good thing to learn.

Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.

I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

Life is never all one thing. It bounces around. Certainly, my own life has.

It's not humanly possible for anyone not to go through changes. Change is a constant in everyone's life, even in mine. I have enjoyed the change at every stage of my life.

I understand that ups and downs in life keep wavering, and it's important to understand them and why they happen. So I learn whatever I have to and then move forward.

In life, sometimes you are up and sometimes you are down.

Nothing always stays the same. You don't stay happy forever. You don't stay sad forever.

There have been ups and downs over the years, but that's in the past, and now I'm just looking forward and focussed on the future ahead.

Life is nothing without ups and downs.

You go through these phases. That's how life is. Over the long term, you just can't do one thing. I saw that back in the Sixties when I was getting started.

I have seen lot of ups and downs in life; I have realised that nothing is permanent in life.

One door shuts, and another one opens, and you just kind of follow that path. My path has been a little curvy, but it is what it is. It's all good.

As the years go by, you have to realise when it is the right time to do something different.

We all have our ups and our downs, and it's consistent throughout all of our lives. It's not a movie: you don't get to a point where, suddenly, you're free forever - it's life.

Life is about going through things and learning along the way.

Like the seasons of the year, life changes frequently and drastically. You enjoy it or endure it as it comes and goes, as it ebbs and flows.

Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.

Life can't always be good, and life can't always be bad. That just holds true. I've learned a lot from that statement, and I think about it, all the time.