Liam Neeson Quotes

If you're a young man, and you're being coached by someone like Guy Lewis, you're going to become a better man.

I believe that this idea of story or myth or this thing that Joseph Campbell writes about is sort of an inter-connective spiritual force - like The Force in 'Star Wars' - where it doesn't matter where you were raised, or what your background is, there are certain elements of story that totally appeal to you.

To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.

An older guy, he's going to show you things that a young man can't show you. He's going to show you how to stay alive. He's going to show you how to turn corners where your young friends will show you how to turn right into that wall, you know what I'm saying?

I like teaching. I would like to help out with the young catchers; be there for them and obviously, you know, what it takes to get here. That's the biggest thing, I think.

When you've lived as long I've lived, you see things from a bigger lens, and you try to share that with the young guys coming up, including being patient.

Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and so are pleasurable to read. But they work on a deeper and symbolic level in that they play out our universal psychological dramas and hidden desires and fears.

I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent escapism, but they all feature themes that have such poignancy in a modern world.

Elders are the books of the young.

Break not the will of the young, but guide it to right ends.

Merlin was very definitely supposed to be an old man guiding the young Arthur to the throne.

Whether you're an athlete or a student, having an adult who believes in you and can give you advice and wisdom that is coming from a place of experience is an incredible asset to help guide you through your young life.

I do think there is a responsibility for myself as being a senior professional footballer to be able to pass on my experiences to the younger generation.

It's not just teachers, but coaches are helping to shape the young people of tomorrow.

If you can help someone become a good young woman or a good young man, they have a better chance of surviving in this business.

Of course, there are ups and downs in cricket always, but that's how you learn. I am too young, and what I constantly do is learn from my seniors. They have been in tough situations, and they know how to tackle them. I just keep learning.

When you get a bit older, you gain more experience, and you try to put it to good use, to help yourself in different ways and also the young players.

If I could turn into my old coaches, or my parents, then I'd consider that a definite plus.

What I always say is that young people need older people to develop their game, grow as people, and understand what Real means.

I try to take a couple of young guys under my wing and tell them what I've learned, because you can't teach nobody if you don't know anything.

Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

D'Artagnan is the youngest of the four, and they're like his big brothers. They bring him up and teach him the ways of what it's like to be a Musketeer, and he embraces it with open arms.