Quotes About Vocation

To be active is the primary vocation of man.

Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.

The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.

Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest.

Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt.

If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.

It's a pity more men are not bastards by birth instead of vocation.

I insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.

Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.

However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.

It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have been busy in the honest employment of their vocation.

All is one, all is different. How many natures exist in man? How many vocations? And by what chance does each man ordinarily choose what he has heard praised?

The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man.

It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.

Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

Every man has a vocation. The talent is the call.

I just always wanted to be a singer. My mom said I was even singing in my cot!

I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do

Whatever you are passionate about, there is some skill associated with it and there's some service associated with it. Go for it, and don't worry about the money all the time.

I left drama school and went straight into a 10-week film for which I was paid £75 I might say, which for 1962 was one heck of a lot of money.

No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, a good artist, or a good workman.

If you can devote yourself to your favorite occupation without getting money for it, but in order to discover your potential, then you will find out who you are