Quotes About Vocation

It is still God who is responsible for giving us our daily bread. Though He could give it to us directly, by a miraculous provision, as He once did for the children of Israel when He fed them daily with manna, God has chosen to work through human beings, who, in their different capacities and according to their different talents, serve each other. This is the doctrine of vocation. p.14

Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby!

After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient with each other, I think.

But the moment of vocation had come, and before he got down from the chair, the world was new to him by a presentment of endless processes filling the vast spaces planked out of his sight by that wordy ignorance which he had supposed was knowledge.

I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first grade. I watched a play being performed by the third grade class, and it was... magic.

I'd love to be a joiner or a wood turner.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

I'm thrilled I can make a living doing something I enjoy.

I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never say 'retired' because that's such a finality that I don't want to be part of my life. I'll work until they throw me in a box.

A man who works with his hands is a labourer. A man who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. A man who works with his haands, his head, and his heart is an artist.

Almost the whole life of religious bodies lies in the maintenance of their first fervor.

A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.

The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's not something I have to do. It's not a vocation.

This is the thing that I was born to do.

Never pursue literature as a trade.

I confess that I enjoy this vocation, in spite of my sex. I feel a certain thrill, as if I were visiting a lover. But it is money I court, money that woos me, and the intoxicating power to earn a very great deal.

Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister.

Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind's desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.

È acrobata come nei vecchi tempi era poetessa, perché la forma particolare dei suoi polmoni la obbliga a scegliersi un mestiere che stia tra cielo e terra.

Your calling is what you would do whether you were paid to do it or not. Your calling is what you have to do in order to be happy. Your

A good conversationalist directs attention, inspires, corrects, affirms, and empowers others. It is a demanding vocation that involves attentiveness, skilled listening, awareness of one's own interpretive frames, and a will to understand and discern what is true.

Storytelling is a dangerous vocation, for the fairies punish those who return to tell their secrets.