Quotes About Vocation

Passion for work is very important.

A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.

You have to find the intersection of doing something you're passionate about and that, at the same time, is in the service of other people. I would argue if you don't find that intersection, you're not going to be very happy.

I encourage others to choose a career they are passionate about and can do for the rest of their lives.

Not a great deal is known about the factors in childhood that doubtless underlie a person's choice of career - I'm talking now about a career to which one is passionately committed, in contradistinction to a career chosen merely as a means of earning a living.

I'm very proud that on my passport it says: 'broadcaster,' and that's what I see myself as.

I'm not a pastor. I'm not a man of the cloth, but I have my own calling.

I'm really passionate about God and religion, and I thought maybe I'm supposed to be a pastor.

I want to be a pastor in a high school.

If I wasn't an actor, I think I would be a pastor.

I wanted to be a pastor. I was going to be a youth pastor. I mean, I play guitar; I like to make people laugh.

I think my family sees me playing a pastor on TV and thinks that's a way of saying I have the calling, too.

I think people tend to fall into their careers sometimes, and maybe that's a lucky path to follow because you actually end up doing your purpose.

I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry... how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

I'll be honest: I've never wanted to do anything other than perform.

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

You talk about meant to be - oh my goodness, I have never done anything else in my life except be a performer.

I've always been a performer. That's just what I know.

I don't even know at what age I started, because it's always been there. Performing... creating... it's in my DNA.

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

... Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

Kalau di antara lima puluh orang cuma tiga orang yang ingin jadi guru, siapakah yang akan mengajar anak-anakmu nanti?.... ....Kalau engkau tidak yakin betul, lepaskan cita-citamu untuk jadi guru itu.... ....seorang guru adalah kurban -- kurban untuk selama-lamanya. Dan kewajibannya terlampau berat -- membuka sumber kebajikan yang tersembunyi dalam tubuh anak-anak bangsa.