Quotes About Calling

There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.

within the four walls of avalanches, I call out to Yeti. Stomping my feet for warmth on the snow the snow eternal.

No one grows up and wants to be a cop killer. It was against everything Ive ever was. As a young police explorer I found my calling in life. But, As a young police officer I found that the violent suspects on the street are not the only people you have to watch.

I stood alone beneath the stars and shouted to the heavens at the top of my lungs and what was so beautiful was the way the stars shined when the sky swallowed your name.

All who hear are called. All who are called are able.

Look into my eyes...' the Prince said. I have been calling you. The peace you seek you will find if you follow Me.

The time of my departure is here. Place your hand gently on the soil beside my own, and feel the rumble of the earth beneath. The power of a thousand thousands is coming... evil warriors fighting against the Noble One. Here I stand with Him. Take up your sword and come with me, for the Prince is calling. And if you do not go... who will?

A vocation is not something you slap on, like a coat of paint, and change whenever you want. A vocation is built into you. You have no choice. If you try to do something else, you fail.

God does not want any of His children to live an unfulfilled life. He also doesn't want us living lives that do not bear fruit for Him. He has chosen each one of us, you see, not only for salvation but also to play a significant role in His Kingdom's purposes. He has given you a specific personality within a specific set of circumstances. Your circumstances will vary as you progress through life but your calling to be His and to bear fruit for Him will never change.

Bagaimanapun, aku bahkan akan merasa kurang bahagia bila tidak memenuhi panggilan jiwaku.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

Cuanto menos soy más viva estoy, cuanto más pierdo mi nombre más me llaman.

the goal of schools shouldn't be to manufacture "productive citizens" to fill some corporate cubicle; it should be to inspire each child to find a "calling" that will change the world.

Each child has a spark of genius waiting to be discovered, ignited, and fed. And the goal of schools shouldn't be to manufacture "productive citizens" to fill some corporate cubicle; it should be to inspire each child to find a "calling" that will change the world. The jobs for the future are no longer Manager, Director, or Analyst, but Entrepreneur, Creator, and even Revolutionary.

Here, Clare, Clare, Clare . . . Come to Papa!

Artistic talent is indeed a gift from God, which the artist is obliged to match with the gift of his life.

Our work is not to save the planet, or to bring about the kingdom of God by our own efforts. We are rather called to live as instantiations of the kingdom of God, members of a resistance movement against all that would destroy God's creation, trusting in his grace for the future.

According to Article XIV of the Augustana, it matters greatly who exercises the preaching office, namely, whether the person in question is legitimately called (rite vocatus) according to correct ecclesiastical order. Luther also knew that the call (vocatio) causes the devil a great deal of woe.

He is not in the habit of explaining himself. He is not in the habit of discussing his successes. But whenever good fortune has called on him, he has been there, planted on the threshold, ready to fling open the door to her timid scratch on the wood.

I'm not a monster, I'd told her, back when I said I would never hurt Oak. But maybe being a monster was my calling.

I can't believe the land chose me.

Overhead, I hear the trilling of birds calling to one another as they roost for the night and see glowing lights kindle in hollow knotholes as sprites come awake.

We are all called to be saints, (although we are not all called to be canonized).

Each man delights in the work that suits him best.