Quotes About Calling

Religion will always have a future because it is an expression of the profound search for the meaning of life and a consequence of introspection and encounters with Him. As long as life continues to be a mystery and man wonders who created the natural order—while those questions, which I believe will be eternal, persist— the concept of religion will endure as a manifestation of the urgent calling to understand who we are.

Because Marion, you are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. Why settle for 'Three Blind Mice' when you can play the 'Gloria'?... Your 'Gloria' lives within you. The greatest sin is not finding it, ignoring what God made possible in you.

you are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored.

I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn't to save the world as much as to heal myself.

I am in no hurry to stop believing we are supposed to sway like this, that we too are immense and calling out.

God's call on our lives is often surprising and usually is based on God's ability to see how our various elements in the past might fit together to accomplish God's purposes in the present.

Jesus chose disciples, he didn't select the seminary-trained or

God favors the humble rather than the proud. God's greatest work in our lives may be difficult and challenging, and we may never receive recognition or the praise of others, but we are called to serve anyway, seeking nothing more than God's satisfaction and glory.

As I'm so often reminded what a priceless gift my life is, I ache with everything in me to make it count, so that when I finally cross the finish line, I'll hear the words, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.

Best way to measure your passion is simply asking would you do it for free? If money is your motivation, then it's not really your passion.

I always tell kids to find what they're passionate about.

Just because you're passionately interested in something doesn't mean it has to be your career. You might have to look for more than one passion. Some passions may afford a career and some may not.

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

I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.

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 am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.

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.

The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling. We're called to have people follow Jesus. We're called to have people learn how to forgive their enemies.

I'm following the path that was destined for me.

Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty?

I remember being in college knowing I didn't want to go anymore. I wanted to try and become an actor. There is a something in me, with a risk of sounding cliche, that I just had to do it. I knew from an early age that acting was my path.