Quotes About Calling

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

he converted not from Judaism to Christianity, of course, but from violent opponent and persecutor of pagan inclusion to nonviolent proponent and persuader of pagan inclusion. That which he persecuted for God was exactly that to which he was called by God.

It was part of Adam's punishment, In the sweat of thy brows thou shalt eat thy bread: it is multiplied to me, I have earned bread in the sweat of my brows, in the labour of my calling, and I have it; and I sweat again and again, from the brow to the sole of the foot, but I eat no bread, I taste no sustenance: miserable distribution of mankind, where one half lacks meat, and the other stomach!

1) If God moves your heart to make a difference, He will see you through even though you may not feel the most qualified, and (2) Some of your best ministry leaders may come from the fruits of your current ministry programs.

He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.

The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.

And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it. Don't just set out to do a good job.

If God gives you gifts you must use them to justify your life. It is what the Greeks called divine discontent that drives you.

Everyone has a vocation by which he earns his living, but he also has a vocation in an older sense of the word-the vocation to use his powers and live his life well.

To fulfill your mission will require that you abandon your agenda and accept God's agenda for your life.

You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life.

As crazy as it sounds, I really think that God just put the reggae thing in me. I can point to a few things in my life that pushed me in that direction.

I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor. And my responsibility with that gift is to do the best job possible and to re-create real life.

There is an entire generation who was too young to read 'The Purpose Driven Life' 10 years ago but are now asking the critical question, 'What on earth am I here for?'

My goal in life is to unite my avocation with my vocation, As my two eyes make one in sight.

Now - find God's dream for your life and go all out for it!

My main hope for my children would be that whatever profession or calling they choose in life, that they pursue it with passion.

Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true purpose of humanity.

No life is messier than one in ministry

I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.

La chose la plus importante a' toute la vie est le choix du me tier: le hasard en dispose. The most important thing in life is to choose a profession: chance arranges for that.

Everyone has a dharma or purpose in life.

I was born knowing that I had to be a painter, because my father, an art historian, always presented painting as the only acceptable thing in life.