“At its core, each vocation is a particular, unique instantiation of the father’s summons to the true homeland of the kingdom. The… — Mark Doherty Copy Share Image
Wise, compassionate and accessible, David Benner's The Gift of Being Yourself is truly a gift to the dedicated seeker. The author draws… — Margaret Guenther Copy Share Image
I've done everything. I've sung, done records, plays... It just so happened my first professional job was as a dancer. I've done… — Bruno Tonioli Copy Share Image
You need not see what someone is doing to know if it is his vocation, you have only to watch his eyes:… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I do not believe that it is necessarily the duty of the writer to give a voice to his community. If a… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“It was only one of a dozen or twenty vocations which he had taken up at various times, only to drop them… — William Henry Hudson Copy Share Image
The primary goal of publishing general fiction and non-fiction was never profit - though profit was essential to stay in the game.… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
The truth is I would do my job for free! I love it every day. If you can possibly choose a vocation… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Finding and creating your life's work, even if it is entirely different from what you have done most of your life, will… — Dennis Kimbro Copy Share Image
art happens. It happens when you have the craft and the vocation and are waiting for something else, something extra, or maybe… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The rediscovery of the value of one's baptism is the basis of the missionary commitment of every Christian, because we see in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Any time I think out loud, 'I can't believe this is my job,' and remember I am a very lucky duck. Whether… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
“Thomas Merton says, “Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
Here, I think, is another clue to finding true self and vocation: we must withdraw the negative projections we make on people… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of closet charismatics out there. A lot of [clergy] personally have had their vocations saved because… — Ralph Martin Copy Share Image
Education and training for all children to be equal in opportunity in all schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions of training in… — Huey Long Copy Share Image
It is funny, and also a bit sad, that poets are so often asked to justify our vocation. There seems to be… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
“When humans take up their divinely appointed role, looking after God's world on his behalf, this is not a Promethean attempt to… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Writing is a vocation and, as in any other calling, a writer should develop his talents for the greater glory of God.… — Piers Paul Read Copy Share Image
The rediscovery of the value of one's own Baptism is at the root of every Christian's missionary commitment, because as we see… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Whatever your vocation is, you are destined to reign in life because Jesus is Lord of your life. When you reign in… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
Each man has his own vocation. The talent is the call. There is one direction in which all space is open to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“is Christ who creates the office and defines its functions and prescribes the qualifications for it. And yet, according to the will… — Guy Prentiss Waters Copy Share Image
War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair. Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Let yourself be loved, O Beloved, in the One. And from this One move out into the world, carrying within you the… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“The vocation of psychotherapy confers a few unexpected fringe benefits on its practitioners, and the following is one of them. It impels… — Thomas Lewis Copy Share Image
“In short, you do not have to take the job that will create excessive stress and overarousal. Someone else will take it… — Elaine N. Aron Copy Share Image
In spite of everything, there is still no more wonderful vocation than to continue to tolerate events and to work on in… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
...The baptized in their sense of mission, through prayer, the witness of life and Christian commitment in all its forms, so that… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Is it acting a true vocation?... I say it is a gift...And fame? Neither sought nor expected... still confounds and amazes and… — Ruth Cracknell Copy Share Image
A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Art is a vocation, as much as anything in this world. For the real artist, it is the most natural thing in… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
“The wall sawyer did not ask the little queen what she did. This was because in the little queen’s kingdom, people only… — Meia Geddes Copy Share Image
For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am. And that's why, when I say… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up and I'll guarantee to take any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is so very short. Do now what you yearn to do in your life. You do not have to 'quit your… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image