Our Vocation Quotes
18 quotes by 14 authors
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Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God. So Bernard sweetly: Eternal life…
— Thomas Adams
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At first we feel called by God and attracted by him. We grow in our vocation and get the impression that God has gripped us…
— Notker Wolf
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Failure, then, failure! so the world stamps us at every turn. We strew it with our blunders, our misdeeds, our lost opportunities, with all the…
— William James
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What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human?
— Paulo Freire
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We have only to see how that which makes up the reality of our lives relates to our vocation; we have only to hear the…
— Jean Danielou
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We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over…
— Hannah More
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We know when we are following our vocation when our soul is set free from preoccupation with itself and is able to seek God and…
— Thomas Merton
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Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.
— Mother Teresa
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That is our vocation: to convert the enemy into a guest and to create the free and fearless space where brotherhood and sisterhood can be…
— Henri Nouwen
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So, our vocation is to go, not just to one parish, not just to one diocese, but all over the world; and do what? To…
— Vincent de Paul
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If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.
— Vincent de Paul
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We can't understand our calling and our vocation until we listen to the Lord... until we look upon the Lord... until we realize who it…
— Mark Hart
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Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our…
— Edith Stein
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Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
— Mother Teresa
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But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own…
— Thomas Merton
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Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us,…
— Donald Wuerl
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Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.
— Mother Teresa
Who Wrote These Our Vocation Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 18 Our Vocation Quotes as follows: