Vocation Quotes

282 quotes by 216 authors

...marriage is foremost a vocation. Two people are called together to fulfill a mission that God has given them. Marriage is a spiritual reality. That… — Henri Nouwen
Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the… — Pope Benedict XVI
Who is willing to be satisfied with a job that expresses all his limitations? He will accept such work only as a 'means of livelihood'… — Thomas Merton
The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation. — Mark Twain
While one is young is the time to investigate, to experiment with everything. The school should help its young people to discover their vocations and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
A job is a vocation only if someone else calls you to do it for them rather than for yourself. And so our work can… — Timothy Keller
In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the… — George Eliot
The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability. — August Bournonville
Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says ï¿½peacemakers.ï¿½ He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby… — Jim Wallis
Having faith in the plan of salvation includes steadfastly refusing to be diverted from our true identities and responsibilities. In the brief season of our… — Neal A. Maxwell
I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and this… — Therese of Lisieux
War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the… — Bayard Rustin
One of my objectives when I started Biocon was to make sure that I create a company for women scientists to pursue a vocation. — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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
Call me territorial or narcissistic, but I avoid novels about people who share my vocation. — Julia Glass
Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world. — Nita Ambani
I think teaching should be a vocation, and they should be paid more for it. — James Nesbitt
Whatever vocation you decide on, track down the best people in the world at doing it and surround yourself with them. — Scott Weiss
There is nothing quixotic or romantic in wanting to change the world. It is possible. It is the age-old vocation of all humanity. — Gioconda Belli
Waiting is the great vocation of the dispossessed. — Mary Gordon

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