Vocation Quotes

282 quotes by 216 authors

No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an… — Pope Francis
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
Our public credit is good, but the abundance of paper has produced a spirit of gambling in the funds, which has laid up our ships… — Thomas Jefferson
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at… — John B. Watson
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
If you really want to engage in policy activity, don't make that your vocation. Make it your avocation. Get a job. Get a secure base… — Milton Friedman
The priestly vocation is essentially a call to sanctity, in the form that derives from the Sacrament of Holy Orders.Â Sanctity is intimacy with God;… — Pope John Paul I
A man can't ask for much more than the chance to make a difference in his chosen field of work. Politics is my vocation. I'm… — Jean Chretien
You were intended not only to work, but to rest, laugh, play, and have proper leisure and enjoyment. To develop an all-around personality you must… — Grenville Kleiser
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
Each one of us has some kind of vocation. We are all called by God to share in His life and in His Kingdom. Each… — Thomas Merton
To believe that I could, at twenty-three, sacrifice history and culture for the Absolute was further proof that I had not understood India. My vocation… — Mircea Eliade
My proposal is not that we understand what the word â€˜godâ€™ means and manage somehow to fit Jesus into that. Instead, I suggest that we… — N. T. Wright
I have never separated the writing of poetry from prayer. I have grown up believing it is a vocation, a religious vocation. — Derek Walcott
I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade — Anish Kapoor
Potential does not always ensure success. The greatest players have not always been the most endowed. In athletics, we often hear the phrase, "He has… — LaVell Edwards
Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the steps… — Charles Evans Hughes
The vocation, whether it be that of the farmer or the architect, is a function; the exercise of this function as regards the man himself… — Ananda Coomaraswamy
The Restless Anthropologist is a rich, powerful, and compulsively readable collection of essays by anthropologists who look back at the multiple relationships between their serial… — Sherry Ortner
Prayer is not one of the many things the community does. Rather, it is its very beingBut when prayer is no longer its primary concern,… — Henri Nouwen

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