Vocation Quotes

282 quotes by 216 authors

A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently… — Sam Keen
The vocation of being a 'protector' [. . .] means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells… — Pope Francis
Imagination is a danger thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry… — Walter Brueggemann
Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need. — Frederick Buechner
It's a pity more men are not bastards by birth instead of vocation. — Katharine Whitehorn
Writing is a fearsome but grand vocationâ€”potentially healing but likewise deadly. I wouldnâ€™t trade my life for the world. — Reynolds Price
Brace yourself! If we take in what the Holy Father is saying in his Theology of the Body, we will never view ourselves, view others,… — Christopher West
I still don't think I have a vocation - and writing is a way of avoiding one. — Henrietta Rose-Innes
The best convent for a woman is the seclusion of her own home. There she may find her vocation and fight her battles, and there… — Elizabeth Prentiss
Love is the only answer to every question. It is the only thing that will serve you in every situation. It is the route and… — Rasheed Ogunlaru
Each man has his own vocation. The talent is the call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. He has… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be saints is not a privilege for a few, but a vocation for everyone. — Pope Francis
The task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church. It is a task and mission which the vast and profound changes… — Pope Paul VI
A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. — George D. Prentice
Edwidge Danticat's prose has a Chekhovian simplicity--an ability to state the most urgent truths in a measured and patiently plain style that gathers a luminous… — Madison Smartt Bell
Wise, compassionate and accessible, David Benner's The Gift of Being Yourself is truly a gift to the dedicated seeker. The author draws on his professional… — Margaret Guenther
The discernment of a vocation is above all the fruit of an intimate dialogue between the Lord and his disciples. Young people, if they know… — Pope Benedict XVI
An educator's most important task, one might say his holy duty, is to see to it that no child is discouraged at school, and that… — Alfred Adler
Motherhood is a hallowed place because children arenâ€™t commonplace. Co-laboring over the sculpting of souls is a sacred vocation, a humbling privilege. Never forget. — Ann Voskamp
When God picks out a man and speaks to him, it is to engage him in a work, an action. Nowhere in Scripture do we… — Jacques Ellul

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