Top Vocation Quotes

Teddy Roosevelt "had relished "every hour" of every day as president. Indeed, (he was) fearing the "dull thud" he would experience upon returning to private life.

The horizon changes but the sun does not.

Vocation Definition

(n.) A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

(n.) Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.

(n.) A calling by the will of God.

(n.) The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.

(n.) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.

Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.

A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain a...

Even his own speeches bored him.

You can't have a vocation of No

On God's calendar, there are no ordinary days.

Passion does not translate easily into good income.

If you can't give it all you've got, don't bother.

the struggle is not with others, but within us, to do what we are called to do

How much does a man's effort depend upon the age in which his work is cast? Pope Clement VII

It is in the stormiest skies that eagles find their true calling.

From the outset, Protestantism rejected the critical medieval distinction between the 'sacred' and 'secular' orders. While this position can easily be interpreted as a claim for the desacralization of...

Pay attention to what you wish you were doing when you're doing something else.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

You just became the most interesting person at this party. I don't think anyone here has worked an honest day in their lives.

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 fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to follow Him and give Him th...

We are on location, this is not a vacation.

The artist has a duty to be calm. He has no right to show his emotion, his involvement, to go pouring it all out at the audience. Any excitement over a subject must be sublimated into an Olympian calm...

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 the destination. It is medication, liberation and should be at the heart of...