Vocation Quotes

“The most important thing in life is to find your mission.”

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.”

“To be a composer is a calling, not a choice.”

“Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life... therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated.”

“My primary calling is to be a Christian, and that my priestly vocation is derivative of my baptismal covenant.”

“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.”

“If you are a writer, you are a writer. It is not a profession, it is a vocation.”

“God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.”

“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”

“I was not born to be a farmer.”

“My voice is my life.”

“Being a journalist is not a profession. It is a mission.”

“Writing is a solitary occupation, but it's a profession that is also a kind of vocation. You do it because you have to do it.”

“Der wahre Beruf des Menschen ist, zu sich selbst zu kommen.”

“Work is not a curse; it is a blessing.”

“My job is to be an artist, and I'm very serious about it.”

“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.”

“I had found my real vocation, and I have never since been free from the longing for the wild, lonely, and magnificent heights.”

“Public service is a noble calling.”

“All my life I have wanted to be a missionary.”