Rhys Darby

I had been laughed at my whole life through school, and I never really thought of it as a vocation. I mean, I started off as a soldier, and then I went into the university thinking I was going to be a journalist, but comedy kind of fell on my head and demanded I pursue it.

New Zealander Comedian

Quincy Jones

Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful.

American Musician

Kevin Cramer

I really see the vocation of politics like I see every vocation - whether it's being a reporter or serving in public life or being a plumber - as an extension of ministry.

American Politician

Seamus Heaney

The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost.

Irish Poet

Emma Goldman

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

Russian Activist

Scott Weiss

Whatever vocation you decide on, track down the best people in the world at doing it and surround yourself with them.

American Businessman

Yotam Ottolenghi

Food was always important in my family, but I didn't think of it as a vocation until a later point in life.

Israeli Chef

Nita Ambani

Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world.

Indian Businesswoman

Henri Nouwen

Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.

Dutch Clergyman

James Nesbitt

I think teaching should be a vocation, and they should be paid more for it.

Irish Actor

Vocation implies a job that gives satisfaction and a sense of purpose, not just income.

Personal Fulfillment

It often describes a career that someone is dedicated to for a long time.

Lifelong Commitment

Emphasizes a job that aligns with one's natural talents or interests.

Innate Passion

Often associated with a divine call to religious life or service.

Spiritual Calling

May imply work that serves a greater cause or community.

Higher Purpose

Suggests a compelling inner urge towards a particular type of work.

Inner Conviction

Refers to main work, not just any task or short-term job one might have.

Not Just a Task

Vocation can define one's role in society and sense of self.

Professional Identity

 just quitting the game and moving to the country to raise corgis. But if I had done that, if I had given up writing, I would have lost my beloved vocation, so I knew that the task was that I had to find some way to gin up the inspiration to write the next book regardless of its inevitable negative outcome.

Success, failure and the...

 everybody and I think it's a tragedy of our time that it's been politicized to do this work it takes a ridiculous amount of determination you have to have perseverance beyond perseverance this is not a business this is a passion of vocation of calling this is something you have to do and you feel

Proof: James Balog on...

 the department received a letter from the homeowner thanking us for the valiant effort displayed in saving her home. The act of kindness she noted above all someone had even gotten her a pair of shoes. In both my vocation at Robin Hood and my avocation as a volunteer firefighter,

Mark Bezos: A life...

 This became very, very clear, early on. Because if you do, then you end up acting like a crazy person, and stoning adulterers, or -- here's another example. Well, that's another. I did spend some time shepherding. It's a very relaxing vocation. I recommend it.

My year of living...

 Be prepared to be good neighbors. Be prepared to find vocations that make you useful to your neighbors and to your fellow citizens. One final thing -- I've been very disturbed about this for years, but I think it's particularly important for this audience.

James Kunstler: How bad...

 and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as my full-time job. But well before my imagination was my vocation, my imagination saved my life. When I was a kid, I loved to draw,

Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...

 to be totally given ourselves over to something and to find that level of vocation. And when you are around these weavers, they see other people at twice the size as normal people. They see deeper into them.

The lies our culture...

 i don't see the trader as a bad person at that level it is a means to an end they are trying to survive hunting and bushmeat selling is their family vocation nobody has told them otherwise

Nigerians Fight to...

 positive patients live in sub-saharan Africa but when developed medicines for AIDS or any disease we first test them in American vocations the problem with

The United Genomes...

 I'm a potter, which seems like a fairly humble vocation.