#vocation

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 at peace by Bilbo's side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. "I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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#inspirational #lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #motivational #tolkien

If you find what you do each day seems to have no link to any higher purpose, you probably want to rethink what you're doing. ↗

— Ronald Heifetz

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#careers #jobs #vocation #change

The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation. ↗

— Avery Brundage

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#education #eyes #fixed #game #goal