#vocation

We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum. ↗

— Philip Greenspun

#computer science #curriculum #easier #formal #get

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. ↗

— Viktor E. Frankl

#cannot #carry #concrete #demands #everyone

My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum. ↗

— Mary MacLane

#because #consider #desire #despise #go

The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#does #find #function #genuine #height

Dostoevski was on to something. You are the path you choose. You are what your vocation is. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#path #something #vocation #you #your

I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#desire #doing #enough #good #i

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

— Jean Rostand

#power #say #suspicious #vocation

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. ↗

— Georges Simenon

#unhappiness #vocation #writing

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#love #many #mistake #our #people

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. ↗