#vocation

I really feel like the first day I went to drama school and I went up on stage, that I found my vocation. It's kind of a cliched thing to say but I really feel like it was what I was meant to do. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#day #drama #drama school #feel #first

He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#god-s-will #vocation #catholicism

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

#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

#careers #jobs #vocation #change

Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don't want the music to be about provocation, I want the music to bring you to a place where you feel at home. ↗

— Michael Franti

#allow #bring #demons #either #feel

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. ↗

— George Sand

#heart #human #human heart #into #light

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time. ↗

— Idries Shah

#beliefs #believe #come #illustrative #in the past

Faith gives you a concept of the dignity and worth of all work, even simple work, without which work could bore you. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#vocation #work #faith

These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to want to manage other people's affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one's dignity. To choose always the hardest. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#bossy #cheerful #curiosity #difficulty #dignity

Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God. If we are bored with life there is something wrong with our concept of God and His involvement in our daily lives. Even the most dull and tedious days of our lives are ordained by God and ought to be used by us to glorify Him. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#calling #job #vocation #life