Calling Quotes
I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath, and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams
The horizons of man are incomparably narrower than that of the land on which he toils. Editor of the Nebraska journal
The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valor.
Old fighters keep making comebacks. We are more alive when boxing than at almost any other time.
The war on Christmas is waged of weakness and fed by vision blinded. It is a war of intellect blunted to stupidity and calling begging at the feet of cowardice.
He was one of the fortunate few for whom there simply was no discernible line between work and play, between creation and recreation.
What if followers of Christ stopped looking for work in places where the MOST number of Christians Christians lived and started looking for work places where the LEAST Christians lived?
I believe the road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master IN THAT LINE. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources. Andrew Carnegie
How much does a man's effort depend upon the age in which his work is cast? Pope Clement VII
He wasn't an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence.
The percentage of people qualifying for federal disability benefits because they are unable to work rose from 0.7 percent of the size of the labor force in 1960 to 5.3% in 2010.
Toughened or coarsened by their worldly lives, the other dissenters could shrug and move on, but Souter couldn't. His whole life was being a judge.
When he studied, it was not so much for a promotion as to EXCEL at his job.
A husband's work as provider will be so difficult that it can only be fulfilled in the power of the Spirit and a transformed life.
He saw the pleasure you took from your job every day of his life, and THAT was what he wanted.
I choose me bristles with prideYes, I doA broom for the shaftAnd a broom for the flumeThough I'm covered with soot From me 'ead to me toesA sweep knows 'e's welcomeWherever 'e goes
The voice of Jacob will do a little good if the hands be the hands of Essau.
The author says the pastor who does not pray is a "mere official" who gets into his office by the necessity of the bread it provides.
The author says that theologian operates with windows open to the interest of the world, but also with a skylight that allows full awareness of prayer.
When you have to make a choice, think of the impact your decision may make on your calling
We are all not called to be entrepreneurs but we can all be enterprising in our chosen fields
God hasn't called you to walk in someone else's shoes (purpose). He wants you to walk in the shoes that fit you, for which He made you. You aren't going to succeed walking in another woman's shoes.
Thinking about work as a day job has made a big difference in the way I approach what I do. It also helped me not to confuse who I am with what I do.
Everyone has their own calling, but not everyone is looking for the phone, or either they missed the call, or just not answered it.
When Christianity takes itself seriously, it must either renounce or master the world.
Inside my head / or in a distant / Galaxy / Soft I hear it / Calling me." from the song "In the Blackness" in the poetry collection "Terra Affirmative".
I won’t pressure you, Ari, but I’m not opposed to subtle acts of persuasion.
Now if you gentlemen, ” she looked at Briec, “and whateveryou are, will excuse me.
How do you live with yourself, Lord Arrogant?” “Very easily, Lady Difficult. I find myself quitecharming.
