Quotes and Sayings About Calling
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This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.
-- A. B. Simpson -
We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
-- Abraham Maslow -
Maybe God is calling you to do something extraordinary that isn't on your calendar; something to revive your soul!
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
Without calling the overall national issue a bubble, it's pretty clear that it's an unsustainable underlying pattern.
-- Alan Greenspan -
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If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.
-- Alan Watts -
Destiny is saying yes to the calling we were born with.
-- Alberto Villoldo -
I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling.
-- Alden EhrenreichSource : Interview with Michael Martin, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 27, 2016.
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The path of duty I clearly trace, / I stand with conscience face to face, / And all her pleas allow; / Calling and crying the while for grace, - / 'Some other time, and some other place; / Oh, not to-day; not now!
-- Alice CarySource : Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer (1876). “The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary”, p.168
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By living up to their calling, women will succeed in guaranteeing a proper recognition of the unique value of femininity and its crucial mission in the world.
-- Alice von HildebrandSource : Alice Von Hildebrand (2002). “The Privilege of Being a Woman”, Ignatius Press
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The callings of God never leave you where they find you.
-- Alistair Begg -
The idea of ‘calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world
-- Alister E. McGrath -
I thought, my love is so good, why isn't it calling the same thing back.
-- Amy Hempel -
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I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.
-- Angela BassettSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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Don't worry about calling for me. Just pop a cork loudly enough and I'll come running.
-- Anistatia R. Miller -
I'm in love, sweet love. Feel me calling out your name, I feel no shame.
-- Anita Baker -
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They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said.
-- Anna Godbersen -
I understood that the man I was calling for could never ever come back. Because I understood that the man that I was calling for was dead.
-- Anne Lamott -
I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?
-- Annie Lennox -
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The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in enforcing good behavior on primitive peoples, their association is now counterproductive. Yet at the very moment when they should be decoupled, sanctimonious nitwits are calling for a return to morals based on superstition.
-- Arthur C. Clarke -
I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling better than anyone else can know it.
-- Asa Gray -
Charisma is a sign of the calling. Saints and pilgrims are defiantly moved by it.
-- B. W. PoweSource : "Mystic Trudeau: The Fire and the Rose". Book by B. W. Powe, 2007.
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We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.
-- Barbara Brown Taylor -
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
-- Barbara Corcoran -
We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.
-- Barry Lopez -
I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
-- Barry Zito -
The beautiful thing about calling out to your Lord is that you don't always have to put your feelings into words
-- Bilal PhilipsSource : FaceBook post by Dr. Bilal Philips from Jan 23, 2015
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There is no higher calling or greater privilege known to man than being involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission.
-- Bill Bright -
Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.
-- Bill Budge