Vocation Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old vocation quotes, vocation sayings, and vocation proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising. Hanif Kureishi
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. Georges Simenon
Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others. Mother Teresa
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. George Sand
Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. P. T. Barnum
Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent. Pope John Paul II
Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion. Saint Francis De Sales
Each man had only one genuine vocation to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse
Make your Vocation into Vacation and you will not have to work a single day. Nicholas Lore
Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need. Frederick Buechner
To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks. Mason Cooley
You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. You will know. You will know when it's right. Dorothy Day
It is not society's fault that most men seem to miss their vocation. Most men have no vocation. George Santayana