Quotes by Calling I knew what I wanted to do, which was to become a recording artist, so I definitely felt like I had a calling. The performing part was the part that I wasn't sure about. Ariel Pink performingartistcalling The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it. Arnold Bennett testscallingfirsts 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 hijackingtragedycalling I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling better than anyone else can know it. Asa Gray professionmemberscalling Every honest man lives for himself. Every man worth calling a man lives for himself. The one who doesn't - doesn't live at all. Ayn Rand honestcallingmen Charisma is a sign of the calling. Saints and pilgrims are defiantly moved by it. B. W. Powe charismasaintcalling We've got to stop the name-calling and we've got to stop looking at the next election. We've got to be focused on figuring out what we're doing for the next generation. Barack Obama generationscallingnames Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch, day by day. Barack Obama midstcallingsometimes 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 darknesscallingnames 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 callingcardssex What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its edge. But most won't even stand close to the blade. I'm one of those. We don't bend anything. Barbara Kingsolver knivescallingpeople 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 callinghelpingworld 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 leaguecallingfather You have to trust that if you are calling my name in a way that is offensive to me, I'm going to share it with you. But you also have to know what your feelings are behind calling me "bell." Bell Hooks callingnamesfeelings In Australia, everyone gets a nickname and people started calling me "Izzy" and I hated it so I just adopted Bella. Bella Heathcote australiacallingpeople All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held 'elections.' Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things. Benazir Bhutto differentcallingyears I don't go around every other day calling for governors to resign. I don't think I ever have. Bernie Sanders governorscallingthinking What we're calling 'presencing' is possible because of this womb, where the absolute and the manifest interact. I think a buddhist would say that presencing can arise to the extent that we develop the capacity, individually and collectively, to extend our conscious awareness in both domains. Betty Sue Flowers buddhistcallingthinking The beautiful thing about calling out to your Lord is that you don't always have to put your feelings into words Bilal Philips callingfeelingsbeautiful There is no higher calling or greater privilege known to man than being involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission. Bill Bright privilegecallingmen«1234567891011»
