“One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.” NeedsTalentAmbitionVocation Author:Jessye Norman
“Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.” ArtistBeautyTalentCreatorArtisticVocationArtistic Talent Author:Pope John Paul II
“Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.” FeelsWholeHumanityOrderActorsTalentPoetWasteMusicianObligationPainterArtisticPerceiveVocationNeighbourSculptors Author:Pope John Paul II
“Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation. These two, your talents and the needs of the world, are the great wake up calls to your true vocation in life... to ignore this, is in some sense, is to lose your soul.” WorldNeedsTwoSoulLyingLosesTalentCrossesWake UpYour SoulVocationWake Up Call Author:Aristotle
“I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.” IfsKnowsStillsEnoughDesireTalentCallingGood EnoughVocation Author:Chris Isaak
“Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.” MenWorldGivingWellsMightArtistMy OwnAbilityRaceTalentTypeHealthyDoctorsGive MeTrainLawyerTendenciesChiefsGuaranteesDozenAncestorThievesVocationInfantSelectBeggarMerchantsSpecialists Author:John B. Watson