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81 " Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. "
82 " God, Himself, wrote the 10 into stone with his own finger. He told the epic of mankind, our origins and our future, in a book. For me, there is no more noble a cause and no more honorable a vocation than to say, like Him, I am a writer. "
― Gerard de Marigny , Signs of War (Cris De Niro, #2)
83 " War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed. "
84 " Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus. "
85 " You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy. "
86 " Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. I am glad to believe that the majority of persons do find their right vocation. "
87 " The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved. "
― Emma Goldman , Anarchism and Other Essays
88 " The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious. "
89 " Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us, is meant for everyone. It is our vocation to bring it to as many people as possible. "
90 " The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. "
― George Sand
91 " Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good. "
92 " Fortunately, we Argentines have decided to change. We believe politics needs to be led by public servants with a vocation to give and construct. "
93 " Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. "
94 " The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost. "