#calling

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#calling #destroy #find #him #i

No one's calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#i #lawyer #lot #me #myself

Faith is the response to something which is calling us from the timeless part of our reality. ↗

— Sydney Carter

#faith #our #part #reality #response

For one thing is needful: that a human being should attain satisfaction with himself, whether it be by means of this or that poetry or art; only then is a human being at all tolerable to behold. Whoever is dissatisfied with himself is constantly ready for revenge, and we others will be his victims, if only by having to endure his ugly sight. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#creativity #nietzsche #vocation #art

Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing. But what about your true name? It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called. Ever wonder why? Your true name has the secret power to call you. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#call #calling #evoke #invoke #name

As is typical of this God [of Israel], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place. ↗

— Mark Galli

#freedom #god #freedom

May each of us remember this truth; 'one cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God.' Why? Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#god #mother #sacred-callings #sacred-responsibilities #love

The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy--angles leading their flocks out of the darkness. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#teachers #men

So you've got no name?" I asked. "They couldn't think of one ugly enough?" The creature snarled, stepping over the unconscious policeman. "Set animal is too hard to say," I decided. "I'll call you Leroy." Apparently, Leroy didn't like his name. He lunged. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#animals

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist. ↗

— Bill Budge

#always #any #artist #calling #himself