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Definition of Vocation
Vocation

A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.

A calling by the will of God.

The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.

A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.

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Vocation Quotations

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
Mother Teresa

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
Mother Teresa

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
Honore de Balzac

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
Charles Dickens

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.
Viktor E. Frankl

Vocation Translations

vocation in Dutch is beroep
vocation in French is vocation
vocation in German is Berufung
vocation in Italian is appello
vocation in Swedish is kall, yrke

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