{"quotes":[{"text":"Western farmers were individualists cheifly in their dreams.","author":"H.W. Brands","tags":["independence","job","self-image","vocation"],"id":311,"author_id":"H.W.+Brands"},{"text":"If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation.","author":"Edgar Rice Burroughs","tags":["fighting","pride","vocation"],"id":2259,"author_id":"Edgar+Rice+Burroughs"},{"text":"It is in the stormiest skies that eagles find their true calling.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["adversity","calling","eagle","matshona-dhliwayo","purpose-of-life","purpose","storm","storm","storms-of-life","vocation"],"id":2827,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":", “As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.","author":"Alexander the Great","tags":["job","vocation","work"],"id":7067,"author_id":"Alexander+the+Great"},{"text":"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["ambition","attitude","bills","business","busy","career","design","enjoyment","enjoyment-of-life","ethics","food","hard-labor","hard-work","humanity","hustle","hustler","idleness","intent","job","labor","laziness","life","lifestyle","living","make-a-living","making-money","means","money","money-making","peace","peace-of-mind","purpose","reason","relaxation","resources","responsibility","slavery","slothfulness","vacation","vanity","vocation","work","work-ethic","working"],"id":8123,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Knowledge (curriculum) and behavior (pedagogy) are embedded in everyone’s core beliefs about the nature of God, humanity, and the world.","author":"Abraham Kuyper","tags":["discipleship","teaching","vocation"],"id":14459,"author_id":"Abraham+Kuyper"},{"text":"Sam Rayburn on LBJ's recuperation from his heart attack: 'It would kill him if he relaxed.","author":"Robert A. Caro","tags":["idolatry","job","leisure","relaxation","vocation"],"id":15351,"author_id":"Robert+A.+Caro"},{"text":"...Young people know very little about themselves and their abilities. When the day comes on which they discover their real strong points and their weaknesses, it is often to late. They have usually been drawn into the current of a particular vocation, and have given too much energy to the preparation for a specific achievement to change the whole life-plan once more. The entire scheme of education gives to the individual little chance to find himself.","author":"Hugo Munsterberg","tags":["career","education","self-knowledge","vocation"],"id":19871,"author_id":"Hugo+Munsterberg"},{"text":"It’s natural that self-discovery is a lifelong, ever-shifting process, and that what you are drawn to will likely change at various points in your life.","author":"Dave Shepp","tags":["self-discovery","vocation"],"id":20795,"author_id":"Dave+Shepp"},{"text":"Many of us wake up at the age of 40 one day, dreading going to work because we were forced to pick a career before we could legally buy a beer.","author":"Dave Shepp","tags":["career","job","vocation"],"id":23586,"author_id":"Dave+Shepp"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":191,"pages":20,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}