Peter Jennings Quotes

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

Many people find their calling very early in their lives. These are the kind of people we read about in school books and newspapers. Then there are some who don't have a clue of what they want to do in their lives; I am belong to the latter category.

When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.

I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.

People with the strongest and healthiest sense of calling are not obsessed with their calling. They are preoccupied with the Caller.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

I think people tend to fall into their careers sometimes, and maybe that's a lucky path to follow because you actually end up doing your purpose.

Not a great deal is known about the factors in childhood that doubtless underlie a person's choice of career - I'm talking now about a career to which one is passionately committed, in contradistinction to a career chosen merely as a means of earning a living.

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

Football was not what I was put on this planet to do.

After a few years, I understood that this is what I was meant to do.

I'm not ready to decide if modeling is what I want to do with my life.

One of the biggest questions that we hear from young graduates is, 'I'm not even sure where to start because I'm not quite sure who I want to be yet.'

You definitely have to find your passion in life, and then put together a plan to figure out a way to fulfill that.

I was 19 or 20 when I was confused whether to take up films as a career. At that juncture, I enrolled in an acting workshop and then eventually realised I was destined to be in films.

You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be so pointless.

It took me a long time to find out that I was born to be an actor. It was the last thing on my list, although my list was very small. I didn't know what to do. But kids weren't supposed to know what to do back then; we were all cute and we'd find out what we'd do later in life.

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

I think that most people will spend their whole life not figuring out what they're meant to do, or figuring out what they're meant to do on their way to do something else. So I just feel lucky that I know what I love to do. Everything else figures itself out.

My boyfriend thinks I lost my true calling to be a librarian.

You dream what you're supposed to do.

Discovering your purpose doesn't have to be complicated. Look at what you do and why you do it. Is it to support your family? That's your purpose. Is it to make a difference in your customer's life? That's your purpose.