Benjamin Franklin Quotes

When you are called, you serve

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.

It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.

Politics for me is not Ambition but a Mission.

I am called to man's labour; why then do I make a difficulty if I am going out to do what I was born to do and what I was brought into the world for?

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make.

Calling can refer not only to ways of doing - meaning work - but also to ways of being.

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all.

As God has not made anything useless in this world, as all beings fulfill obligations or a role in the sublime drama of Creation, I cannot exempt from this duty, and small though it be, I too have a mission to fill, as for example: alleviating the sufferings of my fellowmen.

Work to me is a sacred thing.

Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work.

Work is the only meanin' I've ever known.

Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.

It's all in the day's work [C'est le métier].

Some men are born for the public. Nature by fitting them for the service on a broad scale, has stamped them with the evidence of her destination and their duty.

No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.

I know what my dharma is: I'm supposed to be an actor.

Everyone has a job to do; that's how I see it.

People look to me for guidance or responsibility. People put a lot of stuff on me as a symbol of something, which is nothing I opted into, but it's a responsibility I take seriously regardless.

Work's a way of life. It's the way you live; it's what you do, and it's how it is. It's not work. It's a lifestyle. It's life. It's what one does. You can't not work.

Obey your purpose above all else.

Everybody has a job to do and I'm no different.

I never really sought out the captaincy at any stage in my career. Now that it has been handed to me, I would obviously like to do it justice and keep performing well. The day I stop performing will be the day I happily relinquish the role.