Aiden Wilson Tozer Quotes

Work to me is a sacred thing.

The true minister is in his pulpit not because he has chosen that profession as an easy means of livelihood, but because he could not help it, because he has obeyed an imperious summons that will not be denied.

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality.

I'm very lucky that I love what I do. I've never thought of it as work. I've never done it for the money.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

I think my writing is part of my ministry.

I was very serious about being a priest, twice in my life. Almost joined the Montfort Seminary after I graduated from high school. Almost went back in the seminary during college.

The work is a calling. It demands that type of obsession.

My mother is a pastor. I think she has her moments where she's like, 'Dani, what are you getting into,' but at the end of the day, she really supports me as an actor.

As long as God gives me the strength to still minister and create, I'll do it.

The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted.

I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do.

A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.

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

I wanted passionately to be a priest.

From my youngest days, I always felt certain affinities with the idea of being a preacher.

I wasn't cast to play the part of a paranormal investigator, like maybe some other shows out there. I believe it, and it's my passion, and this is what I'm here to do in this life. I love it. It was just meant to be for me. It's what I'm doing. This was my purpose.

I always say to young fellows who consult me about the ministry, "Don't be a minister if you can help it," because if the man can help it, God never called him. But if he cannot help it, and he must preach or die, then he is the man.

Think of your work life therefore, not as separate from your spiritual life but as central to your spiritual life. Whatever your business, it is your ministry.

We ought to recognise the profound gulf between the work to which we are 'called' and the work we are forced into as a means of livelihood.

The honest answer is more complex. On some level I was sent. Or inspired. Or called. But my calling, such as it was, wasn't a single booming invitation from above (really, is it ever?).

Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices.

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?

Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.

There is a sacredness in tears