Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

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.

I had these false ambitions - marketing and MBA. I didn't do very badly at it, but I realised my calling was something else.

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.

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

For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person.

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to do.

I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career.

I've always had a hunger for realizing myself through my career.

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

I had no idea what I wanted to be when I was 17. I just knew I wanted to be something larger than myself.

I have a really wide range of interests and I've still got time to work out my exact direction.

Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me.

I took a long time after 'Curious' to find something I really wanted to do.

A less-than dream job can help you find your dreams.

Set yourself earnestly to discover what you are made to do, and then give yourself passionately to the doing of it.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the woman I wanted to become.

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

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.

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

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

You dream what you're supposed to do.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.