P. T. Barnum Quotes

Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness

It's almost a blessing when we meet people who naturally want to do the sort of things that are in high demand in society. What a gift to do that, as opposed to other people who would say, 'I want to be a novelist but actually I have to be an accountant.'

When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.

I believe I was put on this planet to act, and it's given me huge fulfilment. I feel I've realised my destiny, and I've had a very, very good time doing it.

I've never felt that acting was my vocation - never had that tortured thing. I love acting, but it doesn't feed my soul.

Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.

I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.

Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.

I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum.

There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting.

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.

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.

Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right.

Real success is not, like, materialistic. It's being where you want to be when you want to be; just living your life how you feel; having an ultimate goal and being able to accomplish it.

I am one of the lucky people in the world: I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.

A calling is the place where your gifts, abilities, desires, and feelings of worth all meet. When you follow your calling, you feel at home, at peace - you feel as though you're where you're meant to be.

The only durable sense of success is if you've followed your calling.

To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

With theatre, I found that one thing that I am good at and it gave me so much confidence. I feel like I have found my calling and that's how films happened to me as well.

II'm quite a successful musician, but I'm not sure if it's my vocation.

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.