Sentence examples for choice of vocation from inspiring English sources

I congratulate you on your admirable choice of vocation.

Nonetheless, he appeared tormented at times by his choice of vocation.

It was her father's choice of vocation for her, "not mine," she recalled.

People love to ask Bloomfield what it feels like to be one of the few famous female chefs, but her choice of vocation was more a practicality than a political statement.

Green was not the first historian to be influenced in his choice of vocation by an inspirational schoolteacher: in his case, Rolf Meyer of Churston Ferrers grammar school made a decisive impression.

Because of that, I never doubted my choice of vocation.

A rich cast of heroes (with a choice of vocations) and a logical battling system make this a hit.

Pregnancy and birth, the naming of a child, being initiated into the community sometimes called "puberty rites"—the choice of a vocation, the celebration of marriage, and the time of death are experienced as special events distinct from the routine happenings of secular life.

(KI 19, retired nursing manager, Gauteng) I think the number one thing [problem] is the issue of the values in nursing, which perhaps may be different for different people but generally nursing was perceived to be a vocation for many of us – not the only choice of career.

He describes his father (who was skeptical of his choice of a literary vocation) "giving me a Polonius, berating all my friends, warning me, adjuring me, doing everything short of damning me".

Registration rates of the participants before starting the study were akin to those of the general population 12 suggesting that choice of a caring vocation such as nursing does not necessarily equate with a greater degree of altruism with respect to organ donation.