The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Smith states that loving the hard work is the key to a true calling.
- In plain terms
- You know your vocation by how much you love the boring parts.
- What can you take from it?
- Passion includes enduring the difficult aspects of work.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you love your work?
- What hard task do you enjoy?
Another view
Some vocations require little drudgery.
More from Logan Pearsall Smith
What music is more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?
Permalink to quote #4 It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.
Permalink to quote #6 I cannot forgive my friends for dying; I do not find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.
Permalink to quote #3
Related quotes
My drug of choice is historical research.
E. Lee SpenceE. Lee Spence quote #2 I've never considered playing music to have anything to do with being 'professional'.
Aaron NorthAaron North quote #6 I love what I do and I don't want to stop - This is all I've ever wanted.
Kirsten DunstKirsten Dunst quote #10