Quotes & Sayings About Unappreciated Efforts

In my room, in the dark, I understood what I never had before, what no one else seemed to. I understood how a boy could go into the woods with a bullet and a gun and not come out. That there was no conspiracy, no evil influences or secret rituals; that sometimes there was only pain and the need to make it stop. — Robin Wasserman

For some reason all the middle-aged women he knew were very efficient. — Haruki Murakami

Josh was ordinary. But ordinary teens did not find themselves in the middle of a battle between two incredibly ancient magicians. — Michael Scott

Sophia was asked to speak to the students of a local medical school.
"Sophia, what do we need to be better doctors?" the students asked.
"Doctors," Sophia said, "need strong stomachs and strong powers of observation." Then she opened a canister. The putrid smell quickly moved through the classroom. Sophia stuck a finger in the jar, pulled it up, and then licked it. She passed the jar around encouraging each doctor in training to do the same. Each did, and though many felt nauseas, no one got sick.
"You all have very strong stomachs," she said. "But your powers of observation need some work."
"What do you mean?" they asked. "We did just what you did."
"There is one difference," she replied. "The finger I dipped in the jar was not the finger I licked. — David W. Jones

The entire cosmos is one vast burning bush, permeated by the fire of the divine power and glory — Kallistos Ware

A QUESTION OF VISION. From the sun's seat, after all, humanity is an abstraction. — Lauren Groff