Unnoticed Efforts Quotes

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

To keep the ball rolling I asked Marlow if this Powell was remarkable in any way. “He was not exactly remarkable,” Marlow answered with his usual nonchalance. “In a general way it’s very difficult to become remarkable. People won’t take sufficient notice of one, don’t you know.”

It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance.

I find that the more I begin to look around, I see so much good that people do that goes unnoticed. So many wonderful things.

As screenwriters, we struggle with our own success. We have wallpapered our world and now we can't get anyone to notice the picture we just hung.

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don't really think about it.

The great victory, which appears so simple today, was the result of a series of small victories that went unnoticed

There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown.

People talk about players who should get more attention, but things like that have never bothered me. If I just play my game, walk out the back door without anybody seeing me, I'm fine with that.

Awards that ignore me are losers.

I swear I could write a book about all the things no one has ever thanked me for.

The real work of planet-saving will be small, humble, and humbling, and (insofar as it involves love) pleasing and rewarding. Its jobs will be too many to count, too many to report, too many to be publicly noticed or rewarded, too small to make anyone rich or famous.

Growing up in Vermont, no matter what I did, I didn't get much recognition.