A valiant deed unsung is no less valiant.

My hour at last has come; Yet not ingloriously or passively I die, but first will do some valiant deed, Of which mankind shall…

— Homer

I was going to say that Mark Gattis is an unsung TV hero - but he's beginning to be sung like he should be.

— Alexander Armstrong

The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers.

— Andrew Young

“Better an unsung hero than a fallen star.”

— Tapan Ghosh

Mary Anning [is] probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology.

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Better an unsung HERO than the source of envy.”

— Haresh Sippy

Carers are important. They are the unsung heroes.

— Aaron Pedersen

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

— Billy Graham

Unsung, the noblest deed will die.

— Pindar

“Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of being remembered…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is.

— George Carlin

I have lots of heroes and heroines, mostly unsung and including my husband.

— Mary Beard

There are so many unsung heroes in communities across America who demonstrate unconditional love and support by taking on the responsibility of fostering and…

— Leigh Anne Tuohy

The best picture has not yet been painted; the greatest poem is still unsung; the mightiest novel remains to be written; the divinest music…

— Lincoln Steffens

Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes

— Harvey Pekar