List of mottos

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"America works" (motto of the Export-Import Bank of the United States

This is a list of mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.

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[edit] Organizations

[edit] National Mottos

[edit] Cultural, philanthropic & scientific

[edit] Public service & youth service

[edit] Police & public safety

[edit] Sport & competition

[edit] Politics

[edit] Heritage & historical

[edit] Religion

[edit] Business

[edit] Dynasties

[edit] Medical

[edit] Other

  • Billie Joe Armstrong: School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect; nobody's perfect, so why practice?
  • Albus Dumbledore: Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one can only remember to turn on the light.
  • International Thespian Society: Act well your part. There all the honor lies.
  • Linux Foundation: Open your source, Open your mind.
  • The Boondock Saints: Aequitas et Veritas, alternately Veritas et Aequitas, Latin for "Truth and Justice" or "Honesty and Equality." Connor MacManus has "Veritas" tattooed on his left hand, while Murphy MacManus has "Aequitas" tattooed on his right hand.
  • The Red Green Show: Quando omni flunkus moritati, Pseudo-Latin for "When all else fails, play dead."

[edit] Military & governmental

Main article: List of Military Unit Mottoes by Country
  • Apollo 13: Ex luna, scientia (from the Moon, knowledge),
  • British Special Air Service: Who Dares Wins.
  • Indian Army - Naam, Namak, Nishan ; Jai Hind
  • Indian Army Medical Corps - Sarve Santu Niramaya (everyone should remain healthy, good Health for all)
  • National Security Agency (NSA): Anything is possible, the impossible just takes longer.
  • Ontario Regiment of Canada - Canadian Armed Forces Armoured Reserve Regiment: Fidelus Paradus (Faithful and Prepared)
  • Pakistan Army: Iman, Taqwa, Jihad Fi Sabil-illah, Men at their Best. (Faith, Piety, Struggle in the way of Almighty Allah, Men at their Best)
  • United States Marine Corps (USMC): Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)
  • United States Military Academy: "Duty, Honor, Country"
  • US Air Force Pararescue: That Others May Live.

[edit] Municipalities

  • Aberdeen: Bon Accord
  • Adelaide: Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti (United for the common good)
  • Amersham: Res Gestae Res Futurae (Things Past, Things Future)
  • Amsterdam: Valor, Resolution, and Mercy
  • Arbroath: Propter libertatem
  • Ashford: With Stronger Faith
  • Austin, Texas: Keep Austin Weird
  • Aylesbury Vale: Concordia Prorsum (Forward In Harmony)
  • Ballyclare: Industria et Probitate (By Work and Integrity)
  • Baltimore: Believe
  • Bandung: Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti (rich soil, prosperous people)
  • Banyumas: Rarasing Rasa Wiwaraning Praja, a Javanese sengkala, referring to the year of 1966, also means "people's harmonious feeling for entering a gate of prosperity"
  • Belfast: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (What shall we give in return for so much)
  • Blacktown: Progress
  • Blyth Valley: We Grow by Industry
  • Boston: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (God be with us as He was with our fathers)
  • Bournemouth: Pulchritudo et salubritas (beauty and health)
  • Braemar: Mak Siccar (Scots: Make sure)
  • Brentwood, Essex: Ardens Fide (Latin: burning with faith)
  • Brisbane: Meliora sequimur (We aim for better things)
  • Brooklyn: Eendraght Maeckt Maght (In Unity, There is Strength)
  • Burnley: Hold To The Truth
  • Bristol: Virtue et Industria (virtue and hard work)
  • Carlisle: Be just and fear not
  • Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart
  • Cheltenham: Salubritas et Eruditio (Health and Education)
  • Chesham: Serve One Another
  • Cheshire: jure et dignitate gladii (by the law and dignity of the sword)
  • Chicago, Illinois: Urbs In Horto (City in a Garden)
  • Chiltern: Freely We Serve
  • Christchurch, Dorset: Where time is pleasant
  • Clackmannanshire: Leuk aboot ye (Scots)
  • Clydebank: Labore et Scientia (By Work and by Knowledge)
  • Cork: Statio Bene Fida Carinis (A Safe Harbour For Ships)
  • Crewe and Nantwich: Semper Progrediamur (Let us always go forward)
  • Croydon: Ad Summa Nitamur (Let us strive after perfection)
  • Darlington: Optima Petamus (Let us seek the best)
  • Darwin, Northern_Territory: Progrediamur (Let us go Forward)
  • Detroit, Michigan: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (We hope for better things, it will rise from the ashes)
  • Dingwall: Salve corona
  • Douglas, Isle of Man: Kiannoortys cheus thie jeh Kiannoortys (Manx: Government within a Government)
  • Dublin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Happy the city where citizens obey)
  • Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the Harbour to the Mountain)
  • Duns: Duns Dings Aw (Scots)
  • East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
  • Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus frustra (Except the Lord [keep the city, the watchman waketh] in vain. Psalm 127)
  • Exeter: Semper fidelis
  • Falkirk: Touch Ane, Touch Aw - Better meddle wi the Deil than the bairns o Falkirk (Scots)
  • Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
  • Frankfurt: Stark im Recht (German: Strongly right)
  • Galashiels: Soor Ploums (Scots)
  • Gateshead: In Unity, Progress
  • Gdańsk: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly)
  • Gdynia: Gdynia - miasto z morza i marzeń (Polish: Gdynia - a city built of sea and dreams)
  • Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
  • Gloucester: Fides invicta triumphat (Unconquered faith triumphs)
  • Grand Rapids: Motu Viget
  • Hagley: Let Darkness Stay Below
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea)
  • Harwich: Omnia Bona Bonis (To the good all things are good)
  • Ironton, Ohio: Gateway to Southern Ohio!
  • Irvine, North Ayrshire: Tandem bona causa triumphat (The good cause triumphs in the end)
  • Jedburgh: Strenue et Prospere (With vigour and success)
  • Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada: Salus et Opes (Health and Abundance)
  • Karawang: Pangkal Perjuangan (struggle starting point)
  • Kelso: Dae Richt - Fear Nocht (Scots)
  • Kendal: Pannus mihi panis (wool is my bread)
  • Kinross: Siccar (Scots: Sure)
  • Kolkatta ( Calcutta ) :Purosree Bibardhan (Bengali: Progress of the city)
  • Lambeth: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
  • Leeds: Pro Rege et Lege (For King and Law)
  • Leicester: Semper Eadem (always the same)
  • Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
  • Lichfield: Salve, magna parens (Hail great Mother)
  • Limerick: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (an ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
  • Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (I will arise from the fire)
  • Liverpool: Not For Ourselves, But For The Whole World
  • Łódź: Ex navicula navis (Big boat out of a small one)
  • City of London: Domine dirige nos (Lord direct us)
  • Londonderry/Derry: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Life, Truth, Victory)
  • Mablethorpe: Amoeniora Litora Nostra (Our shores are more delightful)
  • Marseille: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
  • Melbourne: Vires acquirit eundo (we gather strength as we go)
  • Merton: Stand Fast In Honour And Strength
  • Middlesbrough: Erimus (We shall be)
  • Milton Keynes: By Knowledge Design And Understanding
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota: En Avant (Forward)
  • Montreal: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony)
  • Mumbai: Yato Dharmastato Jaya (यतो धर्मस्ततो जय) (Sanskrit: Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory). Also pre-independence moto: Urbs Primis in Indis (India's first city)
  • Nelson, New Zealand: Palmam qui meruit ferat (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
  • New Forest: Old Yet Ever New
  • Newport: Terra Marique (By land and sea)
  • Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Semper Ascendens (always ascending)
  • Norwich: Do different
  • Northwich: Sal est vita (Salt is life)
  • Oldham: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
  • Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
  • Oxford: Fortis est veritas (Truth is strong)
  • Palm Bay: A Perfect Place to Grow
  • Paris: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
  • Penwith: Kensa ha Dewetha (Cornish: First and Last)
  • Peterborough: Upon This Rock
  • Philadelphia: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue)
  • Plymouth: Turris fortissima est nomen Jehovah (the name of Jehovah is the strongest tower)
  • Pontefract: Post Mortem Patris pro Filio (Held after the death of the Father for the Son)
  • Port Glasgow: Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
  • Portsmouth: Heaven's Light Our Guide
  • Provo, Utah: America's Most Liveable City
  • Quebec City, Quebec: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put God's gift to good use)
  • Redbridge: In Unity Progress
  • Regina: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish)
  • Restormel: Ro An Mor Hag An Tyr (Cornish: From the sea and from the land)
  • Richmond, Virginia: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Such is the way to the Stars)
  • Romsey: Quae Recta Tene
  • Rosehearty: Tyauve awa Rosehearty (Scots)
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Quam Bonum In Unum Habitare (What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)
  • Rugby, Warwickshire: Floreat Rugbeia Major (May Greater Rugby Flourish)
  • Rushmoor: Strength in Unity
  • Saint John, New Brunswick: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (O Fortunate Ones Whose Walls Are Now Rising/O Happy They, Whose Promised Walls Already Rise)
  • San Francisco: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Gold in Peace, Iron in War)
  • São Paulo: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead)
  • Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
  • Sheffield: Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit (With God's help our labour is successful)
  • Shoreditch: More Light, More Power
  • South Buckinghamshire: Consilio Et Animis (By wisdom and courage)
  • South Cambridgeshire: Niet Zonder Arbyt (Dutch: Nothing without work)
  • Southend-on-Sea: Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (By the Sea and By the Church)
  • Spelthorne: Ad Solem Prospicimus (We shall look forward to the day)
  • St Andrews: Dum spiro spero (While I Breathe I Hope)
  • Sutton: Per ardua in fide servite Deo (through difficulties serve God in faith)
  • Sydney: I take but I surrender
  • Test Valley: Deo Teste Valeamus (With God as our witness, let us be strong)
  • Thurrock: Secundum Tamesim Quovis Gentium (By the Thames to all peoples of the World)
  • Thurso: Wark tae God (Scots)
  • Torbay: Salus Et Felicitas (Health and happiness)
  • Toronto: Diversity Our Strength
  • Tunbridge Wells: Do Well Doubt Not
  • Waltham Abbey: Sanctae Nomine Crucis (by the name of the Holy Cross)
  • Waltham Forest: Fellowship Is Life
  • Warsaw: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms), Semper invicta (Always invincible)
  • Waterford: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Waterford remains the untaken city)
  • West Wiltshire: Know Thy Contree
  • Westminster: Custodi Civitatem Domine (Guard the City, O Lord)
  • Wigan: Ancient and Loyal
  • Winnipeg, Manitoba: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of a Host)
  • Wolverhampton: Out of darkness, cometh light
  • Valletta: Citta Umilissima (The most humble city)
  • Żebbuġ, Malta: Semper Virens (Evergreen)

[edit] British counties

[edit] Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London

[edit] Educational institutions

[edit] References

  1. ^ intifada.com
  2. ^ http://mercuryhealthcareintl.com
  3. ^ http://www.service.gatech.edu/
  4. ^ Welcome to Pukekohe High School Online | New Zealand
  5. ^ http://www.lib.rpi.edu/Archives/gallery/symbols/rpi_seal.html
  6. ^ http://www.rpi.edu/change/index.html
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