List of mottos
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This list contains the mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.
Organizations
National mottos
Cultural, philanthropic and scientific
- Amsterdam Zoo: Natura Artis Magistra (Latin: Nature is the teacher of art)
- International Expositions: Semper Verum (Latin: Always true)
- Monarchist League of Canada: Fidelitate Coniuncti (Latin: Loyalty binds us)
- Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy): Limpia, fija y da Esplendor (Spanish: Cleans, fixes and gives shine)
- Royal Society: Nullius in verba (Latin: On the word of no one)
- South African Museum: Semper aliquid novi Africa affert (Latin: Africa is always producing some novelty)
- Swedish Academy: Snille och Smak (Swedish: Talent and taste)
Public service and youth service
- Air Training Corps: Venture, Adventure
- Army Cadet Force: To Inspire and achieve.
- Boy Scouts: Be Prepared
- Boys' Brigade: Sure and Stedfast (Old spelling)
- Brownies: Lend A Hand
- Civil Air Patrol: Semper Vigilans (Latin: Always vigilant)
- Cub Scouting Do Your Best
- Girlguiding UK: Be Prepared
- Girls' Brigade: Seek, serve and follow Christ
- Guides: Be Prepared
- National FFA Organization: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve
- New Zealand Air Training Corps: We Train to Serve
- St.John Ambulance:For the Faith and For the Service of Mankind
Police and public safety
- Carabineros de Chile: Spanish: Orden y Patria (Order and Fatherland)
- Chicago Police Department: We Serve and Protect
- Detroit Police Department: Making Detroit a Safer Place to Live, Work, and Visit
- Houston Police Department: Order through law, justice with mercy.
- Los Angeles Airport Police: Serving the Aviation Community
- Los Angeles Police Department: To Protect and to Serve
- Maine State Police: Latin: Semper Aequus (Always just)
- Metropolitan Police Service: Total Policing
- Minneapolis Police Department: To Protect with Courage, To Serve with Compassion
- New South Wales Police Force: Latin: Culpam Poena Premit Comes Punishment Follows Closely On Guilt.
- New York Police Department: Fidelis ad Mortem (Faithful unto death)
- Thames Valley Police: Latin: Sit pax in valle tamesis (Let there be peace in the Thames Valley)
- Trinity House: Latin: Trinitas in unitate (UnitThose Who Served)
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police: Protecting Those Who Serve
- Royal Malaysian Police: Tegas,Adil dan Berhemah ( Firm,Fair&Prudent )
Sport and competition
- AC Milan: Italian: il club più titolato al mondo (the most successful club) or Italian: Forza Milan (Strength to Milan / Go Milan)
- Adelaide Football Club: Latin: Natus ad magna gerenda (Born to great things)
- Arsenal F.C.: Latin: Victoria Concordia Crescit (Victory through harmony)
- Aston Villa: Prepared
- Carlton Football Club: Latin: Mens sana in corpore sano (Sound Mind in a Healthy Body)
- Chicago Fire SC: Tradition. Honor. Passion.
- Collingwood Football Club: Latin: Floreat pica (May the Magpie flourish)
- Colo Colo: Spanish: El equipo que ha sabido ser campeón (The team that had known to become champion)
- Chelsea Football Club: Keep The Blue Flag Flying High
- CR Flamengo: Portuguese: Uma vez Flamengo, sempre Flamengo. (Once Flamengo, always Flamengo)
- Everton Football Club: Latin: Nil satis nisi optimum (Only the best is good enough)
- Essendon Football Club: Latin: Suaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re (Gently in manner, resolutely in execution)
- F.C. Porto: A Vencer desde 1893 (Conquering since 1893)
- FC Barcelona: Catalan: Més que un club (More than a club) and Catalan: Tots units fem força (All together we are strong)
- Fédération Internationale des Échecs: Latin: Gens una sumus (We are one people)
- Feyenoord Rotterdam: Dutch: Geen woorden maar daden (No words but deeds)
- Footscray Football Club: Latin: Cede Nullius (Yield to none)
- Hawthorn Football Club: Latin: Spectemur agendo (Judged by our actions)
- International Practical Shooting Confederation: Latin: Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (Accuracy, power, speed)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo re (Will do, will fight, will win)
- Lazio S.S.: Latin: Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt (In harmony small things grew)
- Leeds United: Marching on Together
- Llanelli Wanderers RFC: Welsh: Cyfeillach trwy Grwydro (Friendship through wandering)
- Liverpool Football Club: You'll Never Walk Alone
- Manchester City F.C.: Latin: Superbia in Proelio (Pride in battle)
- North Melbourne Football Club: Latin: Victoria amat curam (Victory loves the care)
- Olympic Games: Latin: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, higher, stronger)
- Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion
- Port Adelaide Football Club: We Are Port Adelaide
- Queen's Park F.C.: Latin: Ludere Causa Ludendi (To play for the sake of playing)
- Rangers F.C: Ready
- Shrewsbury Town F.C: Latin: Floreat Salopia (May Shropshire flourish / Let Salop flourish)
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica: Latin: E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)
- Sporting Clube de Portugal: Portuguese: Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção, Glória (Effort, dedication, devotion, glory)
- St Kilda Football Club: Latin: Fortius quo fidelius (Strength through Loyalty)
- Stoke City: Vis Unita Fortior (Untied Strength is Stronger)
- Sunderland A.F.C.: Latin: Consectatio Excellentiae (In pursuit of excellence)
- Tabor Academy: Latin: Vincit Semper Veritas (Truth always conquers)
- Tottenham Hotspur: Latin: Audere est Facere (To dare is to do)
Politics
- Chechen Resistance: Ojal ya Marsho (Chechen: Freedom or death)
- Christian Democracy (Italy): Libertas
- ETA: Bietan jarrai (Basque: Keep up on both)
- La Francophonie: égalité, complémentarité, solidarité (equality, complementarity, and solidarity).
- Liberal Party of the Philippines: Noon at Ngayon, Liberal Marangal (Past and present, honorable Liberal)
- Muslim Brotherhood: Allah Akbar, Wa Lellah Al Hamd (God is greater, thanks to God)
- Nacionalista Party: Ang Bayan Higit sa Lahat (The nation above all)
- Palestinian Intifada[disambiguation needed]: Justice, Freedom and Peace.[1]
- Socialistisk Folkeparti: Det ku' være så godt (Danish: It could be so good)
- Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League: One God! One Aim! One Destiny!
- Women's Institute: For Home and Country
- Women's Social and Political Union: Deeds not words
- Zapatista Army of National Liberation: Ya Basta!
Heritage and historical
- Daughters of the American Revolution: God, Home, and Country
- United Daughters of the Confederacy: Love, Live, Pray, Think, Dare
Religion
- Ahmadiyya Community: Love for All Hatred for None
- Benedictine Order: Latin: ora et labora (pray and work)
- Carmelite Order: Latin: zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum (I am aflame with zeal for the Lord God of Hosts)
- Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen: Latin: In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (In need unity, in doubt liberty, in everything charity)
- Dominican Order: Latin: Veritas (Truth), Latin: Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare (Praise, bless, preach)
- K.A.V. Lovania Leuven: Latin: Semper Excelsius (Always do your best); German: Der Geist lebt in uns allen (The Spirit lives in us all)
- Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya: A Nation cannot be reformed without the reformation of its youth
- Knights Hospitaller: Latin: Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum (Support the faithful and serve the poor)
- Knights Templar: Latin: Non nobis Domine, non nobis; sed Nomini tuo da gloriam (Not to us, Lord, not to us ; but your name give glory)
- Lajna Imaillah: No nation can progress without educating their women
- Philippine Independent Church: Latin: Pro Deo Et Patria (For God and country)
- Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: Latin: opus iustitiae pax (peace is the fruit of justice)
- Pontificate of Pope Francis: Latin: Miserando Atque Eligendo (by having mercy and by choosing)
- Salvation Army: Blood and Fire
- Society of Jesus: Latin: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God)
- United Methodist Church: Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors
Business
- ABC Supply Company: Make It Easy
- Accenture: High Performance, Delivered
- Adidas: Impossible is nothing
- Airtel: Express Yourself
- Apple Inc.: Think Different
- Asda: Asda Price
- AT&T: Rethink Possible
- Audi: Vorsprung durch Technik (Literally: Advantage through technology, Figuratively: The technical edge)
- BBC: Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
- BMW: Sheer Driving Pleasure
- Burger King: Have It Your Way
- CACI: Always Vigilant
- Canon: Delighting you always
- Casio: Creativity and Contribution
- Chevrolet: Chevy runs deep
- Dell: The power to do more
- Electrolux: Thinking of you
- EMC: Where information lives
- Fujitsu: The possibilities are infinite
- Fubu: For us by us
- Google: Don't be evil (formerly:Search, Ads and Apps)
- GE: Imagination at Work
- Harrods: Omnia Omnibus Ubique (All Things, For All People, Everywhere)
- Hitachi: Inspire the Next
- Honda: The Power of Dreams
- IBM: Think
- IdentLogic Systems: Ille qui meritus est praemium habeat (Latin: Let him who has earned it bear the reward)
- Intel: Leap ahead/Sponsors of Tomorrow
- Infosys: Win in the flat world
- Kalypso: Delivering on the promise of innovation
- KFC: So Good (was Finger Lickin' Good)
- Lexus: The Pursuit of Perfection
- LG: Life's Good.
- L'Oreal: Parce que je le vaux bien. (Because I'm worth it)
- Mazda: Zoom Zoom
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Latin: Ars Gratia Artis (Art for art's sake)
- Mercedes-Benz: The best or nothing
- McDonald's: I'm lovin' It
- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today?
- Morrisons: More Reasons to Shop at Morrisons
- Motorola: Hellomoto
- MSI: Innovation with style
- Nike: Just do It
- Nikon: At the heart of the image
- Nissan: Shift the way you move
- Nokia: Connecting People
- Nutella: Italian: Che mondo sarebbe senza nutella (What would the world be like without Nutella)
- Panasonic: Ideas for life
- Pony: Let's get it on
- Red Rooster: It's gotta be red
- Royal Mail Lines: Latin: Per mare ubique (Everywhere by sea)
- Safeway: Ingredients for life
- Samsung: Everyone's invited
- Subway: Eat Fresh
- Sony: Make. Believe
- Sony PlayStation: Live in Your World, Play in Ours
- TCS: Experience certainty
- Tesco: Every Little Helps
- Toshiba: Leading Innovation
- Toyota: Let's Go Places
- Walmart: Save Money. Live Better
- Xbox 360: Jump In
Dynasties
- British monarchy: Dieu Et Mon Droit: (French: God and my right / God and my right shall me defend)
- House of Savoy: FERT
- Rothschild family: Concordia, Integritas, Industria (Latin: Unity, integrity, diligence)
Medical
- American Board of Ophthalmology: Ex Obscuris Lux (Latin: From darkness, light)
- Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: In somno securitas (Latin: In sleep there is safety)
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland: omnes ab omnibus discamus (Latin: Let us learn all things from everybody)
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Corpus curare spiritumque (Latin: To care for the body and its breath of life)
- Australian College of Pharmacy: Education for Practice and Management
- Canadian Association of General Surgeons: Sapientia Manaque Apta (Latin: Wisdom and a skillful hand)
- Canadian Orthopaedic Association: Pietate, Arte et Scientia Corrigere (Latin: With compassion, skill and knowledge we correct, straighten or set right)
- Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India. Mens sana in corpora sano (Latin: Healthy mind in a healthy body)
- Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons: Vincat Scientia Morbos (Latin: Let knowledge conquer disease)
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Excellence in women's health
- Royal College of Anaesthetists: Divinum sedare dolorem (Latin: It is divine to alleviate pain / Divine is the effort to conquer pain)
- Royal College of General Practitioners: Cum Scientia Caritas (Latin: Scientific knowledge applied with compassion)
- Royal College of Midwives: Vita donum Dei (Latin: Life is the gift of God)
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Super Ardua (Latin: Let us overcome our difficulties)
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Ut Omnes Videant (Latin: So that all may see)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: Hereditas Domini filii (Latin: Children are a heritage from the Lord)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists: Let Wisdom Guide
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: Consilio Manuque (Latin: Scholarship and dexterity)
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Habenda ratio valetudinis (Latin: We must pay attention to our health)
- Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course: Safiri Salama (Swahili: Travel safely)
- ZAKA: Hessed Shel Emet (True kindness)
Other
- 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: Truth and justice / Honesty and equality)
- The Red Green Show: Quando omni flunkus moritati (Pseudo-Latin When all else fails, play dead)
Military and governmental
- Irish Army Cavalry Corps: Through the mud and blood to the green fields beyond
- Apollo 13: Ex luna, scientia (Latin: From the Moon, knowledge)
- British Special Air Service: Who Dares Wins
- Indian Army: Naam, Namak, Nishan (Be honourable, true to your salt, and uphold the flag)
- 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 (Latin: 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)
- Philippine National Police: We Serve and Protect
- Royal Air Force (United Kingdom): Per Ardua Ad Astra (Latin: Through adversity to the stars)
- Royal Marines (United Kingdom): Per Mare, Per Terram (Latin: By sea, by land)
- Household Division (United Kingdom): Septem Juncta in Uno (Latin: Seven joined in one)
- United States Marine Corps (USMC): Semper Fidelis (Latin: Always faithful)
- United States Military Academy: Duty, Honor, Country
- US Air Force Pararescue: So That Others May Live
- United States Army: This We'll Defend
Orders and decorations
Canada
- Order of Canada: Desiderantes Melioram Patriam (Latin: They desired a better land)
- Order of Military Merit (Canada): Officio ante Commodum (Latin: Service before self)
Europe
- Legion of Honour (France): Honneur et Patrie (French: Honour and Fatherland)
- Order of Charles III (Spain): Virtuti et Merito (Latin: By virtue and merit)
- Order of the Crown (Belgium): Travail et Progrès (French: Work and Progress)
- Order of the Cross of Liberty (Finland): Isänmaan Puolesta (Finnish: For the Fatherland)
- Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark): Gud og Kungen (Danish: God and the King)
- Order of the Elephant (Denmark): Magnanimi Pretium (Latin: The prize of greatness)
- Order of the Golden Fleece (Spanish version): Ante ferit quam flamma micet (Latin: Strike before they see the flame)
- Order of the House of Orange (Netherlands): Je Maintiendrai (French: I will maintain)
- Order of Leopold (Belgium): L'Union Fait La Force (French: Union makes strength)
- Order of Leopold II (Belgium): L'Union Fait La Force (French: Union makes strength)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland (Russia): Polza, chest i slava ([Benefit, honour and glory] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help))
- Order of the Netherlands Lion: Virtus Nobilitat (Latin: Power ennobles)
- Order of Orange-Nassau: Je Maintiendrai (French: I will maintain)
- Order of the Polar Star (Sweden): Nescit Occasum (Latin: It knows no decline)
- Order of Saint Andrew (Russia): Za Veru i Vernost ([For faith and loyalty] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help))
- Order of St. George (Russia): Za Sluzhbu i Khrabrost ([For service and bravery] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help))
- Order of St. Olav (Norway): Ret og Sandhed (Norwegian: Justice and truth)
- Order of the Seraphim (Sweden): Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin: Jesus, saviour of men)
- Order of the Star of Romania: In Fide Salus (Latin: In Faith is the Salvation)
- Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal): Valor, Lealdade e Mérito (Portuguese: Valour, Loyalty and Merit)
- Order of the White Eagle (Poland): Za Ojczyznę i Naród (Polish: For Fatherland and Nation)
- Order of the White Lion (Czech Republic): Pravda Vítězí (Czech: Truth Prevails)
- Order of the White Rose of Finland: Isänmaan hyväksi (Finnish: For the Well-Being of the Fatherland)
Holy See
- Order of Pius IX: Virtuti et Merito (Latin: By virtue and merit)
- Order of St. Gregory the Great: Pro Deo et Principe (Latin: For God and Prince)
- Order of St. Sylvester: Multum in Parvo (Latin: Much in a small space)
United Kingdom
- George Cross: For Gallantry[2]
- Order of the Bath: Tria Juncta In Uno (Latin: Three joined in one)[2]
- Order of the Garter: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (French: Shame be to him who thinks evil of it)[2]
- Order of Merit: For Merit[2]
- Order of St Michael and St George: Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Latin: Hope of a better age)[2]
- Order of the Thistle: Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (Latin: No-one injures me with impunity)[2]
- Royal Victorian Order: Victoria[2]
- Victoria Cross: For Valour[2]
Municipalities
Australia
New South Wales
Northern Territory
- Darwin, Northern Territory: Progrediamur (Latin: Let us go forward)
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Canada
British Columbia
Manitoba
- Winnipeg, Manitoba: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (Latin: One with the strength of a host)
New Brunswick
- Saint John: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (Latin: O fortunate ones whose walls are now rising / O happy they, whose promised walls already rise)
Nova Scotia
Ontario
- Hamilton: Together Aspire, Together Achieve
- Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
- Toronto: Diversity Our Strength
- Sarnia: Sarnia Semper (Latin: Sarnia Always)
Quebec
- Montreal: Concordia Salus (Latin: Salvation through harmony)
- Province of Quebec: Je me souviens (French: I remember)
- Quebec City, Quebec: Don de Dieu feray valoir (French: I shall put God's gift to good use)
Saskatchewan
Europe
- Amsterdam: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Dutch: Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)
- Bordeaux: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem (Latin: The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion)
- Brescia: Brixia fidelis (Latin: Brescia faithful)
- Douglas: Kiannoortys cheusthie jeh Kiannoortys (Manx: Government within a government)
- Frankfurt: Stark im Recht (German: Strong in justice)
- Gdańsk: Nec temere, nec timide (Latin: Neither rashly nor timidly)
- Gdynia: Gdynia—miasto z morza i marzeń (Polish: Gdynia—a city built of sea and dreams)
- Genoa: Libertas (Latin: Liberty)
- Kaunas: Diligite justitiam qui judicatis terram (Latin: Love justice, landlords)
- Łódź: Ex navicula navis (Latin: Big boat out of a small one)
- Marseille: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (Latin: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
- Nancy, France: Non inultus premor (Latin: I'm not touched with impunity)
- Nantes: Favet Neptunus Eunti (Latin: Neptune favours the traveller)
- Nice: Nicaea Civitas (Latin: City of Nice)
- Oporto, Portugal: Antiga, mui nobre e sempre leal, Invicta cidade do Porto (Portuguese: Antique, highly noble, always faithful, unvanquished Oporto City)
- Paris: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
- Prague: Praga caput rei publicae (Latin: Prague, head of the republic). Formerly: Praga caput regnum (Prague, head of the kingdom)
- Rotterdam: Sterker door strijd (Dutch: Stronger by struggle)
- Seville: No me ha dejado (written NO8DO) (Spanish: It [Seville] has not abandoned me)
- Sofia: Raste, no ne staree (Bulgarian: Grows, but does not age)
- The Hague: Vrede en recht (Dutch: Peace and Justice)
- Toulon: Concordia parva crescunt (Latin: Small things increase by concord)
- Valletta: Città Umilissima (Italian: The most humble city)
- Vilnius: Unitas, Justitia, Spes (Latin: Unity, justice, hope)
- Warsaw: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms), Semper invicta (Latin: Always invincible)
- Żebbuġ, Malta: Semper Virens (Latin: Evergreen)
Indonesia
- Jakarta: Jaya Raya (Victory and glorious)
- Bandung: Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti (rich soil, prosperous people)
- Rarasing Rasa Wiwaraning Praja, a Javanese sengkala, (referring to the year of 1966), people's harmonious feeling for entering a gate of prosperity
- Karawang: Pangkal Perjuangan (Struggle starting point)
India
- Kolkatta (Calcutta): Purosree Bibardhan (Bengali: Progress of the city)
- Mumbai: Yato Dharmastato Jaya (यतो धर्मस्ततो जय) (Sanskrit: Where there is righteousness, there shall be victory). Pre-independence motto: Urbs Primis in Indis (India's first city)
- Kerala: Ever To Be The Best (Tolins World School)
Republic of Ireland
- Cork: Statio Bene Fida Carinis (Latin: A safe harbour for ships)
- Dublin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Latin: Happy the city where citizens obey)
- Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the harbour to the mountain)
- Limerick: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (Latin: An ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
- Waterford: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Latin: Waterford remains the untaken city)
Latin America
- Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Semper Ascendens (Latin: Always ascending)
- São Paulo: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead)
New Zealand
- Auckland: Advance
- Christchurch: Fide Condita, Fructu Beata, Spe Fortis (Latin: Founded in Faith, Rich in the Fulfillment thereof, Strong in Hope for the Future).
- Dunedin: Maiorum Institutis Utendo (Latin: By following in the footsteps of our forefathers)
- Nelson, New Zealand: Palmam qui meruit ferat (Latin: Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
- Wellington: Suprema a Situ (Latin: Supreme by position)
United Kingdom
England
Buckinghamshire
- Milton Keynes: By knowledge, design, and understanding
Devon
- Exeter: Semper Fidelis (Latin: Always faithful)
- Plymouth: Turris Fortissima est Nomen Jehova (Latin: The strongest tower is the name of Jehovah)
- Torquay: Salus et Felicitas (Latin: Health and happiness)
Essex
- Basildon: "none"
- Benfleet: Societas Florebit (Latin: Fellowship will blossom)
- Braintree: By wisdom and foresight
- Brentwood: Ardens Fide (Latin: burning with faith)
- Canvey Island: Ex Mare Dei Gratia (Latin: From the sea by the grace of God)
- Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart
- Colchester: No Cross, no Crown
- Great Dunmow: May Dunmow prosper
- Halstead: Consilio et Prudentia (Latin: By wisdom and foresight)
- Harwich: Omnia Bona Bonis (Latin: To the good all things are good)
- Harlow: In Common Endeavour
- Leigh-on-Sea: Lux Salubritas Felicitas (Latin: Light, health, happiness)
- Rayleigh: In Reliquom Laboramus (Latin: We work for the future)
- Saffron Walden: none
- Southend-on-Sea: Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (Latin: By the sea and by the church)
- Thurrock: Secundum Tamesim Quovis Gentium (Latin: By the Thames to all peoples of the world)
- Waltham Abbey: Sanctae Nomine Crucis (Latin: By the name of the Holy Cross)
Gloucestershire
- Cheltenham: Salubritas et Eruditio (Latin: Health and education)
- Gloucester: Fides invicta triumphat (Latin: Unconquered faith triumphs)
Greater London
- Bexley: Boldly and Rightly
- Bromley: Servire Populo (Latin: To serve the people)
- Camden: Non Sibi sed Toti (Latin: Not for oneself, but for all)
- Croydon: Ad Summa Nitamur (Latin: Let us strive after perfection)
- Ealing: Progress With Unity
- Enfield: By Industry Ever Stronger
- Greenwich: We Govern by Serving
- Havering: Liberty
- Hillingdon: Forward
- Hounslow: Iuncti Progrediamur (Latin: Let us progress together)
- Lambeth: Spectemur Agendo (Latin: Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
- London: Domine dirige nos (Latin: Lord direct us)
- Merton: Stand Fast In Honour And Strength
- Redbridge: In Unity Progress
- Kensington and Chelsea: Quam Bonum In Unum Habitare (Latin: What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)
- Shoreditch: More Light, More Power
- Southwark: United to Serve
- Sutton: Per ardua in fide servite Deo (Latin: through difficulties serve God in faith)
- Waltham Forest: Fellowship Is Life
- Westminster: Custodi Civitatem Domine (Latin: Guard the city, O Lord)
Greater Manchester
- Manchester: Concilio et Labore (Latin: By wisdom and effort)
- Oldham: Sapere aude (Latin: Have courage to be wise)
- Wigan: Ancient and Loyal
Hampshire
- New Forest: Old Yet Ever New
- Portsmouth: Heaven's Light Our Guide
- Romsey: Quae Recta Tene
- Rushmoor: Strength in Unity
- Test Valley: Deo Teste Valeamus (Latin: With God as our witness, let us be strong)
Kent
- Ashford: With Stronger Faith
- Canterbury: Ave Mater Angliae (Latin: Hail, Mother England)
- Tunbridge Wells: Do Well Doubt Not
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
- Mablethorpe: Amoeniora Litora Nostra (Latin: Our shores are more delightful)
Merseyside
- Liverpool: Not For Ourselves, But For The Whole World
Norfolk
- Norwich: Do different
Northumbria
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Fortiter Defendit Triumphans (Latin: Triumph by brave defence)
Yorkshire
- Bradford: Progress, Industry, Humanity
- Leeds: Pro Rege et Lege (Latin: For the king and the law)
- Rotherham: By Industry and Honour
- Sheffield: Deo Adjuvante, Labor Proficit (Latin: With God's help, our work is successful)
- Wakefield: Persevere and Prosper
Scotland
- Aberdeen: Bon Accord (French: Good agreement)
- Arbroath: Propter libertatem
- Braemar: Mak Siccar (Scots: Make sure)
- Clydebank: Labore et Scientia (Latin: By work and by knowledge)
- Dingwall: Salve corona
- Duns: Duns Dings Aw (Scots)
- East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
- Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus frustra (Latin: Except the Lord [keep the city, the watchman waketh] in vain. Psalm 127)
- Falkirk: Touch Ane, Touch Aw - Better meddle wi the Deil than the bairns o Fawkirk (Scots)
- Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
- Galashiels: Soor Ploums (Scots)
- Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
- Irvine: Tandem bona causa triumphat (Latin: The good cause triumphs in the end)
- Jedburgh: Strenue et Prospere (Latin: With vigour and success)
- Kelso: Dae Richt - Fear Nocht (Scots)
- Kinross: Siccar (Scots: Sure)
- Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
- Perth: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (Latin: For the King, the Law and the People)
- Port Glasgow: Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Latin: Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
- Rosehearty: Tyauve awa Rosehearty (Scots)
- St Andrews: Dum spiro spero (Latin: While I breathe I hope)
- Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
- Thurso: Wark tae God (Scots)
Northern Ireland
- Antrim: Per Angusta ad Augusta
- Ballyclare: Industria et Probitate (Latin: By work and integrity)
- Ballymoney: Goodwill to all People
- Belfast: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (Latin: What shall we give in return for so much)
- Carrickergus: Gloria Prisca Novatur (Latin: The glory of the Old made New)
- Larne: Falce Marique Potens (Latin: Powerful With the Sickle and on the Sea)
- Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (Latin: I will arise from the fire)
- Newtownabbey: Multi in uno resurgent (Latin: Multi in uno resurgent)
- Ards: Fidelis atque Fortis (Latin: Faithful and Brave)
- Banbridge: Per Deum en Industriam (Latin: By God and Industry)
- East Down: Ever looking forward
- Newtownards: Fidelis atque Fortis
- Eniskillen: Ut proavi in Deo confidemus
- Fermanagh: Feor Magh Eanagh
- Coleraine: Cuil Rathain
- Limavady: Absit Invidia (Latin: Let there be no ill-will)
- Londonderry: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Latin: Life, truth, victory)
- Magherafelt: Fide et Opera (Latin: With Faithfulness and Service)
- Moyle:
Wales
- Cardiff: Y Ddraig Goch Ddyry Cychwyn (Welsh: The red dragon leads the way)
- Merthyr Tydfil: Nid Cadern Ond Brodyrdde (Welsh: No strength but in fellowship)
- Llandudno: Hardd Hafan Hedd (Welsh: Beautiful haven of peace)
- Newport: Terra Marique (By land and sea)
United States of America
California
- San Francisco: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Gold in peace, iron in war)
Florida
- Palm Bay: A Perfect Place to Grow
- Orlando, Florida: The City Beautiful
Illinois
Indiana
- Valparaiso: Vale of Paradise
Massachusetts
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin: By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
- Boston: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (Latin: God be with us as He was with our fathers)
Maryland
- Baltimore: Believe
Michigan
- Detroit: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (Latin: We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes)
- Grand Rapids: Motu Viget
Minnesota
- Minneapolis: En Avant (Forward)
North Carolina
- North Carolina State Motto: Esse quam videri (Latin: To be rather than to seem)
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia: Philadelphia maneto (Latin: Let brotherly love continue)
Virginia
- Richmond, Virginia: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Latin: Such is the way to the Stars)
British counties
England
Traditional
- Bedfordshire: Constant Be
- Buckinghamshire: Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum (Latin: No stepping back)
- Cambridgeshire: Per undas, per agros (Latin: Through waves, through fields)
- Cheshire: Jure et dignitate gladii (Latin: By the right and dignity of the sword)
- Cornwall: Onen Hag Oll (Cornish: One and all)
- Cumberland: Perfero (Latin: I carry through)
- Derbyshire: Bene consulendo (Latin: By good counsel)
- Devon: Auxilio Divino (Latin: By divine aid)
- Durham:
- Dorset: Who's Afear'd
- Essex:
- Gloucestershire: Prorsum Semper (Latin: Ever forward)
- Hants:
- Herefordshire: Pulchra Terra Dei Donum (Latin: This fair land is the gift of God)
- Hertfordshire: Trust and fear not
- Huntingdonshire: Labore Omnia Florent (Latin: By work everything flourishes)
- Kent: Invicta (Latin: Unconquered)
- Lancashire: In Concilio Consilium (Latin: In counsel is wisdom)
- Leicestershire: For'ard For'ard
- Lincolnshire: Perseverance vincit (Latin: Perseverance conquers)
- Middlesex:
- Norfolk:
- Northamptonshire: Rosa Concordiae Signum (Latin: The Rose—Emblem of Harmony)
- Northumberland: Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire: Sapienter proficiens (Latin: Progress with wisdom)
- Oxfordshire: Sapere Aude (Latin: Dare to be wise)
- Rutland: Multum in Parvo (Latin: Much in little)
- Shropshire: Floreat Salopia (Latin: Let Salop flourish)
- Somerset: Sumorsaete ealle (Old English: All the people of Somerset)
- Staffordshire: The knot unites
- Suffolk: Opus Nostrum Dirige (Latin: Direct our work)
- Surrey:
- Sussex:
- Warwickshire: United to serve
- Westmorland:
- Yorkshire, East Riding: Tradition and Progress
- Yorkshire, North Riding:
- Yorkshire, West Riding: Audi Consilium (Latin: Heed counsel)
- Wiltshire:
- Worcestershire:
Ceremonial
- Bristol: Virtue et Industria (Latin: Virtue and hard work)
- Cumbria: Ad montes oculos levavi (Latin: I shall lift up mine eyes unto the mountains)
- East Sussex:
- Greater London:
- Greater Manchester: Ever Vigilant
- Isle of Wight: All this beauty is of God
- Merseyside: Unity in the Service of All
- North Yorkshire: Unitate Fortior (Latin: Stronger by union)
- South Yorkshire: Each shall strive for the Welfare of All
- Tyne and Wear:
- West Midlands: Forward in Unity
- West Sussex:
- West Yorkshire: By Effort Achieve
Former
- Avon:
- Cleveland: Endeavour
- Hereford and Worcester:
- Humberside: United we Flourish
Scotland
- Aberdeen: Bon Accord
- Angus: Lippen on Angus (Scots: Trust in Angus)
- Ayr: God Shaw the Right
- Banff: Spe et Spiritu (Latin: With hope and courage)
- Caithness: Commit thy Wark to God
- Clackmannan: Leuk aboot ye
- Dumfries:
- Dunbarton: Levenax (Scottish Gaelic: Land of the elm trees)
- East Lothian:
- Fife: Virtute et opera (Latin: By virtue and by industry)
- Inverness: Air son Math na Siorrachd (Scottish Gaelic: For the good of the county)
- Kincardine: Laus Deo (Latin: Praise to God)
- Kinross: For all Time
- Kirkcudbright:
- Lanark:
- Midlothian:
- Moray: In Spe (Latin: In hope)
- Nairn: Unite and be Mindful
- Orkney: Boreas Domus Mare Amicus (Latin: Home to the winds, friend of the sea)
- Peebles: Contra Nando Incrementum (Latin: There is increase by swimming against the stream
- Perth: Pro Lege et Libertate (Latin: For law and liberty)
- Renfrew:
- Ross and Cromarty: Dread God and Do Well
- Roxburgh: Ne Cede Malis Sed Contra Audentior Ito (Latin: Yield not to misfortunes [evil things] but go on more boldly against them)
- Selkirk:
- Stirling:
- Sutherland: Dluth Lean Do Dhuthchas Le Durachd (Scottish Gaelic: Cling to thy heritage with diligence)
- West Lothian: Aye for the Common Weal
- Wigtown:
- Zetland: Með Lögum Skal Land Byggja (Icelandic: With laws shall this land be built)
Wales
Traditional
- Anglesey: Môn Mam Cymru (Welsh: Anglesey mother of Wales)
- Brecknock: Undeb Hedd Llwyddiant (Welsh: Unity, peace, prosperity)
- Caernarfon: Cadernid Gwynedd (Welsh: The strength of Gwynedd)
- Carmarthen: Rhyddid gwerin ffyniant gwlad (Welsh: A free people a prosperous country)
- Cardigan or Ceredigion: Golud Gwlad Rhyddid (Welsh: A nation's wealth is freedom)
- Denbigh: Duw a digion (Welsh: God is sufficient)
- Flint: Gorou tarian, cyfiawnder (Welsh: The best shield is justice)
- Glamorgan: A ddioddefws an orfu (Welsh: He that endureth, overcometh)
- Merioneth or Merionydd: Tra Mor Tra Meirion (Welsh: While the sea lasts, so shall Merionethshire)
- Monmouth: Utrique fidelis (Latin: Faithful to both)
- Montgomery: Powys paradwys Cymru (Welsh: Powys paradise of Wales)
- Pembroke: Ex unitate vires (Latin: Out of unity is strength)
- Radnor: Ewch yn Uwch (Welsh: Higher and higher)
Ceremonial
- Clwyd: Tarian cyfiawnder Duw (Welsh: The shield of justice is God)
- Dyfed: Rhyddid Gwerin Ffyniant Gwlad (Welsh: A free people, a prosperous country)
- Gwent: Utrique fidelis (Latin: Faithful to both)
- Gwynedd: Cadernid Gwynedd (Welsh: The strength of Gwynedd)
- Mid Glamorgan: A Ddioddefws a Orfu (Welsh: He who suffers, conquers)
- Powys: Unbed A Rhyddid (Welsh: Unity and freedom)
- South Glamorgan: Y Ddinas a'r Fro (Welsh: The city and the vale)
- West Glamorgan: Cardarn pob Cyfiawn (Welsh: The just are strong)
- Worshipful Company of Barbers: De Praescientia Dei (Latin: From the foreknowledge of God)
- Worshipful Company of Butchers: Omnia Subiecisti Sub Pedibus, Oves Et Boves (Latin: Thou hast put all things under man's feet, all sheep and oxen)
- Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales: True and Fair
- Worshipful Company of Clothworkers: My Trust Is in God Alone
- Worshipful Company of Cooks: Vulnerati Non Victi (Latin: Wounded not conquered)
- Worshipful Company of Coopers: Love as Brethren.
- Worshipful Company of Cutlers: Pour Parvenir A Bonne Foy (French: To succeed through good faith)
- Worshipful Company of Distillers: Drop as Rain, Distil as Dew
- Worshipful Company of Drapers: Unto God Only Be Honour and Glory
- Worshipful Company of Dyers: Da Gloriam Deo (Latin: Give Glory to God)
- Worshipful Company of Fanmakers: Arts and Trade United
- Worshipful Company of Fishmongers: All Worship Be To God Only
- Worshipful Company of Fletchers: True and Sure
- Worshipful Company of Fruiterers: Deus Dat Incrementum (Latin: God gives the increase)
- Worshipful Company of Gardeners: In The Sweat Of Thy Brows Shalt Thow Eate Thy Bread
- Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass: Lucem Tuam Da Nobis Deo (Latin: O God, give us your Light)
- Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths: Justitia Virtutem Regina (Latin: Justice and virtue are queen)
- Worshipful Company of Grocers: God Grant Grace
- Worshipful Company of Haberdashers: Serve and Obey
- Worshipful Company of Information Technologists: Cito (Latin: Swiftly)
- Worshipful Company of Innholders: Hinc Spes Affulget (Latin: Hence hope shines forth)
- Worshipful Company of Ironmongers: God Is Our Strength
- Worshipful Company of Leathersellers: Soli Deo Honor et Gloria (Latin: Honour and glory only to God)
- Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards: Corde Recto Elati Omnes (Latin: With an upright heart all are exalted)
- Worshipful Company of Management Consultants: Change through Wisdom
- Worshipful Company of Marketors: Mercatura Adiuvat Omnes (Latin: Marketing benefits everyone)
- Worshipful Company of Mercers: Honor Deo (Latin: Honour God)
- Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors: Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt (Latin: In harmony small things grow)
- Worshipful Company of Musicians: Preserve Harmony
- Worshipful Company of Plumbers: Justicia Et Pax (Latin: Justice and peace)
- Worshipful Company of Poulters: Remember Your Oath
- Worshipful Company of Salters: Sal Sapit Omnia (Latin: Salt seasons everything; implies that Wit improves discourse)
- Worshipful Company of Skinners: To God Only Be All Glory
- Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers: Ecce Agnus Dei Qui Tollit Peccata Mundi (Latin: Behold the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world)
- Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers: In God is all our trust, let us never be confounded
- Worshipful Company of Vintners: Vinum Exhilarat Animum (Latin: Wine cheers the mind)
- Worshipful Company of Weavers: Weave Trust With Trust
- Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights: God Grant Unity
- Worshipful Company of World Traders: Commerce and honest friendship with all
- Worshipful Society of Apothecaries: Opiferque Per Orbem Dicor (Latin: I am called a bringer of help throughout the world)
Educational institutions
Australia
- Australian National University: Naturam primum cognoscere rerum (Latin: First, to learn the nature of things)
- Caulfield Grammar School: Labora Ut Requiescas (Latin: Work hard so that ye will rest)
- Davidson High School (New South Wales): Sapienter si Sincere, (Latin: Wisely if sincerely)
- Guildford Public school, New South Wales: Our Best Always
- Knox Grammar School: Virile Agitur (Latin: Let the manly thing be done)
- La Trobe University: Qui cherche trouve [Matthew 7:7], (French: Seek and ye shall find)
- Lismore High School: Spectemur Agendo (Latin: Let us be judged by our acts)
- Macquarie University: And Gladly Teche (Middle English: And gladly teach) from The Canterbury Tales
- Melbourne High School: Honour the Work and the Work Will Honour You (often shortened to: Honour the Work)
- Monash University: Ancora imparo (Italian: I am still learning)
- Swinburne University of Technology: Factum per Litteras (Achievement through learning)
- Queensland University of Technology: A university for the real world
- Royal Military College Duntroon: Doctrina vim Promovet (Latin: Learning promotes strength)
- Scotch College, Melbourne: Deo Patriae litteris (Latin: For God, for country, and for learning)
- Scotch College, Perth: Sicut Patribus Sit Deus Nobis (Latin: May God be with us as He was with our forefathers)
- Trinity Grammar School, Victoria: Viriliter Agite (Latin: Act manfully)
- University of Melbourne: Postera crescam laude (Latin: I shall grow in the esteem of future generations)
- University of New South Wales: Scientia Manu et Mente (Latin: Knowledge by hand and mind)
- University of Newcastle, Australia: I look ahead
- University of Queensland: Scientia ad Labore (Latin: Knowledge through hard work)
- University of Sydney: Sidere mens eadem mutato (Latin: The stars change, but the mind remains the same)
- Hale School, Perth: Duty
- Wesley College, Perth: Audendo Atque Agendo (Latin: By daring and by doing)
Belgium
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Sedes sapientiae (Latin: Seat of wisdom)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Scientia vincere tenebras (Latin: Conquering darkness by science)
Canada
Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC)
- Athabasca University: Learning for life
- Banting Memorial High School: Quaecumque Optima (Latin: Whatsoever things are best)
- Bishop's University: Recti cultus pectora roborant (Latin: Sound learning strengthens the spirit)
- Carleton University: Ours the Task Eternal
- Dalhousie University: Ora et labora (Latin: Pray and work)
- École Polytechnique de Montréal: Ut tensio sic vis (Latin: The power depends on the tension)
- Harbord Collegiate Institute: Virtus et Doctrina
- MacEwan University: Discendo Floremus (Latin: Through learning we flourish)
- McGill University: Grandescunt Aucta Labore (Latin: By work all things increase and grow)
- McMaster University: Ta panta en Christoi synesteken (Greek: In Christ all things hold together, All things cohere in Christ)
- Memorial University of Newfoundland: Provehito in altum (Latin: Launch forth into the deep)
- Nova Scotia Agricultural College: mens agitat molem (Latin: mind over matter)
- Queen's University, Kingston: Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas (Latin: Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of Thy times)
- Royal Military College of Canada: Truth, Duty, Valor
- Ryerson University: Mente et Artificio (Latin: With mind and skill)
- Simon Fraser University: Nous Sommes Prêts (French: We are ready)
- St. Francis Xavier University: Quaecumque Sunt Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- St. Mary's High School (Calgary): Mente Manuque (Latin: With mind and hand)
- Thompson Rivers University: Quansem Ilep (Chinook: To strive ahead)
- Université de Montréal: Fide splendet et scientia (Latin: May it shine with truth and knowledge)
- University of Alberta: Quaecumque Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- University of British Columbia: Tuum est (Latin: It is yours)
- University of Calgary: Mo shùile togam suas (Latin: I will lift up my eyes)
- University of Guelph: Rerum cognoscere causas (Latin: To learn the meaning of reality)
- University of Lethbridge: Fiat Lux (Latin: Let there be light)
- University of Northern British Columbia: En Cha Huná
- University of Ottawa: Deus est scientarium dominus (Latin: God is the master of knowledge)
- University of Regina: As One Who Serves
- University of Saskatchewan: Deo et Patriae (For God and country)
- University of Toronto: Vel ut arbor aevo (Like as a tree with the passage of time)
- University of Trinity College: Μετ’ Ἀγῶνα Στέφανος (Met' agona stephanos, Greek: After struggle, there is a crown)
- University of Victoria, British Columbia: Multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis (Latin: A multitude of the wise is the health of the world)
- University of Waterloo: Concordia cum veritate (Latin: In harmony with truth)
- University of Western Ontario: Veritas et Utilitas (Latin: Truth and usefulness)
- Wilfrid Laurier University: Veritas omnia vincit (Latin: Truth conquers all)
- York University: Tentanda via (Latin: The way must be tried)
- Concordia University: Concordia salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony)
Denmark
- University of Aarhus: Solidum petit in profundis
- University of Copenhagen: Adspicit lucem in cælestis (Latin: Seeking light in the heavens)
France
- Arts et Métiers ParisTech: Fraternité, c'est là notre devise
- École Polytechnique de Paris: Pour la Patrie, les Sciences et la Gloire (French: For the country, the sciences and glory)
- Supélec:La science en action (French: Science in action)
Germany
- Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg: Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen [John 8:32], (German: The truth shall set you free)
- Darmstadt University of Technology: mens agitat molem (Latin: mind drives matter)
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz: Ut omnes unum sint (Latin: May all be one)
- Prince Rupert School, Germany: Sapientia ex igne (Latin: Wisdom from the flames)
- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg: Semper apertus
India
- Tolins World School (Kerala): Ever To Be The Best
- Bishop Cotton Boys School: Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum (Latin: Neither to the right nor to the left - Book of Joshua)
- Bishop Cotton Girls School: Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum (Latin: Neither to the right nor to the left - Book of Joshua)
- GITAM University, Visakhapatnam: Strive Serve Thrive
- Grant Medical College, Mumbai: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (Latin: Healthy mind in a healthy body)
- Hyderabad Public School: Be Vigilant
- Indian Institute of Technology:Jnyanam Paramam Dhyeyam (Sanskrit: Knowledge is the ultimate goal)
- Jesus and Mary Academy, Patna City, Patna: Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity.
- Modern School New Delhi: Naimatma Balheenien Labhya (Perfection cannot be achieved by the weak-willed)
- St. George's Grammar School (Hyderabad): Perseverance Conquers All Things
- St Joseph's College, Nainital: Certa Bonum Certamen (Latin: Fight the good fight)
- St. Stephen's College, Delhi: Ad Dei Glorium (Latin: To the glory of God)
- University of Mumbai: Sheel Vrutphalam vidya (Sanskrit:The fruit of learning is character and righteous conduct)
- University of Pune: Yah Kriyaawaan Sa Panditaha. (Learned is one who is ceaselessly active)
- Mayo College: Let There Be Light
- Delhi Public School: Service Before Self
- Sainik School Kunjpura[disambiguation needed]: Ready to Accomplish
- T.Raza High School Ahmad Raza Nagar , KurKuri : We Lead The Way
Ireland
- Synge Street CBS: Viriliter Age
- University of Limerick: Eagna chun gnímh (Wisdom in action)
Malaysia
- Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia: With Wisdom We Explore
- Taylor's University College: Wisdom, Integrity, Excellence
- Brickfield Asia College: Fastest, Smartest
- SMK Taman Bukit Maluri:Cergas Dan Cerdas (Malay: Active and Intelligent)
Netherlands
- Eindhoven University of Technology: Mens agitat molem (Latin: Mind over matter)
- University of Leiden: Praesidium Libertatis
- Utrecht University: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos (Latin: Sun of Justice, shine upon us)
- Radboud University: In Dei nomine feliciter
New Zealand
- Auckland Grammar School, Mount Albert Grammar School (also Auckland Girls' Grammar School, Takapuna Grammar School): Per Angusta ad Augusta (Latin: Through endeavour to greatness)
- Avondale College: Kohia nga taikaka (Māori: Seek the Heartwood)
- Macleans College: Virtue Mine Honour
- Rangitoto College (Auckland) (also Hillcrest High School (Hamilton)): Circumspice (Latin: Look around you)
- Westlake Boys High School, Westlake Girls High School: Virtute Experiamur (Latin: Let courage be thy test)
- University of Auckland: Ingenio et labore (Latin: By natural ability and hard work)
- University of New Zealand: Sapere aude (Latin: Have courage to be wise)
- University of Otago: Sapere aude (Latin: Have courage to be wise)
Pakistan
- Aitchison College Lahore: Perseverance Commands Success
- Karachi University - Pakistan: رَبِّ زدْنيِ علماً (Arabic: O my Lord! Advance me in knowledge)
- Cadet College Hasan Abdal: Second To None
- Army Burn Hall College For Boys,Abbottabad: To What Height Can I Not Rise
Philippines
- Don Bosco Juniorate, Pampanga: Luctor et Emergo (Latin: I struggle, I win)
- Lyceum of the Philippines University: Veritas et Fortitudo, Pro Deo et Patria (Latin: Truth and courage, For God and country)
- Mater Carmeli School of Novaliches: Contemplare, Amare, Servire, Ecclesiam (Latin: To contemplate, to love and to serve the Church)
- University of Santo Tomas: Veritas in Caritate (Latin: Truth in Charity)
- University of the Philippines: Honor and Excellence
- Central Philippine University: Scientia Et Fides
- University of San Carlos: Scientia, Virtus, Devotio (Latin: Knowledge, Virtue, Devotion)
- [University of Nueva Caceres] : Non Scholae Sed Vitae (Not of school.. But of life)
Poland
- Jagiellonian University: Plus ratio quam vis (Latin: Let reason prevail over force)
Singapore
- Anglo-Chinese School: The Best Is Yet To Be (adapted from poem by Robert Browning)
- Catholic Junior College: In veritate et caritate (Latin: In truth and love)
- Montfort Secondary School: Age Quod Agis (Latin: Do well in whatever you do)
- Raffles Institution: Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Latin: Hope of a better age)
- Saint Joseph's Institution (SJI): Ora et Labora
- Saint Andrew's School (SAS): Up and On
Sweden
- Chalmers University of Technology: Avancez (French: Advance)
- Gothenburg University: Tradita innovare innovata tradere (Latin: A tradition of invention, an inventor of tradition)
- Karlstad University: Sapere aude (Latin: Have courage to be wise / Dare to know)
- Lund University: Ad utrumque (Latin: Prepared for all)
- Royal Institute of Technology: Vetenskap och Konst (Science and Art)
- Uppsala University: Gratiae veritas naturae (Latin: Truth through mercy and nature)
Turkey
- Middle East Technical University: Scientia Dux Vitae Certissimus (Latin: Science is the truest guide in life)
- Bilkent University: Veritas (Latin: Truth)
- Robert College of Istanbul: Post Tenebras Lux (Light after darkness) and Dominus Illuminatio Mea (The Lord is my Light)
- Istanbul Bilgi University: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus (Latin: We do not learn for the school, but for life)
UK
Universities
- University of Aberdeen: Initium sapientiae Timor Domini (Latin: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom)
- University of Abertay Dundee:
- Aberystwyth University: Nid Byd, Byd Heb Wybodaeth (Welsh: A world without knowledge is no world at all)
- Anglia Ruskin University: Excellentia per Societatem (Latin: Excellence through partnership)
- The Arts University Bournemouth:
- University of the Arts London: A Creative Constellation
- Aston University: Forward
- Bangor University: Gorau Dawn Deall (Welsh: The best gift is knowledge)
- University of Bath: Generatim discite cultus (Latin: Learn each field of study according to its kind)
- Bath Spa University:
- University of Birmingham: Per ardua ad alta (Latin: Through hard work, to the heights)
- Birmingham City University: Age Quod Agis (Latin: Do what you are doing; attend to your business)
- Bishop Grosseteste University:
- University of Bolton:
- Bournemouth University: Discere Mutari Est (Latin: To learn is to change)
- University of Bradford: Give Invention Light
- University of Brighton:
- University of Bristol: Vim promovet insitam (Latin: [Learning] promotes one's innate power - from Horace, Ode 4.4)
- Brunel University:
- University of Buckingham: Alis Volans Propriis (Latin: Flying on our own wings)
- Buckinghamshire New University: Arte et industria (Latin: By art and industry)
- University of Cambridge: Hinc lucem et pocula sacra (Latin: [From] here [the university] [we receive] light and sacred draughts [knowledge])
- Christ's College, Cambridge: Souvent me Souvient (French: I often remember)
- Churchill College, Cambridge: Forward
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: Floreat Antiqua Domus (Latin: May this old house flourish)
- Downing College, Cambridge: Quaerere Verum (Latin: Seek the truth)
- Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge: Ex antiquis et novissimis optima (Latin: The best out of the old and the new)
- Homerton College, Cambridge: Respice Finem (Latin: Look to the end)
- King's College, Cambridge: Veritas et utilitas (Latin: Truth and usefulness)
- Magdalene College, Cambridge: Garde ta Foy (French: Keep your faith)
- Queens' College, Cambridge: Floreat Domus (Latin: May this house flourish)
- St. John's College, Cambridge: Souvent me Souvient (French: I often remember)
- Selwyn College, Cambridge: ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ (Greek: Quit ye like men)
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge: Dieu me garde de calomnie (French: God preserve me from calumny)
- Trinity College, Cambridge: Virtus vera nobilitas (Latin: Virtue is the true nobility)
- Wolfson College, Cambridge: Ring True
- Canterbury Christ Church University: Veritas liberabit vos (Latin: The truth shall make you free)
- Cardiff University: Gwirionedd Undod A Chytgord (Welsh: Truth, unity and harmony)
- Cardiff University School of Medicine: Gwybod Medr Iachau (Welsh: Knowledge enables cures)
- Cardiff Metropolitan University: The most valuable possession is knowledge
- University of Central Lancashire: Ex solo ad solem (Latin: From the ground to the Sun)
- University of Chester: Qui docet in doctrina (Latin: He that teacheth, on teaching)
- University of Chichester: Docendo discimus (Latin: By teaching, we learn)
- City University, London: To serve mankind
- Coventry University:
- Cranfield University: Post nubes, lux (Latin: Out of darkness, light)
- University for the Creative Arts:
- University of Cumbria:
- De Montfort University: Excellentia et studium (Latin: Excellence and zeal)
- University of Derby: Experientia Docet (Latin: Experience teaches)
- University of Dundee: Magnificat anima mea dominum (Latin: My soul magnifies the Lord)
- Durham University:Fundamenta eius super montibus sanctis (Latin: Her foundations are upon the holy hills)
- University of East Anglia: Do different
- University of East London:
- Edge Hill University: In Scientia Opportunitas (Latin: In knowledge there is opportunity)
- University of Edinburgh: Nec Temere Nec Timide, (Latin: Neither recklessly nor timidly
- Edinburgh Napier University: Nisi sapientia frustra (Latin: Without knowledge all is in vain)
- University of Essex: Thought the harder, heart the keener
- University of Exeter: Lucem sequimur (Latin: We follow the light)
- Falmouth University: Doing Things Differently / Creative Minds, Inspiring Futures
- University of Glamorgan: Success Through Endeavour
- University of Glasgow: Via, Veritas, Vita (Latin: The way, the truth, the life)
- Glasgow Caledonian University: For the common weal
- University of Gloucestershire: In animo et veritate (Latin: In spirit and truth
- University of Greenwich: To learn, to do, to achieve
- Glyndŵr University: Hyder trwy Addysg (Welsh: Confidence through education)
- Harper Adams University: Utile Dulci (Latin: Useful and agreeable)
- Heriot-Watt University:
- University of Hertfordshire:
- University of the Highlands & Islands: Foghlam aig ìre Oilthigh air a' Ghàidhealtachd is anns na h-Eileanan (Scottish Gaelic: University-level study in the Highlands and Islands)
- University of Huddersfield:
- University of Hull: Lampada Ferens (Latin: Carrying the lamp of learning)
- Imperial College London: Scientia imperii decus et tutamen (Latin: Knowledge is the adornment and safeguard of the Empire)
- Keele University: Thanke God for All
- University of Kent: Cui servire regnare est Latin: Whose service is perfect freedom)
- Kingston University:
- University of Lancaster: Patet omnibus veritas (Latin: Truth lies open to all)
- University of Leeds: Et augebitur scientia (Latin: And knowledge will be increased)
- Leeds Trinity University:
- University of Leicester: Ut Vitam Habeant (Latin: So that they may have life)
- University of Lincoln: Libertas per Sapientiam (Latin: Through wisdom, liberty)
- University of Liverpool: Haec otia studia fovent (Latin: These days of peace foster learning)
- Liverpool Hope University: In faith, hope and love
- Liverpool John Moores University: Fortes fortuna adiuvat (Latin: Fortune assists the bold)
- University of London:
- Birkbeck, University of London: In nocte consilium (Latin: Study by night)
- Central School of Speech and Drama:
- Courtauld Institute of Art:
- Goldsmiths, University of London:
- Heythrop College, London: Nil Sine Fide (Latin: Nothing without faith)
- King's College London: Sancte et sapienter (Latin: With holiness and with wisdom)
- Institute of Cancer Research:
- Institute of Education:
- London Business School:
- London School of Economics and Political Science: Rerum Cognoscere Causas (Latin: To understand the causes of things)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine:
- Queen Mary, University of London: Coniunctis viribus (Latin: With united power)
- Royal Academy of Music
- Royal Holloway, University of London: Esse quam videre (Latin: To be, rather than to seem)
- Royal Veterinary College: Venienti Occurrite Morbo (Latin: Confront disease at its onset)
- St George's, University of London:
- School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London: Knowledge is Power
- University College London: Cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae (Let all come who by merit most deserve reward)
- London Metropolitan University:
- London South Bank University:
- Loughborough University: Veritate, Scientia, Labore (Latin: By truth, by science, by labour)
- University of Manchester: Cognitio Sapientia Humanitas (Knowledge, wisdom, humanity)
- Manchester Metropolitan University: Many arts, many skills
- Middlesex University:
- Newcastle University: none
- Newman University: Ex Umbris in Veritatem (Latin: From the shadow to the truth)
- University of Northampton: Transforming lives, inspiring change
- Northumbria University: Aetas Discendi (Latin: A lifetime of learning)
- Norwich University of the Arts:
- University of Nottingham: Sapientia Urbs Conditur (Latin: A city is founded on wisdom)
- Nottingham Trent University: Shaping Futures
- Open University: Learn and Live
- University of Oxford: Dominus Illuminatio Mea [Psalm 27:10], (Latin: The Lord is my Light)
- Corpus Christi, Oxford: Est Deo Gracia (Latin: Thanks be to God)
- Exeter College, Oxford: Floreat Exon (Latin: May Exeter flourish)
- Hertford College, Oxford: Sicut Cervus Anhelat ad Fontes Aquarum (Latin: Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks)
- Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford: Souvent me Souviens (French: I remember often)
- Magdalen College, Oxford: Floreat Magdalena (Latin: May Magdalen flourish)
- Mansfield College, Oxford: Deus locutus est nobis in filio (Latin: God hath spoken unto us by his son)
- Merton College, Oxford: Qui Timet Deum Faciet Bona (Latin: He that feareth God will do good)
- New College, Oxford: Manners Makyth Man
- Regent's Park College, Oxford: Omnia probate quod bonum tenete (Latin: Test all things; hold fast to that which is good)
- Saint Catherine's College, Oxford: Nova et Vetera (Latin: The old and the new)
- Saint Cross College, Oxford: Ad Quattuor Cardines Mundi (Latin: To the four corners of the Earth)
- Somerville College, Oxford: Donec rursus impleat orbem (Latin: Until it should fill the world again)
- Wolfson College, Oxford: Humani nil alienum (Latin: Mankind is not unknown to me)
- Wycliffe Hall, Oxford: Via, Veritas, Vita (Latin: The way, the truth and the life)
- Oxford Brookes University: Excellence in Diversity
- Plymouth University: Indagate Fingite Invenite (Latin: Explore, dream, discover)
- University of Portsmouth: Lucem Sequamur (Latin: Let us follow the Light)
- Queen's University Belfast:
- Queen Margaret University:
- University of Reading:
- Robert Gordon University: Omni Nunc Arte Magistra Latin: Now by all your mastered arts)
- University of Roehampton:
- Royal College of Art:
- University of Saint Andrews: Aien Aristeuein (Greek: Ever to be the best)
- University of Salford: Altiora Petamus (Latin: Let us seek higher things)
- University of Sheffield: Rerum cognoscere causas (Latin: To discover the causes of things)
- Sheffield Hallam University: Learn and Serve
- University of Southampton: Strenuis Ardua Cedunt (Latin: The heights yield to endeavour)
- Southampton Solent University:
- Staffordshire University: Create the difference
- University of Stirling: Innovation and excellence
- University of Strathclyde: Place of Useful Learning
- University of Sunderland: Scientiam Dulce Hauriens (Latin: Sweetly absorbing knowledge)
- University of Surrey:
- University of Sussex: Be Still and Know
- Swansea Metropolitan University:
- Swansea University: Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn (Welsh: Technical skill is bereft without culture)
- University of Teesside: Facta Non Verba (Latin: Deeds not words)
- University of Ulster:
- University of Wales: Goreu Awen Gwirionedd (Welsh: The best inspiration is truth)
- University of Wales, Newport: Scientia Ingenium Artes (Latin: Arts, science and engineering)
- University of Wales, Trinity Saint David: Gair Duw Goreu Dysg (Welsh: The Word of God is the best learning)
- University of Warwick: Mens agitat molem (Latin: Mind over matter)
- University of West London:
- University of the West of England: Light Liberty Learning
- University of the West of Scotland:
- University of Winchester: Wisdom ond Lar (Old English: Wisdom and knowledge)
- University of Wolverhampton: Innovation and Opportunity
- University of Worcester: Ad Inspirandum Aspiramus (Latin: Aspire to inspire)
- University of York: In limine sapientiae (Latin: On the threshold of wisdom)
- Alcuin College, York: Panton nos postulo (Latin: All we need)
- Goodricke College, York: Setting the standard
- Halifax College, York: Scholarship, Activity and Community
- James College, York: Oderint Dum Metuant (Latin: Let them hate, so long as they fear)
- Langwith College, York: Vincit qui se vincit (Latin: He conquers who conquers himself)
- Wentworth College, York: En Dieu est tout (French: In God is all)
- York St John University:
Schools
- Abingdon School: Misericordias domini in aeternum cantabo (Latin: I will sing of the Lord's mercy forever)
- Bablake School, Coventry: Spiritus Vicis (Latin: The spirit of opportunity)
- Bedford School: Floreat schola Bedfordiensis (Latin: May Bedford School flourish)
- Beverley Grammar School, Yorkshire: Adolescentiam alunt senectutem oblectant
- Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury: Veritas in Caritate (Latin: Truth in charity)
- Blue Coat School, Oldham: Semper Quaereamus Virtutem (Latin: Always let us seek virtue)
- Bourne Grammar School: Vigila et Ora (Latin: Watch and pray)
- Bradford Grammar School: Hoc Age (Latin: Do this)
- Bromsgrove School: Deo Regi Vicino (Latin: For God, for King, for Neighbour)
- Bury Grammar School: Sanctas Clavis Fores Aperit(Latin: The key opens the sacred door)
- City of London School: Domine Dirige NosLatin: Lord, direct us)
- Clifton College: Spiritus Intus Alit (Latin: The spirit nourishes within)
- Colchester Royal Grammar School: Vitae Corona Fides (Latin: Faith is the crown of life)
- Colyton Grammar School: Esse Quam Videri (Latin: Be rather than seem to be)
- Cranbrook School, Sydney: Esse Quam Videri (Latin: To be rather than seem to be)
- Crossley Heath Grammar School: Omne Bonum Ab Alto (Latin: All good things come from above)
- Culford School: Viriliter Agite Estote Fortes (Latin: Quit ye like men, be strong)
- Derby School: Vita Hominis Sine Literis Mors Est (Latin: Life without learning is death)
- Devonport High School for Boys: Prorsum Semper Honeste (Latin: Forwards always proud)
- Devonport High School for Girls: Sine Labe Decus (Latin: Honour without dishonour)
- Doncaster Grammar School: Confort et Liesse (Comfort and joy)
- Dr Challoner's Grammar School: Ad Astra Per Aspera (Latin: To the stars through difficulties)
- Dulwich College: Detur Gloria Soli Deo (Latin: Let glory be given to God alone)
- Durham School: Floreat Dunelmia (Latin: May Durham flourish)
- Emanuel School: Pour Bien Desirer (French: The noble aim)
- Epping Boys High School: Strive to Achieve
- Eton College: Floreat Etona (Latin: May Eton flourish)
- Felsted School: Garde ta Foy (French: Keep your faith)
- Finchley Catholic High School: Da nobis recta sapere (Latin: Grant that we may be truly wise)
- Framlingham College, Suffolk: Studio sapientia crescit (Latin: Wisdom grows with study)
- Gateshead Grammar School: Toil No Soil (toil (work)is no disgrace from the poem Works and Days by Hesiod)
- Gresham's School: All Worship Be to God Only
- Hanley Castle High School: Ducet Amor Patriae (Latin: Led by love of country)
- Harrow School: Stet Fortuna domus (Latin: Let fortune of the house stand)
- Hartismere School, Eye, Suffolk: Discamus ut serviamus (Latin: We learn that we might serve)
- Hereford Cathedral School: Floreat Schola Herefordensis (Latin: May the scholars of Hereford flourish)
- High School of Dundee: Prestante Domino (Latin: Under the leadership of God)
- Ibstock Place School: Vincit qui se vincit (Latin: He conquers who conquers himself)
- Ipswich School: Semper eadem (Latin: Always the same)
- Katharine Lady Berkeley's School: non palma sine pulvere(Latin: No reward without effort / Dare to try)
- King's College School, Wimbledon: Sancte et Sapienter (Latin: With holiness and wisdom)
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth Dieu Et Mon Droit (Latin: God and my right / God and my right shall me defend)
- King Edward VI School, Lichfield: Deo Patriae Scholae (Latin: For God, country and school)
- King James's Grammar School, Almondbury: Floreat Schola Almondburiensis, May the scholars of Almondbury flourish
- King's School, Rochester: Disce aut discede (Latin: Learn or leave)
- Lady Eleanor Holles School: Grace and Integrity
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School: Praesis ut Prosis (Latin: Lead in order to serve)
- Liverpool College: Non solum ingenii, verum etiam virtutis (Latin: Not only intelligence, but also virtue)
- Loughborough Grammar School: Vires Acquirit Eundo (Latin: We gather strength as we go)
- Lucton School: Floreat Luctona (Latin: May Lucton Flourish)
- Magdalen College School, Oxford: Sicut Lilium (Latin: Like the lily)
- Manchester Grammar School: Sapere aude (Latin: Have courage to be wise)
- Morehouse College: To Uplift the Human Race Through Responsible Citizenship
- Norwich School (independent school): Praemia Virtutis Honores (Latin: Honours are the rewards of virtue)
- Oswestry School: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus (Latin: We learn not for school but for life)
- Perse School: Qui facit per alium facit per se (Latin: He who does things for others does things for himself)
- Plymouth High School for Girls: Non scholae sed vitae discimus (Latin: For life, not school, we learn)
- The Prebendal School, Chichester: Fons Sapientae Verbum Dei (Latin: The fount of knowledge is the word of God)
- Prince Henry's High School, Evesham: Parva Magna Crescunt (Latin: Little things grow into big things)
- Queen Mary's Grammar School: Quas Dederis Solas Semper Habebes Opes (Latin: You only get out what you put in) (rough translation)
- Ravenscroft School: Audi et Aude (Latin: Learn and dare)
- Reading School: Floreat Redingensis (Latin: May Reading flourish)
- Repton School: porta vacat culpa (Latin: the gate is free from blame)
- Royal Grammar School Worcester:Respice et Prospice (Latin: Remember the past and look to the future)
- Royal Latin School, Buckingham: High Expectations For All (1993), Alle May God Amende (1423)
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst: Serve to Lead
- Royal Wolverhampton School: Nisi Dominus frustra
- Rugby School: Orando Laborando
- Saddleworth School: Aim high
- Sevenoaks School: Servire Deo Regnare Est (Latin: To serve God is to rule)
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School: Te Digna Sequere (Latin: Follow things worthy of thyself)
- Solihull School: Perseverantia (Latin: Perseverance)
- St Albans School: Non nobis nati (Latin: Born not for ourselves alone)
- St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berkshire: Ad lucem (Latin: Towards the light)
- St Edward's Roman Catholic Church of England School, Poole: Learning together
- St Dunstan's College, Catford: Albam Exorna (Latin: Adorn the white)
- St Paul's School, London: Fide Et Literis (Latin: By faith and by learning)
- St Peter's School, York: Super Antiquas Vias (Latin: Upon the ancient tracks)
- Stamford School: Christ me spede (Latin: Christ be with me)
- Stockport Grammar School: Vincit qui patitur (Latin: He who endures, conquers)
- The Chafford School, Rainham, London: Achievement for all through the pursuit of excellence
- The Glasgow Academy: Serva Fidem (Latin: Keep the faith)
- The John Lyon School: Stet Fortuna domus (Latin: Let fortune of the House stand)
- The King's School, Grantham: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Middle French: Shame upon him who thinks evil upon it / Evil to he who evil thinks)
- The King's School, Ottery St Mary: Schola Regia De Ottery
- Thetford Grammar School: Loyaute me oblige (French: Loyalty binds me)
- Thomas Rotherham College: Ne Ingrati Videamur (Latin: Lest We Should Appear Ungrateful)
- Trinity School, Croydon: Vincit qui patitur (Latin: He who endures, conquers)
- Twynham School: Ut Prosim (Latin: That I may serve)
- Wath Comprehensive School: Meliora Spectare (Latin: Look to Better Things)
- Warwick School: Altiora Peto (Latin: I seek higher things)
- Wells Cathedral School: Esto Quod Es (Latin: Be what you are)
- Westminster School: Dat Deus Incrementum (Latin: God gives the increase)
- Wymondham College: Floreat Sapientia (Latin: Let Wisdom Flourish)
- Yarm School: Erudio pro vita (Latin: Education for life)
United States
- Alfred University: Fiat Lux (Latin: Let there be light)
- American University: Pro deo et patria (Latin: For God and country)
- Amherst College: Terras Irradient (Latin: Let them give light to the world)
- Aquinas Institute: Credo Quid Quid Dixit Dei Filius (Latin: I believe whatever the Son of God has said)
- Bates College: Amore Ac Studio (Latin: Love of learning) - Charles Sumner
- Benedict College: Veritas et Virtus (Latin: Truth and virtue)
- Bob Jones University: Petimus Credimus (Latin: We seek, we trust)
- Boston College: Aien Aristeuein/αιεν αριστευειν (Greek: Ever to excel); Religioni et bonis artibus (Latin: For religion and the good arts)
- Brandeis University: Truth, even unto its innermost parts
- Brigham Young University: Enter to learn; go forth to serve
- Brown University: In deo speramus (Latin: In God we hope)
- California Institute of Technology: The truth shall make you free
- California Maritime Academy: Laborare Pugnare Parati Sumus (Latin: To work or fight, we are ready)
- California State University, Fresno: Lucem Accipe Ut Reddas (Latin: Receive the light that you may give it forth)
- Campbell University: Ad Astra Per Aspera (Latin: To the stars through difficulties)
- Carnegie-Mellon University: My Heart Is In The Work
- Claremont McKenna College: Crescit cum commercio civitas (Latin: Civilization prospers with commerce)
- Clark Atlanta University: I'll Find a Way or Make One / Culture for Service
- College of the Holy Cross: In hoc signo vonces (Latin: In this sign you will conquer)
- Columbia University: In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen [Psalm 36:9] (Latin: In thy light shall we see light)
- Cornell University: I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study
- Dartmouth College: Vox clamantis in deserto [Luke 3:4], (Latin: The voice of one crying in the wilderness)
- Eastern Nazarene College: Via, Veritas, Vita (Latin: The Way, the Truth, and the Life)
- Erskine College: Scientia cum moribus conjuncta (Latin: Knowledge joined with morals)
- Florida A&M University: Head, heart, hand, field
- Florida Atlantic University: Where Tomorrow Begins
- Florida State University: Vires, artes, mores (Latin: Strength, skill, character)
- Foothill College: Upgrade. Advance.
- Fordham University: Sapientia et doctrina (Latin: Wisdom and learning)
- Franklin & Marshall College: Lux et lex (Latin: Light and law)
- Franklin Pierce Law Center: Inspiring Excellence
- Georgetown University: Utraque unum (Latin: Both and one)
- Georgia Institute of Technology: Progress and Service[3]
- Hampden-Sydney College: Huc venite iuvenes ut exeatis viri (Latin: Come here as boys so you may leave as men)
- Hampshire College: Non Satis Scire (Latin: To know is not enough)
- Harvard University: Veritas (Latin: Truth)
- Hollywood High School: Achieve the Honorable
- Horace Mann School: Magna est Veritas et Praevalet (Latin: Great is the truth and it prevails)
- Indiana University: Lux et Veritas (Latin: Light and truth)
- Iowa State University: Science with practice
- Johns Hopkins University: Veritas vos liberabit [John 8:32], (Latin: The truth will set you free)
- Johnson and Wales University: When All Else Fails Johnson and Wales
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Mens et Manus (Latin: Mind and hand)
- Mercyhurst University: Carpe Diem (Latin: Seize the day)
- Miami University: Prodesse Quam Conspici (Proceed without being conspicuous)
- New York University: Perstare et praestare (To persevere and to excel)
- Northfield Mount Hermon School: Discere et Vivere (Learn and live)
- Northwestern University: Quaecumque Sunt Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- Northeastern University: Lux, Veritas, Virtus (Latin: Light, truth, courage)
- Norwich University: I Will Try
- Oglethorpe University: Nescit cedere (Latin: He does not know how to give up)
- Ohio Wesleyan University: In lumine tuo videbimus lumen (Latin: In your light we shall see the light)
- Pitzer College: Provida Futuri (Latin: Mindful of the future)
- Plymouth State University: Ut Prosim (Latin: That I may serve)
- Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn, NY: Virtus victrix fortunae (Latin: Virtue is the conqueror of fortune)
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY: Homo et hominis opera partes naturae (Latin: Both man and the works of man are part of nature)
- Portland State University: Doctrina urbi serviat (Latin: Let knowledge serve the city)
- Princeton University: Dei sub numine viget (Latin: Under God's power she flourishes)
- Purdue University: Education, Research, Service
- Quinnipiac University: Challenging Students to Meet the Challenges of the Future
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Knowledge and Thoroughness[4] Slogans: Why not change the world?, One word changes everything. Rensselaer.[5]
- Rhodes College: Truth, Loyalty, Service
- Rutgers University: Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra (Latin: Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also)
- Scripps College: Incipit vita nova (Latin: Here begins new life)
- Seton Hall University: Hazard Zet Forward (In spite of all hazards, go forward) - Taken from the Seton family's Coat of Arms (Scotland)
- Shepherd University: Ne Plus Ultra (Latin: The highest point capable of being attained)
- Shimer College: Not to be served, but to serve
- Sonoma State University: Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis (Latin: Light of the mind, light of the world)
- Stanford University: Die Luft der Freiheit weht (German: The wind of freedom blows)
- Stetson University: Pro Deo et Veritate (For God and truth)
- Stevens Institute of Technology: Per aspera ad astra (Latin: Through hardships to the stars)
- Syracuse University: Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat (Latin: Knowledge crowns those who seek her)
- The Catholic University of America: Deus Lux Mea Est (Latin: God is my light)
- The Evergreen State College: Omnia Extares (Latin: Let it all hang out)
- The Ohio State University: Disciplina in Civitatem (Latin: Education for citizenship)
- Tufts University: Pax et Lux (Latin: Peace and Light)
- Tulane University: Non Sibi Sed Suis (Latin: Not for oneself, but for one's own)
- United Negro College Fund: A mind is a terrible thing to waste
- United States Military AcademyWest Point: Duty, Honor, Country
- University of Arizona: Bear Down
- University of Baltimore: Knowledge that Works
- University of California: Fiat Lux (Latin: Let there be light)
- University of Central Florida: Reach for the Stars
- University of Chicago: Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin: Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched)
- University of Florida: The welfare of the state depends upon the morals of its citizens
- University of Georgia: Et docere et rerum exquirere causas (Latin: To teach and to inquire into the nature of things)
- University of Hawaii: Maluna a'e o na lahui a pau ke ola ke kanaka (Hawaiian: Above all nations is humanity)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Learning and Labor
- University of Maryland, College Park: Fatti maschii, Parole femine (Strong deeds, gentle words)
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin: By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
- University of Miami: Magna est veritas (Latin: Great is the truth)
- University of Michigan: Artes, Scientia, Veritas (Latin: Arts, Science, Truth)
- University of Minnesota: Omnibus Artibus Commune Vinculum (Latin: A common bond for all the arts and sciences)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Lux libertas (Latin: Light and liberty)
- University of Notre Dame: Vita, Dulcedo, Spes (Latin: Commonwealth of Massachusetts [Mary, our] life, sweetness, and hope)
- University of Oregon: Mens agitat molem (Latin: Mind moves matter)
- University of Pennsylvania: Leges sine moribus vanae (Latin: Laws without morals are useless)
- University of Pittsburgh: Veritas et Virtus (Latin: Truth and virtue)
- University of Rhode Island: Think Big. We Do.
- University of Rochester: Meliora
- University of South Carolina: Emollit Mores Nec Sinit Esse Feros (Latin: Learning humanizes character and does not permit it to be cruel)
- University of South Florida: Truth and Wisdom
- University of Southern California: Palmam qui meruit ferat. (Latin: Let him who earns the palm bear it)
- University of Texas: Disciplina praesidium civitatis (Latin: Discipline, the guardian of the state)
- University of Washington: Lux sit (Latin: Let it be light)
- University of Wisconsin - Madison: Numen Lumen (Latin: The divine within the universe, however manifested, is my light)
- Valparaiso University: n luce tua videmus lucem (Latin: In Thy light we see light)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Ut Prosim (Latin: That I may serve)
- Washington and Lee University: Non incautus futuri (Latin: Not unmindful of the future)
- Washington School (Mississippi): Exitus Acta Probat (Latin: Action produces results)
- Wellesley College: Non Ministrari sed Ministrare (Latin: Not to be served, but to serve / Not to be ministered unto, but to minister)
- Western University of Health Sciences: Educare, Sanare, Coniunctim (Latin: To teach, to heal, together)
- Willamette University: Not Unto Ourselves Alone are we Born
- Wofford College: Intaminatis fulget honoribus (Latin: Untarnished, she shines with honor)
- Yale University: Lux et veritas (Latin: Light and truth)
Unsorted
- Bishop Timon HS: fortes in fide (Latin: Strong in faith)
- Instituto Nacional Mejía, Quito, Ecuador: Per aspera ad astra (Latin: To the stars with effort)
- Keats's College, Chemin Grenier, Mauritius: Une ecole une famille (French: A school a family)
- Keats's College, Chemin Grenier, Mauritius: Virtute et Industria (Latin: Hard work is a virtue)
- Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu: mens agitat molem (Latin: mind moves matter)
- National Polytechnic Institute (IPN): La técnica al servicio de la patria (Spanish: Tech to the service of the State)
- National Taiwan University: Cultivate your virtue; advance your intellect; love your country; love your people
- National Tsing Hua University: 自強不息,厚德載物 (Traditional Chinese: Self-discipline and social commitment)
- National University of the Littoral: Lux Indeficiens (Latin: Inextinguishable light)
- Neil Thomas Christian University: Be Holy as I Am Holy (1Pet 1:16)
- Oakland Colegio Campestre: Felicitas, Integritas Et Sapientia (Latin: Happiness, integrity and knowledge)
- Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung: Bakuning Hyang Mrih Guna Santyaya Bhakti (Based on belief in God, pursuing knowledge to serve the community)
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University: Freedom, Peace, and Humanism, International Mutual Understanding and the Creation of the Future of the Asia Pacific
- Royal College Colombo: Disce aut Discede (Latin: Learn or depart)
- Saint Joseph's College, Hong Kong: Labore et Virtute (Latin: Labour and virtue)
- Seoul National University: Veritas lux mea (Latin: The truth is my light)
- Tsinghua University: 自强不息,厚德载物 (Simplified Chinese: Self-discipline and social commitment)
- Universal Public School: Vidya Sheelena Shobhate (Character brightens education)
- University of Garyounis: وقل ربي زدني علماً
- University of Hong Kong: Sapientia et Virtus (Latin: Wisdom and virtue)
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi: Astra ex Astris (Latin: Stars from stars)
- University of Malta: Ut Fructificemus Deo
- University of Nairobi, Kenya: Unitate et Labore (Latin: In unity and work)
- University of São Paulo: Scientia Vinces (Latin: Through knowledge you conquer)
- University of Zulia (LUZ): Post Nubila Phoebus (Latin: Beyond the clouds, the sun)
- University of the West Indies: Oriens Ex Occidente Lux (Latin: Light rising from the West)
- Unseen University: Nunc id Vides. Nunc ne Vides (Latin: Now you see it. Now you don't)
- Whitsunday Christian College: Excel in Truth and Grace
See also
References
- ^ Palestine Students طلبة فلسطين. "intifada.com". intifada.com. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mackinnon of Dunakin, Charles (1968). Observer's Book of Heraldry. Frederick Warne & Co. pp. 122–129. retrieved 10 November 2013. Cite error: The named reference "heraldry" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Georgia Institute of Technology :: Community Service". Service.gatech.edu. 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
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External links
- Mottos in civic heraldry (over 1000)