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List of mottos

An example of a motto, Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa (Health, peace and prosperity) on the Coat of arms of Kiribati

This list contains the mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.

Organizations

National mottos

  • List of national mottos

Cultural, philanthropic and scientific

  • Amsterdam Zoo: Latin: Natura Artis Magistra (Nature is the teacher of art)
  • International Expositions: Latin: Semper Verum (Always true)
  • Monarchist League of Canada: Latin: Fidelitate Coniuncti (United by fealty)
  • Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy): Spanish: Limpia, fija y da Esplendor (Cleans, fixes and gives shine)
  • Royal Society: Latin: Nullius in verba (On the word of no one)
  • South African Museum: Latin: Semper aliquid novi Africa affert (Africa is always producing some novelty)
  • Swedish Academy: Swedish: Snille och Smak (Talent and taste)

Public service and youth service

Police and public safety

Sport and competition

International organisations

Africa and Asia

  • Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya: Arabic: الخلق، الأيمان، القوة‎ (Character, Faith, Force)
  • Asante Kotoko S.C.: Ashanti Twi: Kum apem a, apem beba (Kill a thousand, and a thousand more will come)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders: Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo re (Will do, will fight, will win)
  • Vivekanand College: Teaching with some Masala with Prof. Gaurang Joshi

Americas

  • Carolina Panthers: Keep Pounding
  • Chicago Fire SC: Tradition. Honor. Passion.
  • Colo Colo: Spanish: El equipo que ha sabido ser campeón (The team that has known to become champion)
  • CR Flamengo: Portuguese: Uma vez Flamengo, sempre Flamengo. (Once Flamengo, always Flamengo)
  • Tabor Academy: Latin: Vincit Semper Veritas (Truth always conquers)

Australia

Europe

  • FC Barcelona: Catalan: Més que un club (More than a club) and Catalan: Tots units fem força (All together we are strong)
  • Sport Lisboa e Benfica: Latin: E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)
  • Feyenoord Rotterdam: Dutch: Geen woorden maar daden (No words but deeds)
  • S.S. Lazio: Latin: Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt (In harmony small things grew)
  • Olympique de Marseille: French: Droit au but (Straight to the Goal)
  • AC Milan: Italian: il club più titolato al mondo (the world's most successful club) or Italian: Forza Milan (Strength to Milan / Go Milan)
  • F.C. Porto: A Vencer desde 1893 (Conquering since 1893)
  • Sporting Clube de Portugal: Portuguese: Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção, Glória (Effort, dedication, devotion, glory)
  • Real Madrid C.F.: Spanish: Hala Madrid y nada mas (Hail Madrid and nothing more)

United Kingdom

  • Arsenal F.C.: Latin: Victoria Concordia Crescit (Victory through harmony)
  • Aston Villa: Prepared
  • Chelsea Football Club: Keep The Blue Flag Flying High
  • Everton Football Club: Latin: Nil satis nisi optimum (Nothing but the best is good enough)
  • Leeds United: Marching on Together
  • Leicester City: Foxes Never Quit and #Fearless
  • 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)
  • Norwich City F.C: On the Ball, City
  • Queen's Park F.C.: Latin: Ludere Causa Ludendi (To play for the sake of playing)
  • Rangers F.C.: Ready
  • Sheffield Wednesday F.C.: Latin: Consilio et Animis (by Wisdom and Courage)
  • Shrewsbury Town F.C: Latin: Floreat Salopia (May Shropshire flourish / Let Salop flourish)
  • Stoke City: Latin: Vis Unita Fortior (United Strength is Stronger)
  • Sunderland A.F.C.: Latin: Consectatio Excellentiae (In pursuit of excellence)
  • Tottenham Hotspur: Latin: Audere est Facere (To dare is to do)

Politics

Heritage and historical

Religion

Business

  • Audi: Vorsprung durch Technik (Literally: Advantage through technology, Figuratively: The technical edge)
  • BBC: Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
  • Harrods: Omnia Omnibus Ubique (All Things, For All People, Everywhere)
  • IdentLogic Systems: Latin: Ille qui meritus est praemium habeat ( Let him who has earned it bear the reward)
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Latin: Ars Gratia Artis (Art for art's sake)
  • Royal Mail Lines: Latin: Per mare ubique (Everywhere by sea)

Mediaeval nobility

Famous mottos, usually deliberately cryptic, adopted during the age of chivalry and courtly love by great noblemen and ladies include:

Dynasties

Families

Belgium

Medical

  • American Board of Ophthalmology: Latin: Ex Obscuris Lux (From darkness, light)
  • Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: Latin: In somno securitas (In sleep there is safety)
  • Association of Veterinary Surgeons in Bulgaria: Latin: Culter in manu sapienti vitam dat (A scalpel in a wise hand gives life)
  • Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland: Latin: omnes ab omnibus discamus (Let us learn all things from everybody)
  • Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Latin: Corpus curare spiritumque (To care for the body and its breath of life)
  • Australian College of Pharmacy: Education for Practice and Management
  • Canadian Association of General Surgeons: Latin: Sapientia Manaque Apta (Wisdom and a skillful hand)
  • Canadian Orthopaedic Association: Latin: Pietate, Arte et Scientia Corrigere (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: Latin: Vincat Scientia Morbos (Let knowledge conquer disease)
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Excellence in women's health
  • Royal College of Anaesthetists: Latin: Divinum sedare dolorem (It is divine to alleviate pain / Divine is the effort to conquer pain)
  • Royal College of General Practitioners: Latin: Cum Scientia Caritas (Scientific knowledge applied with compassion)
  • Royal College of Midwives: Latin: Vita donum Dei (Life is the gift of God)
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Latin: Super Ardua (Let us overcome our difficulties)
  • Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Latin: Ut Omnes Videant (So that all may see)
  • Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: Latin: Hereditas Domini filii (Children are a heritage from the Lord)
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists: Let Wisdom Guide
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: Latin: Consilio Manuque (Scholarship and dexterity)
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Latin: Habenda ratio valetudinis (We must pay attention to our health)
  • Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course: Safiri Salama (Swahili: Travel safely)
  • ZAKA: Hessed Shel Emet (True kindness)

Other

  • Association of Trust Schools: Latin: Ad Susceptum Perficiendum (In order to achieve what has been undertaken)
  • Glasgow Filmmakers Alliance: Whatever the weather, we stand together
  • International Thespian Society: Act well your part. There all the honor lies
  • Linux Foundation: Open your source, Open your mind
  • The Boondock Saints: Latin: Aequitas et Veritas, alternately Veritas et Aequitas (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: Latin: Ex luna, scientia (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): Defending Our Nation, Securing The Future
  • Ontario Regiment of Canada: Canadian Armed Forces Armoured Reserve Regiment: Latin: 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)
  • Philippine National Police: We Serve and Protect
  • Royal Air Force (United Kingdom): Latin: Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through adversity to the stars)
  • Royal Marines (United Kingdom): Latin: Per Mare, Per Terram (By sea, by land)
  • Household Division (United Kingdom): Latin: Septem Juncta in Uno (Seven joined in one)
  • United States Coast Guard (USCG): Latin: Semper Paratus (Always ready)
  • United States Coast Guard Life-Saving Service (USCG LSS): You have to go out, but you don't have to come back[3]
  • United States Marine Corps (USMC): Latin: Semper Fidelis (Always faithful)
  • United States Military Academy: Duty, Honor, Country
  • US Air Force Pararescue: That Others May Live
  • United States Army: This We'll Defend
  • Spanish Light Armoured Cavalry Regiment Santiago No 1 : Latin: Pes meus stetit in directo[4] (My foot has stood in the right way/direction (or in uprightness; in integrity )
  • United States Secret Service: Worthy Of Trust and Confidence

Orders and decorations

Canada

Europe

Holy See

United Kingdom

Municipalities

Australia

New South Wales

  • Blacktown: Progress
  • Sydney: I take but I surrender

Northern Territory

Queensland

  • Brisbane: Latin: Meliora sequimur (We aim for better things)

South Australia

  • Adelaide: Latin: Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti (United for the common good)

Tasmania

  • Hobart: Latin: Sic Fortis Hobartia Crevit (Thus, in force, Hobart grew)

Victoria

  • Melbourne: Latin: Vires Acquirit Eundo (She acquires strength as she goes)

Western Australia

Canada

British Columbia

  • Kamloops Salus et Opes (Latin: Health and abundance)

Manitoba

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba: Latin: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One with the strength of many)

New Brunswick

  • Saint John: Latin: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (O fortunate ones whose walls are now rising / O happy they, whose promised walls already rise)

Nova Scotia

  • Halifax: Latin: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the sea)

Ontario

  • Hamilton: Together Aspire, Together Achieve
  • Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
  • Toronto: Diversity Our Strength
  • Sarnia: Latin: Sarnia Semper (Sarnia Always)

Quebec

  • Montreal: Latin: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony)
  • Province of Quebec: French: Je me souviens (I remember)
  • Quebec City, Quebec: French: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put God's gift to good use)

Saskatchewan

  • Regina: Latin: Floreat Regina (Let Regina flourish)

Europe

  • Amsterdam: Dutch: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)
  • Bordeaux: Latin: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem (The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion)
  • Brescia: Latin: Brixia fidelis (Brescia faithful)
  • Bucharest: Romanian: Patria și Dreptul Meu (The Homeland and my right)
  • Douglas: Manx: Kiannoortys cheusthie jeh Kiannoortys (Government within a government)
  • Frankfurt: German: Stark im Recht (Strong in justice)
  • Gdańsk: Latin: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly)
  • Gdynia: Polish: Gdynia—miasto z morza i marzeń (Gdynia—a city built of sea and dreams)
  • Genoa: Latin: Libertas (Liberty)
  • Kaunas: Latin: Diligite justitiam qui judicatis terram (Love justice, landlords)
  • Łódź: Latin: Ex navicula navis (Big boat out of a small one)
  • Madrid: Spanish: Fui sobre agua edificada, mis muros de fuego son. Esta es mi insignia y blasón (On water I was built, My walls are made of fire, this is my ensign and escutcheon)
  • Marseille: Latin: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
  • Nancy, France: Latin: Non inultus premor (I'm not touched with impunity)
  • Nantes: Latin: Favet Neptunus Eunti (Neptune favours the traveller)
  • Nice: Latin: Nicaea Civitas (City of Nice)
  • Oporto, Portugal: Portuguese: Antiga, mui nobre e sempre leal, Invicta cidade do Porto (Antique, highly noble, always faithful, unvanquished Oporto City)
  • Paris: Latin: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
  • Prague: Latin: Praga caput rei publicae (Prague, head of the republic). Formerly: Praga caput regnum (Prague, head of the kingdom)
  • Rotterdam: Dutch: Sterker door strijd (Stronger by struggle)
  • Seville: Spanish: No me ha dejado (written NO8DO) (It [Seville] has not abandoned me)
  • Sofia: Raste, no ne staree (Bulgarian: Grows, but does not age)
  • The Hague: Dutch: Vrede en recht (Peace and Justice)
  • Toulon: Latin: Concordia parva crescunt (Small things increase by concord)
  • Valletta: Italian: Città Umilissima (The most humble city)
  • Vilnius: Latin: Unitas, Justitia, Spes (Unity, justice, hope)
  • Warsaw: Latin: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms), Semper invicta (Always invincible)
  • Żebbuġ, Malta: Latin: Semper Virens (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)
  • Bali: Bali Dwipa Jaya (Glorious Bali Island)

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)
  • Tamil Nadu வாய்மையே வெல்லும் (Tamil) (Truth alone triumphs)

Republic of Ireland

  • Cork: Latin: Statio Bene Fida Carinis (A safe harbour for ships)
  • Dublin: Latin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Happy the city where citizens obey)
  • Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the harbour to the mountain)
  • Limerick: Latin: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (An ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
  • Waterford: Latin: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Waterford remains the untaken city)

Latin America

  • Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Latin: Semper Ascendens (Always ascending)
  • São Paulo: Latin: Non ducor, duco (I am not led, I lead)

New Zealand

  • Auckland: Advance[6]
  • Christchurch: Latin: Fide Condita, Fructu Beata, Spe Fortis (Founded in Faith, Rich in the Fulfillment thereof, Strong in Hope for the Future).
  • Dunedin: Latin: Maiorum Institutis Utendo (By following in the footsteps of our forefathers)
  • Nelson, New Zealand: Latin: Palmam qui meruit ferat (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
  • Wellington: Latin: Suprema a Situ (Supreme by position)

United Kingdom

England

Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
  • Chester: Latin: Antiqiui Colant Antiquum Dierum (Let the ancients worship the ancient of days)[10]
  • Cheshire: Latin: Jure et dignitate gladii (By the right and dignity of the Sword)[11]
City of London
  • Latin: Domine dirige nos (Lord direct us)[12]
Devon
  • Exeter: Latin: Semper Fidelis (Always faithful)[13]
  • Plymouth: Latin: Turris Fortissima est Nomen Jehova (The strongest tower is the name of Jehovah)[13]
  • Torquay: Latin: Salus et Felicitas (Health and happiness)[13]
Essex
  • Benfleet: Latin: Societas florebit (Fellowship will blossom)
  • Braintree: By wisdom and foresight[9]
  • Brentwood: Latin: Ardens Fide (burning with faith)[9]
  • Canvey Island: Latin: Ex Mare Dei Gratia (From the sea by the grace of God)[9]
  • Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart[9]
  • Colchester: No Cross, no Crown[9]
  • Great Dunmow: May Dunmow prosper[9]
  • Halstead: Latin: Consilio et Prudentia (By wisdom and foresight)[9]
  • Harwich: Latin: Omnia Bona Bonis (To the good all things are good)[9]
  • Harlow: In Common Endeavour[9]
  • Leigh-on-Sea: Latin: Lux Salubritas Felicitas (Light, health, happiness)
  • Maldon: Vision, courage, integrity[9]
  • Rayleigh: Latin: In Reliquom Laboramus (We work for the future)
  • Rochford: Our heritage, our future[9]
  • Southend-on-Sea: Latin: Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (By the sea and by the church)[9]
  • Thurrock: Latin: Secundum Tamesim Quovis Gentium (By the Thames to all peoples of the world)[9]
  • Waltham Abbey: Latin: Sanctae Nomine Crucis (By the name of the Holy Cross)[9]
Gloucestershire
  • Cheltenham: Latin: Salubritas et eruditio (Health and education)
  • Cirencester: Latin: Corinium floreat (May Corinium (Cirencester) flourish)
  • Cotswold District: United we serve
  • Gloucester: Latin: Fides invicta triumphat (Unconquered faith triumphs)
  • Gloucestershire: Latin: Prorsum semper (Ever forwards)
  • Tewkesbury Borough: Latin: In consilio sapientia (There is wisdom in counsel)
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Hampshire
Hertfordshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
  • Leicester: Latin: Semper Eadem (Always the same)
Lincolnshire
  • Mablethorpe: Latin: Amoeniora Litora Nostra (Our shores are more delightful) [1]
Merseyside
  • Liverpool: Latin: Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit (God hath granted us this ease)[16]
Norfolk
Northumbria
Surrey
  • Elmbridge: Latin: Dum Defluant Amnes (Until the rivers cease to flow)[15]
  • Epsom and Ewell: None Such[15]
  • Guildford: Latin: Fortiter et Fideliter (Bravely and faithfully)[15]
  • Mole Valley: Latin: Ministrando Vigilans (Vigilant in our serving)[15]
  • Spelthorne: Latin: Ad Solem Prospicimus (We look towards the Sun)[15]
  • Surrey Heath: Latin: Festina Diligenter (Make haste carefully)[15]
  • Tandridge: Latin: Concordia (Harmony)[15]
  • Reigate and Banstead: Never Wonne Ne Never Shall[15]
  • Runnymede: In Freedom We Serve[15]
  • Waverley: Latin: Oppida Rusque Una (Town and countryside in unity)[15]
  • Woking: Latin: Fide et Diligentia (In faith and diligence)[15]
Sussex
  • Brighton and Hove: Latin: Inter Undas et Colles Floremus (Between sea and downs we flourish)[15]
  • Crawley: I Grow and I Rejoice[15]
  • Eastbourne: Latin: Meliora Sequimur (We follow the better things)[15]
  • Horsham: Proudly We Serve[15]
  • Mid Sussex: Latin: Salus Populi Suprema Lex (The good of the people comes first)[15]
  • Wealden: Latin: Interiora Ruris (Rural interior)[15]
  • Worthing: Latin: Ex Terra Copiam e Mari Salutem (From the land, fullness; from the sea, health)[15]
Yorkshire

Scotland

  • Aberdeen: French: Bon Accord ( Good agreement)[23]
  • Arbroath: Propter libertatem (Latin: For Freedom)[24]
  • Braemar: Scots: Mak Siccar (Make sure)[25]
  • Clydebank: Latin: Labore et Scientia (By work and by knowledge)[26]
  • Dingwall: Salve corona[27]
  • Duns: Scots: Duns Dings Aw (Duns beats all)
  • East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
  • Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus frustra (Latin: Except the Lord [keep the city, the watchman waketh] in vain. Psalm 127)
  • Falkirk: Scots: Touch Ane, Touch Aw - Better meddle wi the Deil than the bairns o Fawkirk (Strike one, strike all - easier fight with the devil than the children of Falkirk)
  • Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
  • Galashiels: Scots: Soor Ploums (Sour Plums)
  • Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
  • Irvine: Latin: Tandem bona causa triumphat (The good cause triumphs in the end)
  • Jedburgh: Latin: Strenue et Prospere (With vigour and success)
  • Kelso: Scots: Dae Richt - Fear Nocht (Do right — fear nought)
  • Kinross: Scots: Siccar (Sure)
  • Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
  • Orkney Islands: Boreas domus mare amicus (Latin: The North our home, the sea our friend)[28]
  • Perth: Latin: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the King, the Law and the People)
  • Port Glasgow: Latin: Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
  • Rosehearty: Scots: Tyauve awa Rosehearty (Strive always, Rosehearty)
  • St Andrews: Latin: Dum spiro spero (While I breathe I hope)
  • Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
  • Shetland Islands: Með lögum skal land byggja (Old Norse: By law shall the land be built up)[29]
  • Thurso: Scots: Wark tae God (Walk towards God)

Northern Ireland

County Antrim
  • Antrim: Per Angusta ad Augusta
  • Ballyclare: Latin: Industria et Probitate (By work and integrity)
  • Ballymoney: Goodwill to all People
  • Belfast: Latin: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (What shall we give in return for so much)
  • Carrickfergus: Latin: Gloria Prisca Novatur (The glory of the Old made New)
  • Larne: Latin: Falce Marique Potens (Powerful With the Sickle and on the Sea)
  • Lisburn: Latin: Ex Igne Resurgam (I will arise from the fire)
  • Newtownabbey: Latin: Multi in uno resurgent (Multi in uno resurgent)
County Armagh
  • Armagh: In Concilio Consilium
  • Craigavon: Together we progress
  • Lurgan: Be just and fear not
  • Portadown: ???
County Down
  • Ards: Latin: Fidelis atque Fortis (Faithful and Brave)
  • Bangor: Beannchor
  • Banbridge: Latin: Per Deum en Industriam (By God and Industry)
  • East Down: Ever looking forward
  • Newtownards: Fidelis atque Fortis
County Fermanagh
County Londonderry
  • Coleraine: Cuil Rathain
  • Limavady: Latin: Absit Invidia (Let there be no ill-will)
  • Derry: Latin: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Life, truth, victory)
  • Magherafelt: Latin: Fide et Opera (With Faithfulness and Service)
  • Moyle:
County Tyrone

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

California

Florida

Illinois

  • Chicago: Latin: Urbs In Horto (City in a garden)

Indiana

Iowa

  • State of Iowa: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

Kentucky

  • Campbellsville: Urbs progrediens media in civitate (City in the middle of the commonwealth)

Massachusetts

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Latin: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
  • Boston: Latin: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (God be with us as He was with our fathers)
  • Somerville: Municipal Freedom Gives National Strength

Maryland

Michigan

  • Detroit: Latin: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes)
  • Grand Rapids: Latin: Motu Viget (strength in activity)

Minnesota

North Carolina

Ohio

  • Centerville: Progress, Stability
  • Chillicothe: Primum capitolium Ohioensis (Ohio's first capital)
  • Cincinnati: Juncta juvant (Unity assists)
  • Cleveland: Progress & Prosperity
  • Coldwater: The family is our most important product
  • Dublin: where yesterday meets tomorrow
  • Fairborn: Tradition, Innovation
  • Obetz: For Work, For Play, For Everyone
  • Parma: Progress Through Partnerships
  • Reading: Wir Tun Unser Bestes (We Try Our Best)
  • St. Marys: Where Living is a Pleasure; Urbs inter agros (City amid fields)
  • Streetsboro: Gateway to Progress
  • Toledo: Laborare est orare (To work is to pray)
  • Union: Sheets Rifle

Oregon

Pennsylvania

  • Philadelphia: Latin: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue)

Texas

Virginia

  • Virginia State Motto: Latin: Sic semper tyrannus (Thus always to tyrants)
  • Richmond, Virginia: Latin: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Such is the way to the Stars)

British counties

England

Traditional

Ceremonial

Former

Scotland

  • Aberdeen: Bon Accord
  • Angus: Scots: Lippen on Angus (Trust in Angus)
  • Ayr: God Shaw the Right
  • Banff: Latin: Spe et Spiritu (With hope and courage)
  • Caithness: Commit thy Wark to God
  • Clackmannan: Leuk aboot ye
  • Dumfries:
  • Dunbarton: Scottish Gaelic: Levenax (Land of the elm trees)
  • East Lothian:
  • Fife: Latin: Virtute et opera (By virtue and by industry)
  • Inverness: Scottish Gaelic: Air son Math na Siorrachd (For the good of the county)
  • Kincardine: Latin: Laus Deo (Praise to God)
  • Kinross: For all Time
  • Kirkcudbright:
  • Lanark:
  • Midlothian:
  • Moray: Latin: In Spe (In hope)
  • Nairn: Unite and be Mindful
  • Orkney: Latin: Boreas Domus Mare Amicus (Home to the winds, friend of the sea)
  • Peebles: Latin: Contra Nando Incrementum (There is increase by swimming against the stream
  • Perth: Latin: Pro Lege et Libertate (For law and liberty)
  • Renfrew:
  • Ross and Cromarty: Dread God and Do Well
  • Roxburgh: Latin: Ne Cede Malis Sed Contra Audentior Ito (Yield not to misfortunes [evil things] but go on more boldly against them)
  • Selkirk:
  • Stirling:
  • Sutherland: Scottish Gaelic: Dluth Lean Do Dhuthchas Le Durachd (Cling to thy heritage with diligence)
  • West Lothian: Aye for the Common Weal
  • Wigtown:
  • Zetland: Icelandic: Með Lögum Skal Land Byggja (With laws shall this land be built)

Wales

Traditional

  • Anglesey: Welsh: Môn Mam Cymru (Anglesey mother of Wales)
  • Brecknock: Welsh: Undeb Hedd Llwyddiant (Unity, peace, prosperity)
  • Caernarfon: Welsh: Cadernid Gwynedd (The strength of Gwynedd)
  • Carmarthen: Welsh: Rhyddid gwerin ffyniant gwlad (A free people a prosperous country)
  • Cardigan or Ceredigion: Welsh: Golud Gwlad Rhyddid (A nation's wealth is freedom)
  • Denbigh: Welsh: Duw â digon (God is sufficient)
  • Flint: Welsh: Gorau tarian, cyfiawnder (The best shield is justice)
  • Glamorgan: Welsh: A ddioddefws a orfu (He that endureth, overcometh)
  • Merioneth or Merionydd: Welsh: Tra Mor Tra Meirion (While the sea lasts, so shall Merionethshire)
  • Monmouth: Latin: Utrique fidelis (Faithful to both)
  • Montgomery: Welsh: Powys paradwys Cymru (Powys paradise of Wales)
  • Pembroke: Latin: Ex unitate vires (Out of unity is strength)
  • Radnor: Welsh: Ewch yn Uwch (Higher and higher)

Ceremonial

  • Clwyd: Welsh: Tarian cyfiawnder Duw (The shield of justice is God)
  • Dyfed: Welsh: Rhyddid Gwerin Ffyniant Gwlad (A free people, a prosperous country) - as Carmarthenshire
  • Gwent: Latin: Utrique fidelis (Faithful to both) - as Monmouthshire
  • Gwynedd: Welsh: Cadernid Gwynedd (The strength of Gwynedd) - as Caernarfonshire
  • Mid Glamorgan: Welsh: A Ddioddefws a Orfu (He who suffers, conquers) - as Glamorgan
  • Powys: Welsh: Undeb A Rhyddid (Unity and freedom)
  • South Glamorgan: Welsh: Y Ddinas a'r Fro (The city and the vale)
  • West Glamorgan: Welsh: Cardarn pob Cyfiawn (The just are strong)

Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London

Educational institutions

See also

  • List of U.S. state and territory mottos
  • List of national mottos
  • List of university and college mottos
  • List of sundial mottos
  • List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes

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