List of mottos
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This is a list of mottos of organisations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.
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[edit] Organizations
- Apple Computer: Think Different
- Apollo 13: Ex luna, scientia (from the Moon, knowledge),
- Arsenal F.C.: Victoria Concordia Crescit (victory comes from harmony)
- Amsterdam Zoo: Natura Artis Magistra (Nature is the teacher of art)
- Audi: Vorsprung durch Technik (Progress through science)
- Ba'ath Party: Wahdah, Hurriyah, Ishtirrakiyah (Unity, Freedom, Socialism)
- BBC: Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
- Benedictine Order: ora et labora (pray and work)
- Boy Scouts: Be Prepared
- Boys' Brigade: Sure and Stedfast (Old spelling)
- Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen: In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (In need unite, in doubt be free, in all things charity)
- Centro de Estudios en Ciencias de la Comunicacion (Mexico): Ad Astra Per Aspra (To the stars with effort)
- Christian Democracy (Italy): Libertas
- Civil Air Patrol: Semper Vigilans (Always Vigilant)
- Cub Scouts Do Your Best
- Daughters of the American Revolution: God, Home, and Country
- Dominican Order: Veritas (Truth)
- ETA: Bietan jarrai (Basque: Keep up on both)
- FC Barcelona: El Barça és més que un club (Barça is more than a club)
- Fédération Internationale des Échecs: Gens una sumus (We are one people)
- Feyenoord Rotterdam: Geen woorden maar daden (No words but deeds)
- La Francophonie: égalité, complémentarité, solidarité (equality, complementarity, and solidarity).
- Harrods: Omnia Omnibus Ubique (All Things, For All People, Everywhere)
- House of Savoy: FERT
- Intel: Leap Ahead
- International Thespian Society: Act well your part. There all the honor lies.
- Jewish Defense League: Never Again
- Knights Hospitaller: Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum (Support the faithful and serve the poor)
- K.A.V. Lovania Leuven: Semper Excelsius (Always do your best); Der Geist lebt in uns allen (The Spirit lives in us all)
- Los Angeles Police Department: To Protect and to Serve
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Ars Gratia Artis (Art for Art's Sake)
- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? / Your potential, our passion.
- Monarchist League of Canada: Fidelitate Coniuncti (Loyalty Binds Us)
- Muslim Brotherhood: Allah Akbar, Wa Lellah Al Hamd (God is Greater, and Thanks to God)
- National Security Agency (NSA): Anything is possible, the impossible just takes longer.
- New South Wales Police: Culpam Poena Premit Comes (Punishment Follows Close on Guilt)
- New Zealand Air Training Corps: We Train to Serve
- Nokia: Connecting People
- Nike: Just do it
- Olympic Games: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger)
- Palestinian Intifada: Justice, Freedom and Peace. [1]
- Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion
- Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy): Limpia, fija y da Esplendor (Spanish: Clean, fixes and gives shine)
- Rotary International: Service Above Self
- Rothschild family: Concordia, Integritas, Industria, (Unity, Integrity, Diligence)
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Maintiens le droit (We maintain the Right / Uphold the law)
- Royal Society: Nullius in verba (On the word of no one)
- Salvation Army Blood and Fire
- Society of Jesus: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God)
- South African Museum: Semper aliquid novi Africa affert (Africa is always producing some novelty)
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica: E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)
- Swedish Academy: Snille och Smak (Swedish: Talent and Taste)
- Tesco: Every Little Helps
- Thames Valley Police: Sit pax in valle tamesis (Let there be peace in the Thames Valley)
- Toyota: Moving Forward
- Trinity House: Trinitas in unitate (United in the Trinity)
- United Daughters of the Confederacy: Love, Live, Pray, Think, Dare
- United Negro College Fund: A mind is a terrible thing to waste
- 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
[edit] Medical
- Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: In somno securitas (In sleep there is safety)
- American Board of Ophthalmology: Ex Obscuris Lux (From Darkness, Light)
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland: omnes ab omnibus discamus" - literally "let us learn all things from everybody
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Corpus curare spiritumque (To care for the body and its breath of life)
- Canadian Association of General Surgeons: Sapientia Manaque Apta (Wisdom and a Skillful Hand)
- Canadian Orthopaedic Association: Pietate, Arte et Scientia Corrigere (With compassion, skill and knowledge we correct, straighten or set right)
- Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons: 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: Divinum sedare dolorem (It is divine to alleviate pain)
- Royal College of General Practitioners: Cum Scientia Caritas (Scientific knowledge applied with compassion)
- Royal College of Midwives: Vita donum dei (Life is the gift of God)
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Super Ardua (Let us overcome our difficulties)
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Ut Omnes Videant (So That All May See)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: Hereditas Domini filii (Children are a heritage from the Lord)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists: Let Wisdom Guide
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland : Consilio Manuque (Scholarship and Dexterity)
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Habenda ratio valetudinis (We must pay attention to our health)
- ZAKA: Hessed Shel Emet "True kindness"
[edit] Orders of Knighthood by Country
Canada
- Order of Canada: Desiderantes meliorem patriam ("They desire a better country")
Denmark
- Order of the Dannebrog: Gud og Kongen (God and the King)
France
- Legion of Honor: Honneur et Patrie (Honor and Fatherland)
Greece
- Order of the Redeemer: Η ΔΕΞΙΑ ΣΟΥ ΧΕΙΡ, ΚΥΡΙΕ, ΔΕΔΟΞΑΣΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΙΣΧΥΙ (In Your right hand, Lord, the power and the glory)
Spain/Holy Roman Empire / Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Order of the Golden Fleece: Pretium Laborum Non Vile (Not a bad reward for labor)
Netherlands
- Order of William: Voor Moed - Beleid - Trouw (For Courage - Leadership - Loyalty)
- Order of the Dutch Lion: Virtus Nobilitat (Virtue Ennobles)
New Zealand
- New Zealand Order of Merit: For Merit/Tohu Hiranga
Poland
- Order of the White Eagle: Za Ojczyznę i Naród (For Fatherland and Nation)
Russian Empire
- Order of St. Andrew: Za Veru i Vernost (For Faithfulness and Loyalty)
- Order of St. George: Za Sluzhbu i Khrabrost (For Service and Bravery)
United Kingdom
- Order of the Garter: Honi soit qui mal y pense (French: "Shame whomever thinks it evil")
- Order of the Thistle: Nemo me impune lacessit ("No one cuts me with impunity")]
- Order of the Bath: Tria juncta in uno ("Three joined into One" - implies both the Trinity and the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland)
- Order of St Michael and St George: Auspicium melioris aevi ("Token of a better age")
- Royal Victorian Order: Victoria ("Victory")
- Order of the British Empire: For God and the Empire
- Order of the Companions of Honour: In Action Faithful And In Honour Clear
- Order of St Patrick: Quis separabit? ("Who will separate us?")
- Order of the Star of India: Heaven's light our guide
- Order of the Indian Empire: Imperatricis auspiciis (Under the auspices of the Empress)
- Order of Gonzaga College: Semper et ubique fidelis (Always and everywhere faithful)
[edit] Military
Main article: List of Military Unit Mottoes by Country
Poor Knight of Christ and of The Temple of Solomon (Knights Templar): Non nobis Domine, non nobis; sed Nomini tuo da gloriam (Not to us, Lord, Not to us ; but your name give glory.)
Hospitallier de St. John de Jerusalem: Pro fide Pro utilitate hominum (For Faith, For service of mankind)
[edit] Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London
- Worshipful Company of Barbers: De Praescientia Dei (From the Foreknowledge of God)
- Worshipful Company of Butchers: Omnia Subiecisti Sub Pedibus, Oves Et Boves (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 (Wounded Not Conquered)
- Worshipful Company of Coopers: Love as Bretheren.
- Worshipful Company of Cutlers: Pour Parvenir A Bonne Foy (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 (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 (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 (O God, Give Us Your Light)
- Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths: Justitia Virtutem Regina (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 (swiftly)
- Worshipful Company of Innholders: Hinc Spes Affulget (Hence Hope Shines Forth)
- Worshipful Company of Ironmongers: God Is Our Strength
- Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards: Corde Recto Elati Omnes (With an Upright Heart All Are Exalted)
- Worshipful Company of Management Consultants: Change through Wisdom
- Worshipful Company of Mercers: Honor Deo (Honour God)
- Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors: Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt (In Harmony Small Things Grow)
- Worshipful Company of Musicians: Preserve Harmony
- Worshipful Company of Plumbers: Justicia Et Pax (Justice and Peace)
- Worshipful Company of Poulters: Remember Your Oath
- Worshipful Company of Salters: Sal Sapit Omnia ("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 (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
- Worshipful Company of Vintners: Vinum Exhilarat Animum (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 (I Am Called a Bringer of Help Throughout the World)
[edit] Municipalities
- Aberdeen: Bon Accord
- Adelaide: Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti (United for the common good)
- Amersham: Res Gestae Res Futurae (Things Past, Things Future)
- Amsterdam:Valor, Resolution, and Mercy
- Arbroath: Propter libertatem
- Ashford: With Stronger Faith
- Austin, Texas: Keep Austin Weird
- Aylesbury Vale: Concordia Prorsum (Forward In Harmony)
- Ballyclare: Industria et Probitate (By Work and Integrity)
- Baltimore: Believe
- Bandung: Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti (rich soil, prosperous people)
- Belfast: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (What shall we give in return for so much)
- Blacktown: Progress
- Blyth Valley: We Grow by Industry
- Boston: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (God be with us as He was with our fathers)
- Bournemouth: Pulchritudo et salubritas (beauty and health)
- Braemar: Mak Siccar (Scots: Make sure)
- Brentwood: Ardens (burning)
- Brooklyn: Een Draght Mackt Maght (In Unity, There is Strength)
- Burnley: Hold To The Truth
- Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart
- Cheltenham: Salubritas et Eruditio (Health and Education)
- Chesham: Serve One Another
- Cheshire: jure et dignitate gladii (by the law and dignity of the sword)
- Chicago, Illinois: Urbs In Horto (City in a Garden)
- Chiltern: Freely We Serve
- City of London: Domine dirige nos (Lord, direct us)
- Clackmannanshire: Leuk aboot ye (Scots)
- Clydebank: Labore et Scientia (By Work and by Knowledge)
- Cork: Statio Bene Fida Carinis (A Safe Harbour For Ships)
- Crewe and Nantwich: Semper Progrediamur (Let us always go forward)
- Croydon: Ad Summa Nitamur (Let us strive after perfection)
- Darlington: Optima Petamus (Let us seek the best)
- Derry/Londonderry: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Life, Truth, Victory)
- Detroit, Michigan: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (We hope for better things, it will rise from the ashes)
- Dingwall: Salve corona
- Douglas, Isle of Man: Kiannoortys cheus thie jeh Kiannoortys (Manx: Government within a Government)
- Dublin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Happy the city where citizens obey)
- Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the Harbour to the Mountain)
- Duns: Duns Dings Aw (Scots)
- East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
- Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus frustra (Except the Lord [keep the city, the watchman waketh] in vain. Psalm 127)
- Exeter: Semper fidelis
- Falkirk: Touch Ane, Touch Aw - Better meddle wi the Deil than the bairns o Falkirk (Scots)
- Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
- Galashiels: Soor Ploums (Scots)
- Gateshead: In Unity, Progress
- Gdańsk: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly)
- Gdynia: Gdynia - miasto z morza i marzeń (Polish: Gdynia - a city built of sea and dreams)
- Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
- Gloucester: Fides invicta triumphat (Unconquered faith triumphs)
- Hagley: Let Darkness Stay Below
- Halifax, Nova Scotia: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea)
- Harwich: Omnia Bona Bonis (To the good all things are good)
- Irvine, North Ayrshire: Tandem bona causa triumphat (The good cause triumphs in the end)
- Jedburgh: Strenue et Prospere (With vigour and success)
- Kelso: Dae Richt - Fear Nocht (Scots)
- Kendal: Pannus mihi panis (wool is my bread)
- Kinross: Siccar (Scots: Sure)
- Lambeth: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
- Leeds: Pro Rege et Lege (For King and Law)
- Leicester: Semper Eadem (always the same)
- Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
- Lichfield: Salve, magna parens (Hail great Mother)
- Limerick: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (an ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
- Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (I will arise from the fire)
- Liverpool: Not For Ourselves, But For The Whole World
- Łódź: Ex navicula navis (Big boat out of a small one)
- London: Domine dirige nos (Lord direct us)
- Mablethorpe: Amoeniora Litora Nostra (Our shores are more delightful)
- Marseille : Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
- Melbourne: Vires acquirit eundo (we gather strength as we go)
- Merton: Stand Fast In Honour And Strength
- Middlesbrough: Erimus (We shall be)
- Milton Keynes: By Knowledge Design And Understanding
- Minneapolis, Minnesota: En Avant (Forward)
- Montreal: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony)
- Nelson, New Zealand: Palmam qui meruit ferat (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
- New Forest: Old Yet Ever New
- Newport: Terra Marique (By land and sea)
- Norwich: Do different
- Northwich: Sal est vita (Salt is life)
- Oldham: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
- Oxford: Fortis est veritas (Truth is strong)
- Paris : Fluctuat nec mergitur (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
- Penwith: Kensa ha Dewetha (Cornish: First and Last)
- Peterborough: Upon This Rock
- Philadelphia: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue)
- Plymouth: Turris fortissima est nomen Jehovah (the name of Jehovah is the strongest tower)
- Pontefract: Post Mortem Patris pro Filio (Held after the death of the Father for the Son)
- Port Glasgow: Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
- Portsmouth: Heaven's Light Our Guide
- Provo, Utah: America's Most Liveable City
- Quebec City, Quebec: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put God's gift to good use)
- Redbridge: In Unity Progress
- Regina: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish)
- Restormel: Ro An Mor Hag An Tyr (Cornish: From the sea and from the land)
- Richmond, Virginia: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Such is the way to the Stars)
- Romsey: Quae Recta Tene
- Rosehearty: Tyauve awa Rosehearty (Scots)
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Quam Bonum In Unum Habitare (What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)
- Rugby, Warwickshire: Floreat Rugbeia Major (May Greater Rugby Flourish)
- Rushmoor: Strength in Unity
- Saint John, New Brunswick: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (O Fortunate Ones Whose Walls Are Now Rising/O Happy They, Whose Promised Walls Already Rise)
- San Francisco: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Gold in Peace, Iron in War)
- São Paulo: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead)
- Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
- Sheffield: Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit (With God's help our labour is successful)
- Shoreditch: More Light, More Power
- South Buckinghamshire: Consilio Et Animis (By wisdom and courage)
- South Cambridgeshire: Niet Zonder Arbyt (Dutch: Nothing without work)
- Southend-on-Sea: Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (By the Sea and By the Church)
- Spelthorne: Ad Solem Prospicimus (We shall look forward to the day)
- St Andrews: Dum spiro spero (While I Breathe I Hope)
- Sutton: Per ardua in fide servite Deo (through difficulties serve God in faith)
- Test Valley: Deo Teste Valeamus (With God as our witness, let us be strong)
- Thurrock: Secundum Tamesim Quovis Gentium (By the Thames to all peoples of the World)
- Thurso: Wark tae God (Scots)
- Torbay: Salus Et Felicitas (Health and happiness)
- Toronto: Diversity Our Strength
- Tunbridge Wells: Do Well Doubt Not
- Waltham Abbey: Sanctae Nomine Crucis (by the name of the Holy Cross)
- Waltham Forest: Fellowship Is Life
- Warsaw: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms), Semper invicta (Always invincible)
- Waterford: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Waterford remains the untaken city)
- West Wiltshire: Know Thy Contree
- Westminster: Custodi Civitatem Domine (Guard the City, O Lord)
- Wigan: Ancient and Loyal
- Winnipeg, Manitoba: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of a Host)
- Wolverhampton: Out of darkness, cometh light
- Valletta: Citta Umilissima (The most humble city)
- Żebbuġ, Malta: Semper Virens (Evergreen)
[edit] British Counties
- Anglesey: Môn Mam Cymru (Anglesey mother of Wales)
- Angus: Lippen on Angus (Scots)
- Bedfordshire: Constant Be
- Brecknockshire: Undeb Hedd Llwyddiant (unity, peace, prospertiy)
- Buckinghamshire: Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum (no stepping back)
- Caernarfonshire: Cadernid Gwynedd (the strength of Gwynedd)
- Cambridgeshire: Per undas, per agros (Through waves, through fields)
- Cardiganshire/Ceredigion: Golud Gwlad Rhyddid (A nation's wealth is freedom)
- Carmarthenshire (also of Dyfed): Rhyddid gwerin ffyniant gwlad (A free people a prosperous country)
- Cheshire: Jure et dignitate gladii (By the right and dignity of the sword)
- Clackmannanshire: Leuk aboot ye
- Clwyd: Tarian cyfiawnder Duw (The shield of justice is God)
- Cornwall: One And All
- Cumberland: Perfero (I carry through)
- Cumbria: Ad montes oculos levavi (I shall lift up mine eyes unto the mountains)
- Denbighshire: Duw a digion (God is sufficient)
- Derbyshire: Bene consulendo (By good counsel)
- Devon: Auxilio Divino (By divine aid)
- Dorset: Who's Afear'd
- East Riding of Yorkshire: Tradition and Progress
- Fife: Virtute et opera (By virtue and by industry)
- Flintshire: Gorou tarian, cyfiawnder (The best shield is justice)
- Glamorganshire: A ddioddefws a orfu (he that endureth, overcometh)
- Herefordshire: Pulchra Terra Dei Donum (This fair land is the gift of god)
- Hertfordshire: Trust and fear not
- Huntingdonshire: Labore Omnia Florent (By work everything flourishes)
- Isle of Wight: All this beauty is of God
- Kent: Invicta ("Unconquered")
- Lancashire: In Concilio Consilium (In counsel is wisdom)
- Leicestershire: For'ard For'ard
- Lincolnshire: Perseverance vincit (Perseverance conquers)
- Merionethshire Tra Mor Tra Meirion (while the sea lasts, so shall Merionethshire)
- Monmouthshire: Utrique fidelis (faithful to both)
- Montgomeryshire: Powys paradwys Cymru (Powys paradise of Wales)
- Northamptonshire: Rosa Concordiae Signum (The Rose – Emblem of Harmony)
- Northumberland: Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire: Sapienter proficiens (Progress with wisdom)
- Oxfordshire: Sapere Aude (Dare to be wise)
- Pembrokeshire: Ex unitate vires (Out of unity is strength)
- Radnorshire: Ewch yn Uwch (higher and higher)
- Rutland: Multum in Parvo (Much in Little)
- Shropshire: Floreat Salopia (Let Salop flourish)
- Somerset: Sumorsaete ealle (Old English: All the people of Somerset)
- Staffordshire: The knot unites
- Suffolk: Opus Nostrum Dirige (Direct Our Work)
- Warwickshire: United to serve
[edit] Educational institutions
- Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg: Die Weisheit hat sich ein Haus erbaut (German: "Wisdom built itself a house")
- American University: Pro deo et patria (For God and Country)
- Amherst College: Terras Irradient (Latin: "Let them give light to the world")
- Anglo-Chinese School: The Best Is Yet To Be (adapted from poem by Robert Browning)
- Athabasca University: Learning for life
- Australian National University: Naturam primum cognoscere rerum (Latin: "First, to learn the nature of things")
- Bates College: Amore Ac Studio ([Latin]): "Love of Learning" - Charles Sumner
- Bedford School: Floreat schola Bedfordiensis
- Bilkent University: Veritas (Latin: "Truth")
- Bishop Cotton Boys School: Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum (Latin: "Neither to the right nor to the left" - Book of Joshua)
- Blue Coat School, Oldham: Semper Quaereamus Virtutem (Latin: "Always let us seek 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)
- Brown University: In deo speramus (Latin: "In God we hope")
- California Institute of Technology: The truth shall make you free
- California State University, Fresno: Lucem Accipe Ut Reddas (Latin: "Receive the light that you may give it forth")
- Carleton University: Ours the Task Eternal
- Carnegie-Mellon University: My Heart Is In The Work
- Caulfield Grammar School: Labora Ut Requiescas (Latin: "Work hard so that ye will rest")
- Chalmers University of Technology: Avancez (French: "Advance")
- Christ's College, Cambridge: Souvent me Souvient (French: "I often remember")
- Churchill College, Cambridge: Forward
- Clark Atlanta University: "I'll Find a Way or Make One" & "Culture for Service"
- Clifton College: Spiritus Intus Alit("The Spirit enters us all")
- Columbia University: In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen (Latin: "In thy light shall we see light")
- Cornell University: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study"
- Dalhousie University: Ora et labora (Latin: Pray and work)
- Dartmouth College: Vox clamantis in deserto (Latin: "A voice of one crying out in the wilderness")
- Downing College, Cambridge: Quaerere Verum (Latin: "Seek the truth")
- École Polytechnique de Montréal: Ut tensio sic vis (Latin: "The power depends on the tension")
- École Polytechnique de Paris: Pour la Patrie, les Sciences et la Gloire (French: "For the Country, the Sciences and Glory")
- Eton College: Floreat Etona (Latin: "May Eton Flourish")
- The Evergreen State College: Omnia Extares (Latin: "Let it all hang out")
- Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge: Ex antiquis et novissimis optima (Latin: "the best out of the old and the new")
- Franklin Pierce Law Center: Inspiring Excellence
- Free University of Brussels: Scientia vincere Tenebras (Latin: "Wisdom will vanquish Darkness")
- Florida A&M University: Head, heart, hand, field
- Florida Atlantic University: Where Tomorrow Begins
- Florida State University: Vires, artes, mores (Latin: Strength, skill, customs)
- Fordham University: Sapientia et doctrina (Latin: Wisdom and learning)
- Framlingham College, Suffolk: Studio sapientia crescit (Latin: Wisdom grows with study)
- Georgetown University: Utraque unum (Latin: "Both and one")
- Gothenburg University: Tradita innovare innovata tradere ("A Tradition of Invention, an Inventor of Tradition")
- Gresham's School: All Worship Be to God Only
- Harrow School: Stet Fortuna domus (Latin: "Let fortune stay at home")
- Harbord Collegiate Institute: Virtus et Doctrina
- Harvard University: Veritas (Latin: "Truth")
- Homerton College, Cambridge: Respice Finem (Latin: "Look to the end")
- Imperial College London: Scientia imperii decus et tutamen (Latin "Knowledge is the adornment and protection of the state")
- IPN National Polytechnic Institute: La técnica al servicio de la patria (Spanish "Tech to the service of the State")
- Indiana University: Lux et Veritas (Latin: "Light and Truth")
- Iowa State University: Science with practice
- Jagiellonian University: Plus ratio quam vis (Latin: "Reason means more than power")
- Johns Hopkins University: Veritas vos liberabit (Latin: "The truth will set you free")
- Karachi University - Pakistan: رَبِّ زدْنيِ علماً (Arabic: O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge)
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Sedes sapientiae (Latin: "Seat of wisdom")
- Karlstad University: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- King's College, Cambridge: Veritas et utilitas (Latin: "Truth and usefulness")
- La Trobe University: Qui cherche trouve (French: "Seek and ye shall find")
- Liverpool College: Non solum ingenii, verum etiam virtutis (Latin: "Not only intelligence, but also virtue")
- Lund University: Ad utrumque ("Prepared for all")
- Macquarie University: And Gladly Teche (Middle English: "And gladly teach"—from The Canterbury Tales)
- Magdalene College, Cambridge: Garde ta Foy (Keep your Faith)
- Manchester Grammar School: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Mens et Manus (mind and hand)
- McGill University: Grandescunt Aucta Labore (By work all things increase and grow)
- McMaster University: Ta panta en Christoi synesteken ("In Christ all things hold together" or "All things cohere in Christ")
- Melbourne High School: Honour the Work
- Memorial University of Newfoundland: Provehito in altum (Launch forth into the deep)
- Monash University: Ancora imparo (I am still learning)
- Morehouse College: To Uplift the Human Race Through Responsible Citizenship
- National Taiwan University: Cultivate your virtue; advance your intellect; love your country; love your people
- New York University: Perstare et praestare (to persevere and to excel)
- Northwestern University: Quaecumque Sunt Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- Oglethorpe University: Nescit cedere (He does not know how to give up)
- Ohio Wesleyan University: In lumine tuo videbimus lumen (In Your Light We Shall See the Light)
- Perse School: Qui facit per alium facit per se (he who does things for others does things for himself)
- Pitzer College: Provida Futuri (Mindful of the Future)
- Plymouth State University: Ut Prosim (that I may serve)
- Portland State University: Doctrina urbi serviat (Let Knowledge Serve the City)
- Purdue University: Education, Research, Service
- Princeton University: Dei sub numine viget (Latin: "Under God's power she flourishes")
- Queens' College, Cambridge: Floreat Domus (May this House Flourish)
- Queen's University, Kingston: Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas (Wisdom and Knowledge Shall be the Stability of Thy Times)
- Queen Mary's Grammar School: Quas Dederis Solas Semper Habebes Opes (Latin [rough translation]: You only get out what you put in)
- Raffles Institution: Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Hope for a better age)
- Rangitoto College, Auckland: Circumspice (Latin: "Look around you")
- Ravenscroft School: Audi et Aude (Latin: Learn and dare)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Knowledge and Thoroughness[2]; Slogans: "Why not change the world?", "One word changes everything. Rensselaer." [3].
- Rhodes College: Truth, Loyalty, Service
- Robert College of Istanbul: Post Tenebras Lux (Light After Darkness) and Dominus Illuminatio Mea (The Lord is my Light)
- Royal Institute of Technology: Vetenskap och Konst (Science and Art)
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst: Serve to Lead
- Royal Wolverhampton School: Nisi Dominus frustra
- Rugby School: Orando Laborando
- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg: Semper apertus
- Rutgers University: Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra (Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also)
- School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London: Knowledge is Power
- Scotch College, Melbourne: Deo Patriae litteris ('for God, for country, and for learning')
- Scripps College: Incipit vita nova (here begins new life)
- Shimer College: Not to be served, but to serve
- Selwyn College, Cambridge: ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ (quit ye like men)
- Seton Hall University: Hazard Zet Forward (In spite of all hazards, go forward)
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge: Dieu me garde de calomnie (God preserve me from calumny)
- Simon Fraser University: Nous Sommes Prêts (We are Ready)
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School: Te Digna Sequere (follow things worthy of thyself)
- Stanford University: Die Luft der Freiheit weht (The wind of freedom blows)
- Stamford School: Christ me spede (Christ be with me)
- Stevens Institute of Technology: Per aspera ad astra (Through adversity to the stars)
- St. Francis Xavier University: Quaecumque Sunt Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- St George's Grammar School : Perseverance Conquers All Things
- St. Marys Senior High School: Mente Manuque (With mind and hand)
- Supélec:La science en action
- Synge Street CBS : Viriliter Age
- Syracuse University: Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat (Knowledge crowns those who seek her)
- The Chafford School, Rainham Essex: Achievement for all through the pursuit of excellence
- Thompson Rivers University: Quansem Ilep (Chinook: to strive ahead)
- Trinity College, Cambridge: Virtus vera nobilitas (Virtue is the True Nobility)
- Trinity Grammar School, Victoria: Viriliter Agite (Act Manfully)
- West Point: Duty, Honor, Country
- University of Aarhus: Solidum petit in profundis
- University of Aberdeen: Initium sapientiae timor Domini (Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom)
- University of Alberta: Quaecumque Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- University of Auckland: Ingenio et labore (Latin: (By natural ability and hard work)
- University of Birmingham: Per ardua ad alta (through hard work, to the heights)
- University of Bradford: Give Invention Light
- University of British Columbia: Tuum est ("It is yours")
- University of Calgary: Mo shuile togam suas (I will lift up my eyes)
- University of California: Fiat Lux (Latin: Let there be light.)
- University of Cambridge: Hinc lucem et pocula sacra ([From] here [the university] [we receive] light and sacred draughts [knowledge])
- University of Central Florida: Reach for the Stars
- University of Chester: Qui docet in doctrina (Latin: he that teacheth, on teaching)
- University of Chicago: Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin: Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched)
- University of Copenhagen: Adspicit lucem in cælestis (Latin: Seeking light in the heavens)
- University of Dundee: Magnificat anima mea dominum (My soul magnifies the Lord)
- University of East Anglia: Do different
- University of Georgia: Et docere et rerum exquirere causas (Latin: To teach and to inquire into the nature of things)
- University of Glasgow: Via, Veritas, Vita (the Way, the Truth, the Life)
- University of Guelph: Rerum cognoscere causas (Latin: To learn the meaning of reality)
- University of Hawaii: Maluna a'e o na lahui a pau ke ola ke kanaka (Hawaiian: Above all nations is humanity)
- University of Hong Kong: Sapientia et Virtus (Latin: Wisdom and Virtue)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Learning and Labor
- University of Leicester: Ut Vitam Habeant (so that they may have life)
- University of Leiden: Praesidium Libertatis
- University of Limerick: Eagna chun gnímh (Wisdom in action)
- University of Lincoln: Excellentia per studium (Excellence through study)
- University of Liverpool: Haec otia studia fovent (These days of peace foster learning)
- University of Malta: Ut Fructificemus Deo
- University of Manchester: Cognitio Sapientia Humanitas (Knowledge, wisdom, humanity)
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty, the same motto as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
- University of Melbourne: Postera crescam laude (I shall grow in the esteem of future generations)
- University of Minnesota: Omnibus Artibus Commune Vinculum (A Common bond for all the Arts and Sciences)
- Université de Montréal: Fide splendet et scientia (Latin: May it shine with truth and knowledge)
- University of Newcastle, Australia: I look ahead
- University of New South Wales: Scientia Manu et Mente (Knowledge by Hand and Mind)
- University of New Zealand: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- University of Northern British Columbia: 'En Cha Huná
- University of Notre Dame: Vita, Dulcedo, Spes: [(Mary, our) life, sweetness, and hope]
- University of Nottingham: Sapientia Urbs Conditur (A City Founded on Wisdom)
- University of Oregon: Mens agitat molem. (Latin: Mind moves matter.)
- University of Otago: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- University of Ottawa: Deus est scientarium dominus (Latin: God is the master of knowledge)
- University of Oxford: Dominus Illuminatio Mea (The Lord is my Light)
- University of Pennsylvania: Leges sine moribus vanae (Laws without morals are useless)
- University of Queensland: Scientia ad Labore (knowledge through hard work)
- University of Regina: As One Who Serves
- University of Rochester: Meliora
- University of Saint Andrews: Aien Aristeuein (Ever to be the Best)
- University of Saskatchewan: Deo et Patriae (For God and Country)
- University of Sheffield: Rerum cognoscere causas (To discover the causes of things)
- 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 Stirling: Innovation and excellence
- University of Strathclyde: Place of Useful Learning
- University of Sydney: Sidere mens eadem mutato (The stars change, [but] the mind [remains] the same)
- University of the West Indies: Oriens Ex Occidente Lux (Light Rising From the West)
- University of Toronto: Vel ut arbor aevo (Like as a tree with the passage of time)
- University of Victoria, British Columbia: Multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis (A multitude of the wise is the health of the world)
- University of Warwick: Mens agitat molem (Latin: Mind over Matter)
- University of Washington: Lux sit (Latin: Light, let it be)
- University of Waterloo: Concordia cum veritate (Latin: In harmony with truth)
- University of Western Ontario: Veritas et Utilitas (Latin: Truth and usefulness)
- University of York: Tentanda via (Latin: The way must be tried)
- Wilfrid Laurier University: Veritas omnia vincit (Latin: Truth Conquers all)
- Uppsala University: Gratiae veritas naturae
- Utrecht University: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos (Latin: Sun of Justice, shine upon us)
- Washington and Lee University: Non Incautus Futuri (Not unmindful of the Future)
- Wesley College: Audendo, Atque, Agendo (By daring and by doing)
- Westminster School: Dat Deus Incrementum
- Wolfson College, Cambridge: Ring True
- Wolfson College, Oxford: Humani nil alienum ("Mankind is not unknown [to me]").
- Yale University: Lux et veritas (Latin: Light and truth)
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi: Astra ex Astris (Latin: Stars from Stars)
