List of mottos

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

1 Organizations
2 Military & Governmental
3 Orders of Knighthood by Country
4 Municipalities
5 British Counties
6 Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London
7 Educational institutions
8 See also

[edit] Organizations

[edit] Cultural, Philanthropic & Scientific

Amsterdam Zoo: Natura Artis Magistra (Nature is the teacher of art)
Monarchist League of Canada: Fidelitate Coniuncti (Loyalty Binds Us)
Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy): Limpia, fija y da Esplendor (Spanish: Clean, fixes and gives shine)
Royal Society: Nullius in verba (On the word of no one)
South African Museum: Semper aliquid novi Africa affert (Africa is always producing some novelty)
Swedish Academy: Snille och Smak (Swedish: Talent and Taste)

[edit] Public Service & Youth Service

Air Training Corps: Venture, Adventure
Boy Scouts: Be Prepared
Boys' Brigade: Sure and Stedfast (Old spelling)
Civil Air Patrol: Semper Vigilans (Always Vigilant)
Cub Scouts Do Your Best
Girls' Brigade: Seek, serve and follow Christ
New Zealand Air Training Corps: We Train to Serve
Rotary International: Service Above Self
Girl Scouts: Be Prepared

[edit] Police & Public Safety

Los Angeles Police Department: To Protect and to Serve
New South Wales Police: Culpam Poena Premit Comes (Punishment Follows Close on Guilt)
New York Police Department: Fidelis ad Mortem (Faithful unto Death)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Maintiens le droit (We maintain the Right / Uphold the law)
San Francisco Police Department: Oro en Paz/Fierro en Guerra (Spanish for Gold in Peace/Iron in War)
Thames Valley Police: Sit pax in valle tamesis (Let there be peace in the Thames Valley)
Trinity House: Trinitas in unitate (United in the Trinity)

[edit] Sport & Competition

Arsenal F.C.: Victoria Concordia Crescit (victory comes from harmony)
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)
Gentlemen's Basketball League, The: Exsisto Validus. Fulcio Alius. (Be Strong. Strengthen Others.)
Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion
Olympic Games: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica: E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)

[edit] Politics

Ba'ath Party: Wahdah, Hurriyah, Ishtirrakiyah (Unity, Freedom, Socialism)
Christian Democracy (Italy): Libertas
ETA: Bietan jarrai (Basque: Keep up on both)
La Francophonie: égalité, complémentarité, solidarité (equality, complementarity, and solidarity).
Muslim Brotherhood: Allah Akbar, Wa Lellah Al Hamd (God is Greater, and Thanks to God)
Palestinian Intifada: Justice, Freedom and Peace. [1]
Women's Social and Political Union: Deeds not words
Zapatista Army of National Liberation: Ya Basta
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League: One God! One Aim! One Destiny!
Women's Institute: For Home and Country

[edit] Heritage & Historical

Daughters of the American Revolution: God, Home, and Country
United Daughters of the Confederacy: Love, Live, Pray, Think, Dare

[edit] Religion

Benedictine Order: ora et labora (pray and work)
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)
Dominican Order: Veritas (Truth)
Jewish Defense League: Never Again
Katholische Academische Verbindung Lovania Leuven: Semper Excelsius (Always do your best); Der Geist lebt in uns allen (The Spirit lives in us all)
Knights Hospitaller: Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum (Support the faithful and serve the poor)
Knights Templar: Non nobis Domine, non nobis; sed Nomini tuo da gloriam (Not to us, Lord, Not to us ; but your name give glory.)
Salvation Army Blood and Fire
Society of Jesus: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God)

[edit] Business

Adidas: Impossible is Nothing
Apple Computer: Think Different
Audi: Vorsprung durch Technik (Advantage through technique)
BBC: Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
Dell: Easy as Dell
Google: Search, Ads and Apps (before: Don't be evil)
Harrods: Omnia Omnibus Ubique (All Things, For All People, Everywhere)
Intel: Leap Ahead
LG: Life's Good.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Ars Gratia Artis (Art for Art's Sake)
Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? / Your potential, our passion.
Motorola: Hellomoto
Nokia: Connecting People
Nike: Just do it
Nutella: Che mondo sarebbe senza nutella
Tesco: Every Little Helps
Toyota: Moving Forward

[edit] Dynasties

Rothschild family: Concordia, Integritas, Industria, (Unity, Integrity, Diligence)
House of Savoy: FERT

[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 (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] Other

International Thespian Society: Act well your part. There all the honor lies.

[edit] Military & Governmental

Main article: List of Military Unit Mottoes by Country

Apollo 13: Ex luna, scientia (from the Moon, knowledge),

United States Marine Corps (USMC): Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)

National Security Agency (NSA): Anything is possible, the impossible just takes longer.

Ontario Regiment of Canada - Canadian Armed Forces Armoured Reserve Regiment: "Fidelus Paradus" (Faithful & Prepared)

[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 Netherlands 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)

Turkey

Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh, Turkish: "Peace at Home, Peace in the World" - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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] 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, Essex: Ardens Fide (Latin: burning faith)
Brooklyn: Een Draght Mackt Maght (In Unity, There is Strength)
Burnley: Hold To The Truth
Bristol: Virtue et Industria (virtue and hard work)
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)
Grand Rapids: Motu Viget
Hagley: Let Darkness Stay Below
Halifax, Nova Scotia: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea)
Harwich: Omnia Bona Bonis (To the good all things are good)
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)
Kolkatta ( Calcutta ) :Purosree Bibardhan (Bengali: Progress of the city)
Lambeth: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
Leeds: Pro Rege et Lege (For King and Law)
Leicester: Semper Eadem (always the same)
Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
Lichfield: Salve, magna parens (Hail great Mother)
Limerick: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (an ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (I will arise from the fire)
Liverpool: Not For Ourselves, But For The Whole World
Łódź: Ex navicula navis (Big boat out of a small one)
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)
Mumbai: Yato Dharmastato Jaya (यतो धर्मस्ततो जय) (Sanskrit: Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory)
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)
Palm Bay: A Perfect Place to Grow
Paris : Fluctuat nec mergitur (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
Penwith: Kensa ha Dewetha (Cornish: First and Last)
Peterborough: Upon This Rock
Philadelphia: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue)
Plymouth: Turris fortissima est nomen Jehovah (the name of Jehovah is the strongest tower)
Pontefract: Post Mortem Patris pro Filio (Held after the death of the Father for the Son)
Port Glasgow: Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
Portsmouth: Heaven's Light Our Guide
Provo, Utah: America's Most Liveable City
Quebec City, Quebec: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put God's gift to good use)
Redbridge: In Unity Progress
Regina: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish)
Restormel: Ro An Mor Hag An Tyr (Cornish: From the sea and from the land)
Richmond, Virginia: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Such is the way to the Stars)
Romsey: Quae Recta Tene
Rosehearty: Tyauve awa Rosehearty (Scots)
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Quam Bonum In Unum Habitare (What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)
Rugby, Warwickshire: Floreat Rugbeia Major (May Greater Rugby Flourish)
Rushmoor: Strength in Unity
Saint John, New Brunswick: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (O Fortunate Ones Whose Walls Are Now Rising/O Happy They, Whose Promised Walls Already Rise)
San Francisco: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Gold in Peace, Iron in War)
São Paulo: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead)
Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
Sheffield: Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit (With God's help our labour is successful)
Shoreditch: More Light, More Power
South Buckinghamshire: Consilio Et Animis (By wisdom and courage)
South Cambridgeshire: Niet Zonder Arbyt (Dutch: Nothing without work)
Southend-on-Sea: Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (By the Sea and By the Church)
Spelthorne: Ad Solem Prospicimus (We shall look forward to the day)
St Andrews: Dum spiro spero (While I Breathe I Hope)
Sutton: Per ardua in fide servite Deo (through difficulties serve God in faith)
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] 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 Brethren.
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] Educational institutions

Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg: Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen (German: "The truth will make you free")
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")
Banting Memorial High School: Quaecumque Optima ([Latin]: "Whatsoever Things Are Best")
Bates College: Amore Ac Studio ([Latin]): "Love of Learning" - Charles Sumner
Bedford School: Floreat schola Bedfordiensis
Benedict College: VERITAS ET VERTUS (Truth and Virtue)
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)
Bishop Cotton Girls School: Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum (Latin: "Neither to the right nor to the left" - Book of Joshua)
Bishop Timon HS: fortes in fide (strong in faith)
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")
Centro de Estudios en Ciencias de la Comunicacion (Mexico): Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the stars with effort)
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"
Culford School: Viriliter Agite Estote Fortes (Latin: "Quit Ye Like Men, Be Strong")
Dalhousie University: Ora et labora (Latin: Pray and work)
Dartmouth College: Vox clamantis in deserto (Latin: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness")
Devonport High School for Boys: Prorsum Semper Honeste (Latin: "Forwards always proud")
Downing College, Cambridge: Quaerere Verum (Latin: "Seek the truth")
Dulwich College: Detur Gloria Soli Deo (Latin: Let Glory Be Given To God Alone)
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")
Epping Boys High School: Strive to Achieve
Eton College: Floreat Etona (Latin: "May Eton Flourish")
The Evergreen State College: Omnia Extares (Latin: "Let it all hang out")
Finchley Catholic High School: Da nobis recta sapere (Latin: "Grant that we may be truly wise")
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge: Ex antiquis et novissimis optima (Latin: "the best out of the old and the new")
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)
Franklin Pierce Law Center: Inspiring Excellence
Free University of Brussels: Scientia vincere tenebras (Conquering darkness by science)
Georgetown University: Utraque unum (Latin: "Both and one")
Gothenburg University: Tradita innovare innovata tradere ("A Tradition of Invention, an Inventor of Tradition")
Grant Medical College ,Mumbai,India :Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (Latin : Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body)
Gresham's School: All Worship Be to God Only
Hampshire College: Non Satis Scire (Latin: "To Know Is Not Enough")
Harrow School: Stet Fortuna domus (Latin: "Let fortune of the House stand")
Harbord Collegiate Institute: Virtus et Doctrina
Harvard University: Veritas (Latin: "Truth")
High School of Dundee: Prestante Domino (Latin: "Under the leadership of God)
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")
National Polytechnic Institute (IPN): La técnica al servicio de la patria (Spanish "Tech to the service of the State")
Indiana University: Lux et Veritas (Latin: "Light and Truth")
Indian Institute of Technology:Dnyanam Paramam Dhyeyam (Sanskrit: "Knowledge is the ultimate goal")
Iowa State University: Science with practice
Ipswich School: Semper eadem (Latin: "Always the same")
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)
Modern School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India: Naymatma Balaheen Labhya (Hindi: "Perfection cannot be achieved by the weak")
Monash University: Ancora imparo (I am still learning)
Morehouse College: To Uplift the Human Race Through Responsible Citizenship
National University of the Littoral: Lux Indeficiens (Inextinguishable Light)
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")
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY
- Virtus victrix fortunae (courage is the conqueror of fortune)
- Homo et hominis opera partes naturae (both man and the works of man are part of nature)
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)
Queensland University of Technology: A university for the real world
Raffles Institution: Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Bird-omen of 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 Military College of Canada: Truth, Duty, Valor
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)
Saint Joseph's College, Hong Kong: Labore et Virtute
Saint Joseph's Institution (SJI): Ora et Labora
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) - Taken from the Seton family's Coat of Arms (Scotland)
Seoul National University: Veritas lux mea (The truth is my light)
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)
Stetson University: Pro Deo et Veritate (For God and Truth)
Stevens Institute of Technology: Per aspera ad astra (Through adversity to the stars)
St Albans School (Herts, England): Non nobis nati (Born not for ourselves alone)
St. Francis Xavier University: Quaecumque Sunt Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
St George's Grammar School : Perseverance Conquers All Things
St. Mary's High School (Calgary): 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 Catholic University of America: Deus Lux Mea Est (Latin: God is my light)
The Chafford School, Rainham Essex: Achievement for all through the pursuit of excellence
The John Lyon School: Stet Fortuna domus (Latin: "Let fortune of the House stand")
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)
Tsinghua University: Ziqiang buxi, houde zaiwu (Self Discipline and Social Commitment)
Twynham School: Ut Prosim (Latin: that I may serve)
United Negro College Fund: A mind is a terrible thing to waste
West Point: Duty, Honor, Country
University College London: Cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae (Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward)
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 Baltimore: Knowledge that Works
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 Mumbai : Sheel Vrutphalam vidya (Sanskrit:“The Fruit of Learning is Character and Righteous Conduct.” )
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 Pittsburgh: Veritas et Virtus (Truth and Virtue)
University of Queensland: Scientia ad Labore (knowledge through hard work)
University of Regina: As One Who Serves
University of Rochester: Meliora
University of St 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 Trinity College: Μετ’ Ἀγῶνα Στέφανος (Met' agona stephanos, After Struggle, There is a Crown)
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)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Ut Prosim (That I may serve)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Scientia vincere tenebras (Conquering darkness by science)
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)
Washington School (Mississippi): Exitus Acta Probat (Action produces results)
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)

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