List of mottos
This is a list of mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.
Organizations
National Mottos
Cultural, philanthropic & scientific
Public service & youth service
Police & public safety
Sport & competition
- AC Milan: il club piu titolato al mondo (Italian: the most successful club) or Forza Milan (Forza means 'force' or 'strength')
- Arsenal F.C.: Victoria Concordia Crescit (Latin: Victory through harmony)
- Aston Villa: Prepared
- Colo Colo: El equipo que ha sabido ser campeón (Spanish: The team that had known to become champion)
- Everton Football Club: Nil satis nisi optimum (Latin: Only the best is good enough)
- F.C. Porto: A Vencer desde 1893 (Winning since 1893)
- FC Barcelona: Més que un club (Catalan: More than a club)
- Fédération Internationale des Échecs: Gens una sumus (Latin: We are one people)
- Feyenoord Rotterdam: Geen woorden maar daden Dutch: No words but deeds)
- Gentlemen's Basketball League, The: Exsisto Validus. Fulcio Alius. (Latin: Be Strong. Strengthen Others)
- International Practical Shooting Confederation: Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (Latin: Accuracy, Power, Speed)
- Leeds United: Marching on Together
- Llanelli Wanderers RFC: Cyfeillach trwy Grwydro (Welsh: Friendship Through Wandering)
- Liverpool Football Club: You'll Never Walk Alone
- Olympic Games: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Latin: Faster, Higher, Stronger)
- Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion
- Queen's Park F.C.: Ludere Causa Ludendi (Latin: To play for the sake of playing)
- Rangers F.C: Ready
- Shrewsbury Town F.C: Floreat Salopia (Latin: May Shropshire flourish) or (Let Salop flourish)
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica: E Pluribus Unum (Latin: Out of many, one)
- Sporting Clube de Portugal: Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção, Glória (Portuguese: Effort, Dedication, Devotion, Glory)
- Sunderland A.F.C.: Consectatio Excellentiae (Latin: In pursuit of excellence)
- Tabor Academy: Vincit Semper Veritas (Latin: Truth Always Conquers)
Politics
- Ba'ath Party: Wahdah, Hurriyah, Ishtirrakiyah (Unity, Freedom, Socialism)
- Chechen Resistance: Ojal ya Marsho (Chechen: Freedom or Death)
- Christian Democracy (Italy): Libertas
- ETA: Bietan jarrai (Basque: Keep up on both)
- La Francophonie: égalité, complémentarité, solidarité (equality, complementarity, and solidarity).
- Liberal Party of the Philippines: Noon at Ngayon, Liberal Marangal (Past and Present, Honorable Liberal)
- Muslim Brotherhood: Allah Akbar, Wa Lellah Al Hamd (God is Greater, and Thanks to God)
- Nacionalista Party: Ang Bayan Higit sa Lahat (The Nation Above All)
- Palestinian Intifada: Justice, Freedom and Peace.[1]
- Socialistisk Folkeparti: Det ku' være så godt (Danish: It could be so good)
- Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League: One God! One Aim! One Destiny!
- Women's Institute: For Home and Country
- Women's Social and Political Union: Deeds not words
- Zapatista Army of National Liberation: Ya Basta!
Heritage & historical
Religion
Business
Dynasties
Medical
Other
- Billie Joe Armstrong: School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect; nobody's perfect, so why practice?
- Albus Dumbledore: Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one can only remember to turn on the light.
- International Thespian Society: Act well your part. There all the honor lies.
- Linux Foundation: Open your source, Open your mind.
- The Boondock Saints: Aequitas et Veritas, alternately Veritas et Aequitas, Latin for "Truth and Justice" or "Honesty and Equality." Connor MacManus has "Veritas" tattooed on his left hand, while Murphy MacManus has "Aequitas" tattooed on his right hand.
- The Red Green Show: Quando omni flunkus moritati, Pseudo-Latin for "When all else fails, play dead."
Military & governmental
- Apollo 13: Ex luna, scientia (from the Moon, knowledge),
- British Special Air Service: Who Dares Wins.
- Indian Army - Naam, Namak, Nishan ; Jai Hind
- Indian Army Medical Corps - Sarve Santu Niramaya (everyone should remain healthy, good Health for all)
- National Security Agency (NSA): Anything is possible, the impossible just takes longer.
- Ontario Regiment of Canada - Canadian Armed Forces Armoured Reserve Regiment: Fidelus Paradus (Faithful and Prepared)
- Pakistan Army: Iman, Taqwa, Jihad Fi Sabil-illah, Men at their Best. (Faith, Piety, Struggle in the way of Almighty Allah, Men at their Best)
- United States Marine Corps (USMC): Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)
- United States Military Academy: "Duty, Honor, Country"
- US Air Force Pararescue: That Others May Live.
Municipalities
- Aberdeen: Bon Accord
- Adelaide: Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti (United for the common good)
- Amersham: Res Gestae Res Futurae (Things Past, Things Future)
- Amsterdam: Valor, Resolution, and Mercy
- Arbroath: Propter libertatem
- Ashford: With Stronger Faith
- Austin, Texas: Keep Austin Weird
- Aylesbury Vale: Concordia Prorsum (Forward In Harmony)
- Ballyclare: Industria et Probitate (By Work and Integrity)
- Baltimore: Believe
- Bandung: Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti (rich soil, prosperous people)
- Banyumas: Rarasing Rasa Wiwaraning Praja, a Javanese sengkala, referring to the year of 1966, also means "people's harmonious feeling for entering a gate of prosperity"
- Belfast: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (What shall we give in return for so much)
- Blacktown: Progress
- Blyth Valley: We Grow by Industry
- Boston: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (God be with us as He was with our fathers)
- Bournemouth: Pulchritudo et salubritas (beauty and health)
- Braemar: Mak Siccar (Scots: Make sure)
- Brentwood, Essex: Ardens Fide (Latin: burning with faith)
- Brisbane: Meliora sequimur (We aim for better things)
- Brooklyn: Een Draght Mackt Maght (In Unity, There is Strength)
- Burnley: Hold To The Truth
- Bristol: Virtue et Industria (virtue and hard work)
- Carlisle: Be just and fear not
- Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart
- Cheltenham: Salubritas et Eruditio (Health and Education)
- Chesham: Serve One Another
- Cheshire: jure et dignitate gladii (by the law and dignity of the sword)
- Chicago, Illinois: Urbs In Horto (City in a Garden)
- Chiltern: Freely We Serve
- Christchurch, Dorset: Where time is pleasant
- Clackmannanshire: Leuk aboot ye (Scots)
- Clydebank: Labore et Scientia (By Work and by Knowledge)
- Cork: Statio Bene Fida Carinis (A Safe Harbour For Ships)
- Crewe and Nantwich: Semper Progrediamur (Let us always go forward)
- Croydon: Ad Summa Nitamur (Let us strive after perfection)
- Darlington: Optima Petamus (Let us seek the best)
- Darwin, Northern_Territory: Progrediamur (Let us go Forward)
- Detroit, Michigan: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (We hope for better things, it will rise from the ashes)
- Dingwall: Salve corona
- Douglas, Isle of Man: Kiannoortys cheus thie jeh Kiannoortys (Manx: Government within a Government)
- Dublin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Happy the city where citizens obey)
- Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the Harbour to the Mountain)
- Duns: Duns Dings Aw (Scots)
- East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
- Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus frustra (Except the Lord [keep the city, the watchman waketh] in vain. Psalm 127)
- Exeter: Semper fidelis
- Falkirk: Touch Ane, Touch Aw - Better meddle wi the Deil than the bairns o Falkirk (Scots)
- Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
- Frankfurt: Stark im Recht (German: Strongly right)
- Galashiels: Soor Ploums (Scots)
- Gateshead: In Unity, Progress
- Gdańsk: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly)
- Gdynia: Gdynia - miasto z morza i marzeń (Polish: Gdynia - a city built of sea and dreams)
- Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
- Gloucester: Fides invicta triumphat (Unconquered faith triumphs)
- Grand Rapids: Motu Viget
- Hagley: Let Darkness Stay Below
- Halifax, Nova Scotia: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea)
- Harwich: Omnia Bona Bonis (To the good all things are good)
- Ironton, Ohio: Gateway to Southern Ohio!
- Irvine, North Ayrshire: Tandem bona causa triumphat (The good cause triumphs in the end)
- Jedburgh: Strenue et Prospere (With vigour and success)
- Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada: Salus et Opes (Health and Abundance)
- Karawang: Pangkal Perjuangan (struggle starting point)
- Kelso: Dae Richt - Fear Nocht (Scots)
- Kendal: Pannus mihi panis (wool is my bread)
- Kinross: Siccar (Scots: Sure)
- Kolkatta ( Calcutta ) :Purosree Bibardhan (Bengali: Progress of the city)
- Lambeth: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
- Leeds: Pro Rege et Lege (For King and Law)
- Leicester: Semper Eadem (always the same)
- Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
- Lichfield: Salve, magna parens (Hail great Mother)
- Limerick: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (an ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
- Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (I will arise from the fire)
- Liverpool: Not For Ourselves, But For The Whole World
- Łódź: Ex navicula navis (Big boat out of a small one)
- City of London: Domine dirige nos (Lord direct us)
- Londonderry/Derry: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Life, Truth, Victory)
- Mablethorpe: Amoeniora Litora Nostra (Our shores are more delightful)
- Marseille: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
- Melbourne: Vires acquirit eundo (we gather strength as we go)
- Merton: Stand Fast In Honour And Strength
- Middlesbrough: Erimus (We shall be)
- Milton Keynes: By Knowledge Design And Understanding
- Minneapolis, Minnesota: En Avant (Forward)
- Montreal: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony)
- Mumbai: Yato Dharmastato Jaya (यतो धर्मस्ततो जय) (Sanskrit: Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory). Also pre-independence moto: Urbs Primis in Indis (India's first city)
- Nelson, New Zealand: Palmam qui meruit ferat (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
- New Forest: Old Yet Ever New
- Newport: Terra Marique (By land and sea)
- Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Semper Ascendens (always ascending)
- Norwich: Do different
- Northwich: Sal est vita (Salt is life)
- Oldham: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
- Oxford: Fortis est veritas (Truth is strong)
- Palm Bay: A Perfect Place to Grow
- Paris: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
- Penwith: Kensa ha Dewetha (Cornish: First and Last)
- Peterborough: Upon This Rock
- Philadelphia: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue)
- Plymouth: Turris fortissima est nomen Jehovah (the name of Jehovah is the strongest tower)
- Pontefract: Post Mortem Patris pro Filio (Held after the death of the Father for the Son)
- Port Glasgow: Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
- Portsmouth: Heaven's Light Our Guide
- Provo, Utah: America's Most Liveable City
- Quebec City, Quebec: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put God's gift to good use)
- Redbridge: In Unity Progress
- Regina: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish)
- Restormel: Ro An Mor Hag An Tyr (Cornish: From the sea and from the land)
- Richmond, Virginia: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Such is the way to the Stars)
- Romsey: Quae Recta Tene
- Rosehearty: Tyauve awa Rosehearty (Scots)
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Quam Bonum In Unum Habitare (What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)
- Rugby, Warwickshire: Floreat Rugbeia Major (May Greater Rugby Flourish)
- Rushmoor: Strength in Unity
- Saint John, New Brunswick: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (O Fortunate Ones Whose Walls Are Now Rising/O Happy They, Whose Promised Walls Already Rise)
- San Francisco: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Gold in Peace, Iron in War)
- São Paulo: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead)
- Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
- Sheffield: Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit (With God's help our labour is successful)
- Shoreditch: More Light, More Power
- South Buckinghamshire: Consilio Et Animis (By wisdom and courage)
- South Cambridgeshire: Niet Zonder Arbyt (Dutch: Nothing without work)
- Southend-on-Sea: Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (By the Sea and By the Church)
- Spelthorne: Ad Solem Prospicimus (We shall look forward to the day)
- St Andrews: Dum spiro spero (While I Breathe I Hope)
- Sutton: Per ardua in fide servite Deo (through difficulties serve God in faith)
- Sydney: I take but I surrender
- Test Valley: Deo Teste Valeamus (With God as our witness, let us be strong)
- Thurrock: Secundum Tamesim Quovis Gentium (By the Thames to all peoples of the World)
- Thurso: Wark tae God (Scots)
- Torbay: Salus Et Felicitas (Health and happiness)
- Toronto: Diversity Our Strength
- Tunbridge Wells: Do Well Doubt Not
- Waltham Abbey: Sanctae Nomine Crucis (by the name of the Holy Cross)
- Waltham Forest: Fellowship Is Life
- Warsaw: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms), Semper invicta (Always invincible)
- Waterford: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Waterford remains the untaken city)
- West Wiltshire: Know Thy Contree
- Westminster: Custodi Civitatem Domine (Guard the City, O Lord)
- Wigan: Ancient and Loyal
- Winnipeg, Manitoba: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of a Host)
- Wolverhampton: Out of darkness, cometh light
- Valletta: Citta Umilissima (The most humble city)
- Żebbuġ, Malta: Semper Virens (Evergreen)
British counties
Educational institutions
- Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg: Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen [John 8:32], (German: Truth shall set you free)
- American University: Pro deo et patria (Latin: 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)
- Aquinas Institute: "Credo Quid Quid Dixit Dei Filius" (Latin: I believe whatever the Son of God has said))
- 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 (Latin: May Bedford School Flourish)
- Benedict College: Veritas et Virtus (Latin: 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)
- Bishop's University: Recti cultus pectora roborant (Sound learning strengthens the spirit)
- 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)
- Bournemouth University: Discere Mutari Est (Latin: To Learn is to Change)
- Brandeis University: Truth, even unto its innermost parts
- Brigham Young University: Enter to learn; go forth to serve
- Brown University: In deo speramus (Latin: In God we hope)
- California Institute of Technology: The truth shall make you free
- California Maritime Academy: Laborare Pugnare Parati Sumus (Latin: To Work or Fight, We are Ready)
- California State University, Fresno: Lucem Accipe Ut Reddas (Latin: Receive the light that you may give it forth)
- Campbell University: Ad Astra Per Aspera (Latin: To The Stars Through Difficulties)
- Carleton University: Ours the Task Eternal
- Carnegie-Mellon University: My Heart Is In The Work
- Catholic Junior College: In veritate et caritate (Latin: In truth and love)
- 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
- Claremont McKenna College: Crescit cum commercio civitas (Latin: Civilization prospers with commerce)
- Clark Atlanta University: "I'll Find a Way or Make One" & "Culture for Service"
- Clifton College: Spiritus Intus Alit (Latin: The spirit nourishes within)
- Columbia University: In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen [Psalm 36:9], (Latin: In thy light shall we see light)
- Cornell University: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study"
- Crossley Heath Grammar School: Omne Bonum Ab Alto (All good things come from above)
- Culford School: Viriliter Agite Estote Fortes (Latin: Quit Ye Like Men, Be Strong)
- Dalhousie University: Ora et labora (Latin: Pray and work)
- Darmstadt University of Technology: "mens agitat molem" ("mind drives matter")
- Dartmouth College: Vox clamantis in deserto [Luke 3:4], (Latin: The voice of one crying in the wilderness)
- Davidson High School (New South Wales): Sapienter si Sincere, (Latin: Wisely if Sincerely)
- Devonport High School for Boys: Prorsum Semper Honeste (Latin: Forwards always proud)
- Devonport High School for Girls: Sine Labe Decus (Latin: Honour Without Dishonour)
- Don Bosco Juniorate, Pampanga, Philippines: Luctor et Emergo ("I struggle, I win")
- Downing College, Cambridge: Quaerere Verum (Latin: Seek the truth)
- Dr Challoner's Grammar School: Ad Astra Per Aspera (Latin: To the stars through difficulties)
- Dulwich College: Detur Gloria Soli Deo (Latin: Let Glory Be Given To God Alone)
- Eastern Nazarene College: Via, Veritas, Vita (Latin: The Way, the Truth, and the Life)
- 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)
- Edinburgh Napier University: Nisi sapientia frustra (Latin: Without knowledge all is in vain)
- Eindhoven University of Technology: "mens agitat molem" ("mind over matter")
- Emanuel School: Pour Bien Desirer (French: The Noble Aim)
- Epping Boys High School: Strive to Achieve
- Erskine College: Scientia cum moribus conjuncta (Latin: Knowledge joined with morals)
- Eton College: Floreat Etona (Latin: May Eton Flourish)
- 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
- GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India: "Strive Serve Thrive"
- Gateshead Grammar School: Toil No Soil (toil (work)is no disgrace from the poem Works and Days by Hesiod)
- Georgetown University: Utraque unum (Latin: Both and one)
- Georgia Institute of Technology: Progress and Service[3]
- 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
- Guildford Public school: Our Best Always.
- Hampshire College: Non Satis Scire (Latin: To Know Is Not Enough)
- Harbord Collegiate Institute: Virtus et Doctrina
- Harrow School: Stet Fortuna domus (Latin: Let fortune of the House stand)
- Harvard University: Veritas (Latin: Truth)
- High School of Dundee: Prestante Domino (Latin: Under the leadership of God)
- Hollywood High School: Achieve the Honorable
- 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 Empire)
- Indian Institute of Technology:Jnyanam Paramam Dhyeyam (Sanskrit: "Knowledge is the ultimate goal")
- Indiana University: Lux et Veritas (Latin: Light and Truth)
- 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)
- Jesus and Mary Academy, Patna City, Patna, India: Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity.
- Johns Hopkins University: Veritas vos liberabit [John 8:32], (Latin: The truth will set you free)
- Johnson and Wales University: When All Else Fails Johnson and Wales
- Karlstad University: Sapere aude (Latin: Have courage to be wise) (Dare to know)
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Sedes sapientiae (Latin: Seat of wisdom)
- Keats's College, Chemin Grenier, Mauritius: Une ecole une famille (French: A school a family)
- Keats's College, Chemin Grenier, Mauritius: Virtute et Industria (Latin: Hard work is a Virtue)
- King's College School, Wimbledon: Sancte et Sapienter (Latin: With Holiness and Wisdom)
- King's College, Cambridge: Veritas et utilitas (Latin: Truth and usefulness)
- King James's Grammar School, Almondbury: Floreat Schola Almondburiensis, May Almondbury School Flourish
- La Trobe University: Qui cherche trouve [Matthew 7:7], (French: Seek and ye shall find)
- Liverpool College: Non solum ingenii, verum etiam virtutis (Latin: Not only intelligence, but also virtue)
- London School of Economics and Political Science: Rerum Cognoscere Causas (Latin: To understand the causes of things)
- Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu: "mens agitat molem" ("mind moves matter")
- Lund University: Ad utrumque (Latin: Prepared for all)
- Lyceum of the Philippines - University: Veritas et Fortitudo, Pro Deo et Patria (Latin: Truth and Courage, For God and Country)
- 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 (Latin: Have courage to be wise)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Mens et Manus (Latin: Mind and Hand)
- Mater Carmeli School of Novaliches: "Contemplare, Amare, Servire, Ecclesiam ("To Contemplate, to Love and to Serve The Church")
- McGill University: Grandescunt Aucta Labore (Latin: By work all things increase and grow)
- McMaster University: Ta panta en Christoi synesteken (Greek: "In Christ all things hold together" or "All things cohere in Christ")
- Melbourne High School: Honour the Work and the Work Will Honour You (often shorted to: "Honour the Work")
- Memorial University of Newfoundland: Provehito in altum (Latin: Launch forth into the deep)
- Miami University: "Prodesse Quam Conspici" (Proceed without being conspicuous)
- Modern School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India: Naymatma Balaheen Labhya (Hindi: "Perfection cannot be achieved by the weak")
- Monash University: Ancora imparo (Italian: I am still learning)
- Montfort Secondary School: Age Quod Agis (Latin: Do well in whatever you do)
- Morehouse College: To Uplift the Human Race Through Responsible Citizenship
- National Polytechnic Institute (IPN): La técnica al servicio de la patria (Spanish: Tech to the service of the State)
- National Taiwan University: Cultivate your virtue; advance your intellect; love your country; love your people
- National Tsing Hua University: 自強不息，厚德載物 (Traditional Chinese: Self Discipline and Social Commitment)
- National University of the Littoral: Lux Indeficiens (Latin: Inextinguishable Light)
- Neil Thomas Christian University: Be Holy as I Am Holy (1Pe 1:16)
- New York University: Perstare et praestare (to persevere and to excel)
- Northfield Mount Hermon School: Discere et Vivere (Learn and Live)
- Northwestern University: Quaecumque Sunt Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- Norwich University: I Will Try
- Nova Scotia Agricultural College: "mens agitat molem" ("mind over matter")
- Oakland Colegio Campestre: "Felicitas, Integritas Et Sapientia" (Latin: Happiness, Integrity and Knowledge)
- Oglethorpe University: Nescit cedere (Latin: He does not know how to give up)
- Ohio Wesleyan University: In lumine tuo videbimus lumen (In Your Light We Shall See the Light))
- Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung: Bakuning Hyang Mrih Guna Santyaya Bhakti (Based on belief in God, pursuing knowledge to serve the community)
- Perse School: Qui facit per alium facit per se (Latin: he who does things for others does things for himself)
- Pitzer College: Provida Futuri (Mindful of the Future)
- Plymouth High School for Girls: Non scholae sed vitae discimus (Latin: For life not school we learn)
- Plymouth State University: Ut Prosim (Latin: that I may serve)
- Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn, NY: Virtus victrix fortunae (Virtue is the conqueror of fortune)
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY: Homo et hominis opera partes naturae (both man and the works of man are part of nature)
- Portland State University: Doctrina urbi serviat (Let Knowledge Serve the City)
- Princeton University: Dei sub numine viget (Latin: Under God's power she flourishes)
- Pukekohe High School: Honour, Right, Duty[4]
- Purdue University: Education, Research, Service
- Queen Mary's Grammar School: Quas Dederis Solas Semper Habebes Opes (Latin: You only get out what you put in) (rough translation)
- Queen's University, Kingston: Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas (Wisdom and Knowledge Shall be the Stability of Thy Times)
- Queens' College, Cambridge: Floreat Domus (Latin: May this House Flourish)
- 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;[5] Slogans: "Why not change the world?", "One word changes everything. Rensselaer."[6]
- Repton School: "porta vacat culpa" (Latin: The gate is free from blame)
- Rhodes College: Truth, Loyalty, Service
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University - "Freedom, Peace, and Humanism, International Mutual Understanding and the Creation of the Future of the Asia Pacific"
- Robert College of Istanbul: Post Tenebras Lux (Light After Darkness) and Dominus Illuminatio Mea (The Lord is my Light)
- Royal College Colombo: Disce aut Discede (Latin: Learn or Depart)
- Royal Institute of Technology: Vetenskap och Konst (Science and Art)
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst: Serve to Lead
- Royal Military College Duntroon in Australia: Doctrina vim Promovet (Learning promotes Strength)
- 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)
- Saddleworth School: Aim high
- Saint Joseph's College, Hong Kong: Labore et Virtute (Labour and Virtue)
- 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)
- Selwyn College, Cambridge: ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ (quit ye like men)
- Seoul National University: Veritas lux mea (The truth is my light)
- Seton Hall University: Hazard Zet Forward (In spite of all hazards, go forward) - Taken from the Seton family's Coat of Arms (Scotland)
- Shimer College: Not to be served, but to serve
- 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)
- Solihull School: Perseverantia (perseverance)
- Sonoma State University: Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis (Light of the mind, light of the world)
- St Albans School (Herts, England): Non nobis nati (Born not for ourselves alone)
- St Edward's Roman Catholic Church of England School (Poole, Dorset): Learning together
- St. Francis Xavier University: Quaecumque Sunt Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- St. George's Grammar School (Hyderabad): Perseverance Conquers All Things
- St. Joseph's College, Nainital, India: Certa Bonum Certamen (Latin: Fight the Good Fight)
- St. Mary's High School (Calgary): Mente Manuque (With mind and hand)
- Stamford School: Christ me spede (Christ be with me)
- Stanford University: Die Luft der Freiheit weht (The wind of freedom blows)
- Stetson University: Pro Deo et Veritate (For God and Truth)
- Stevens Institute of Technology: Per aspera ad astra (Through adversity to the stars)
- Stockport Grammar School: Vincit qui patitur (He who endures, conquers)
- Supélec:La science en action
- Synge Street CBS: Viriliter Age
- Syracuse University: Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat (Knowledge crowns those who seek her)
- Taylor's University College: Wisdom, Integrity, Excellence
- 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 Evergreen State College: Omnia Extares (Latin: Let it all hang out)
- 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)
- Trinity School, Croydon: Vincit qui patitur (He who endures, conquers)
- Tsinghua University: 自强不息，厚德载物 (Simplified Chinese: Self Discipline and Social Commitment)
- Tufts University: Pax et Lux (Peace and Light)
- 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
- Universal Public School: Vidya Sheelena Shobhate (Character brightens education)
- Université de Montréal: Fide splendet et scientia (Latin: May it shine with truth and knowledge)
- 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 Arizona: Bear Down
- 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 Bristol: Vim promovet insitam (Latin: "[Learning] promotes one's innate power" - from Horace, Ode 4.4)
- 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 Exeter: Lucem sequimur (Latin: We follow the light)
- University of Florida: The welfare of the state depends upon the morals of its citizens
- University of Garyounis: وقل ربي زدني علماً
- 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 (Latin: 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)
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi: Astra ex Astris (Latin: Stars from Stars)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Learning and Labor
- Karachi University - Pakistan: رَبِّ زدْنيِ علماً (Arabic: O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge)
- 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 Maryland, College Park: Fatti maschii, Parole femine (Strong deeds, gentle words)
- 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 Miami: Magna est veritas (Latin: Great is the truth)
- University of Minnesota: Omnibus Artibus Commune Vinculum (A Common bond for all the Arts and Sciences)
- University of Mumbai: Sheel Vrutphalam vidya (Sanskrit:“The Fruit of Learning is Character and Righteous Conduct.” )
- University of Nairobi, Kenya: Unitate et Labore (In Unity and Work)
- 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 Newcastle, Australia: I look ahead
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Lux libertas (Latin: Light [and] liberty)
- 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 is founded on wisdom.)
- University of Oregon: Mens agitat molem (Latin: Mind moves matter)
- University of Otago: Sapere aude (Latin: 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 [Psalm 27:10], (The Lord is my Light)
- University of Pennsylvania: Leges sine moribus vanae (Laws without morals are useless)
- University of Pittsburgh: Veritas et Virtus (Latin: Truth and Virtue)
- University of Pune: Yah Kriyaawaan Sa Panditaha. (Learned is one who is ceaselessly active)
- University of Queensland: Scientia ad Labore (knowledge through hard work)
- University of Regina: As One Who Serves
- University of Rhode Island: Think Big. We Do.
- University of Rochester: Meliora
- University of Santo Tomas: Veritas in Caritate (Truth in Charity)
- 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 St Andrews: Aien Aristeuein (Ever to be the Best)
- 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 São Paulo: Scientia Vinces (Through Knowledge You Conquer)
- University of Texas: Disciplina praesidium civitatis (Discipline, the guardian of the state)
- 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 Wisconsin - Madison: Numen Lumen (Latin: The divine within the universe, however manifested, is my light.)
- University of York: Tentanda via (Latin: The way must be tried)
- University of Zulia (LUZ): Post Nubila Phoebus (Latin: Beyond the clouds, the sun)
- University of the Philippines: Honor and Excellence
- University of the West Indies: Oriens Ex Occidente Lux (Light Rising From the West)
- Unseen University: Nunc id Vides. Nunc ne Vides (Latin: Now you see it. Now you don't)
- Uppsala University: Gratiae veritas naturae (Latin: Truth through mercy and nature)
- Utrecht University: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos (Latin: Sun of Justice, shine upon us)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Ut Prosim (Latin: That I may serve)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Scientia vincere tenebras (Latin: Conquering darkness by science)
- Washington and Lee University: Non incautus futuri (Not unmindful of the Future)
- Washington School (Mississippi): Exitus Acta Probat (Action produces results)
- Wellesley College: Non Ministrari sed Ministrare (Not to be served, but to serve. Or: Not to be ministered unto, but to minister.)
- Wesley College, Perth: Audendo Atque Agendo (By daring and by doing)
- Westminster School: Dat Deus Incrementum
- Whitsunday Christian College: Excel in Truth and Grace
- Wilfrid Laurier University: Veritas omnia vincit (Latin: Truth Conquers all)
- Willamette University: Not Unto Ourselves Alone are we Born
- Wofford College: Intaminatis fulget honoribus (Untarnished, she shines with honor)
- 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)
- Yarm School: Erudio pro vita (Latin: Education for life)
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