This is a list of
mottos of organizations,
institutions, municipalities and authorities.
Organizations
Official coat of arms mottos
Cultural, philanthropic & scientific
Public service & youth service
Police & public safety
Sport & competition
- Arsenal F.C.: Victoria Concordia
Crescit (victory comes from harmony)
- FC Barcelona: Més que un club (More
than a club)
- Everton Football Club: Nil
satis nisi optimum (Only the best is good enough)
- 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.)
- Llanelli Wanderers RFC:
Cyfeillach trwy Grwydro (Friendship Through Wandering)
- Liverpool Football Club:
You'll Never Walk Alone
- Paralympic Games: Spirit in
Motion
- Olympic Games: Citius, Altius,
Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger)
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica: E
Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)
- Sporting Clube de
Portugal: Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção, Glória (Effort,
Dedication, Devotion, Glory)
- Shrewsbury Town F.C Floreat
Salopia (May Shropshire flourish) or (Let Salop flourish)
Politics
- Ba'ath Party: Wahdah, Hurriyah,
Ishtirrakiyah (Unity, Freedom, Socialism)
- Christian Democracy
: Libertas
- ETA: Bietan jarrai (Basque: Keep up on
both)
- Chechen Resistance: Ojal ya
Marsho (Chechen: Freedom or Death)
- 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. [107883]
- 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
Heritage & historical
Religion
- Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community: Love for all, hatred for none!
- Benedictine Order: ora et
labora (pray and work)
- Carmelite Order: zelo zelatus
sum pro Domino Deo exercituum (I am aflame with zeal for the Lord
God of Hosts)
- 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)
- Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya: A
Nation cannot be reformed without the reformation of its
youth.
- 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)
- United Methodist Church:
Our hearts, our minds, our doors are always open
Business
Dynasties
Medical
Other
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)
- Ontario Regiment of Canada - Canadian Armed Forces Armoured
Reserve Regiment: "Fidelus Paradus" (Faithful & Prepared)
Orders of knighthood by country
Canada
- Order of Canada: Desiderantes
meliorem patriam ("They desire a better country")
Denmark
France
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
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
Poland
Russian Empire
Turkey
United Kingdom
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 ( )
- 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)
- 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
: 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 (
)
- 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 ( )
- 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)
- 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). Also
pre-independence moto: Urbs Primis in Indis (India's first
city)
- 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)
- Queensland
: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful)
- Redbridge
: In Unity Progress
- Regina
: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish)
- Restormel
: Ro An Mor Hag An Tyr ( )
- 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 ( )
- 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)
- Sydney
: I take but I surrender
- 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)
British counties
Educational institutions
- Albert Ludwigs
University of Freiburg: Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen
[John 8:32], ( )
- American University
: Pro deo et patria ( )
- Amherst College
: Terras Irradient ( )
- 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 (
)
- Banting Memorial High
School: Quaecumque Optima ( )
- Bates College
: Amore Ac Studio ( ) - Charles Sumner
- Bedford School
: Floreat schola Bedfordiensis ( )
- Benedict College
: Veritas et Vertus ( )
- Bilkent University
: Veritas ( )
- Bishop Cotton Boys
School: Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum ( )
- Bishop Cotton Girls
School: Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum ( )
- Bishop Timon HS: fortes in fide
(strong in faith)
- Blue Coat School, Oldham
: Semper Quaereamus Virtutem ( )
- Bob Jones University
: Petimus Credimus ( )
- Boston College
: Aien Aristeuein/αιεν αριστευειν(Greek: Ever to
excel); Religioni et bonis artibus ( )
- Bournemouth University
: Discere Mutari Est ( )
- Brandeis University
: Truth, even unto its innermost parts
- Brigham Young University
: Enter to learn; go forth to serve
- Brown University
: In deo speramus ( )
- California Institute of
Technology
: The truth shall make you free
- California State University,
Fresno
: Lucem Accipe Ut Reddas ( )
- Carleton University
: Ours the Task Eternal
- Carnegie-Mellon University
: My Heart Is In The Work
- Catholic Junior College:
In veritate et caritate ( )
- Caulfield Grammar School
: Labora Ut Requiescas ( )
- Centro
de Estudios en Ciencias de la Comunicacion : Ad Astra Per
Aspera (To the stars with effort)
- Chalmers
University of Technology
: Avancez ( )
- Christ's College, Cambridge
: Souvent me Souvient ( )
- Churchill College,
Cambridge
: Forward
- Clark Atlanta
University: "I'll Find a Way or Make One" & "Culture for
Service"
- Clifton College
: Spiritus Intus
Alit ( )
- Columbia University: In
lumine Tuo videbimus lumen [Psalm 36:10], ( )
- 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 ( )
- Dalhousie University
: Ora et labora ( )
- Dartmouth College
: Vox clamantis in deserto [Luke 3:4], (
)
- Davidson High School
: Sapienter si Sincere, ( )
- Devonport High School for
Boys
: Prorsum Semper Honeste ( )
- Devonport High School for
Girls
: Sine Labe Decus ( )
- Downing College, Cambridge
: Quaerere Verum ( )
- Dulwich College
: Detur Gloria Soli Deo ( )
- Eastern Nazarene College
: Via, Veritas,
Vita ( )
- École
Polytechnique de Montréal
: Ut tensio sic vis ( )
- École Polytechnique de
Paris
: Pour la Patrie, les Sciences et la Gloire (
)
- Edinburgh Napier
University: Nisi sapientia frustra ( )
- Emanuel School
: Pour Bien Desirer ( )
- Epping Boys High School:
Strive to Achieve
- Eton College
: Floreat Etona ( )
- The Evergreen State College
: Omnia Extares ( )
- Finchley Catholic High
School
: Da nobis recta sapere ( )
- Fitzwilliam College,
Cambridge
: Ex antiquis et novissimis optima (
)
- Florida A&M University
: Head, heart, hand, field
- Florida Atlantic University
: Where Tomorrow Begins
- Florida State University
: Vires, artes, mores ( )
- Fordham University
: Sapientia et doctrina ( )
- Framlingham College
, Suffolk: Studio sapientia crescit (
)
- Franklin Pierce Law Center
: Inspiring Excellence
- Free University of
Brussels: Scientia vincere tenebras ( )
- Gateshead Grammar
School: Toil No Soil (toil (work)is no disgrace from the poem
Works and Days by Hesiod)
- Georgetown University
: Utraque unum ( )
- GITAM
University,Visakhapatnam
,India
: "Strive
Serve Thrive"
- Gothenburg University
: Tradita innovare innovata tradere (A Tradition
of Invention, an Inventor of Tradition)
- (Actual: "Renew our heritage and pass it on
renewed")
- Grant
Medical College ,Mumbai,India :Mens Sana
in Corpore Sano ( )
- Gresham's School
: All Worship Be to God Only
- Hampshire College
: Non Satis Scire ( )
- Harrow School
: Stet Fortuna domus ( )
- Harbord Collegiate
Institute
: Virtus et Doctrina
- Harvard University
: Veritas ( )
- High School of Dundee
: Prestante Domino ( )
- Homerton College, Cambridge
: Respice Finem ( )
- Imperial College London
: Scientia imperii decus et tutamen (
)
- National Polytechnic
Institute
(IPN): La técnica al servicio de la patria (
)
- Indiana University: Lux et
Veritas ( )
- Indian Institute of
Technology:Dnyanam Paramam Dhyeyam (Sanskrit: "Knowledge is the
ultimate goal")
- Iowa State University
: Science with practice
- Ipswich School
: Semper eadem ( )
- Jagiellonian University:
Plus ratio quam vis ( )
- Johns Hopkins
University: Veritas vos liberabit [John 8:32], ( )
- Karachi University -
Pakistan
: رَبِّ زدْنيِ علماً (Arabic: O my
Lord! Advance me in Knowledge)
- Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven
: Sedes sapientiae ( )
- Karlstad University
: Sapere aude ( ) (Dare to know)
- King's College, Cambridge
: Veritas et utilitas ( )
- La Trobe University
: Qui cherche trouve [Matthew 7:7], (
)
- Liverpool College
: Non solum ingenii, verum etiam virtutis (
)
- London School of Economics and Political
Science
: Rerum Cognoscere Causas ( )
- Lund University
: Ad utrumque ( )
- 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 (
)
- Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
: Mens et Manus ( )
- McGill University
: Grandescunt Aucta Labore ( )
- 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
- Memorial
University of Newfoundland
: Provehito in altum ( )
- Modern
School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India: Naymatma Balaheen Labhya
(Hindi: "Perfection cannot be achieved by the weak")
- [[Montfort Secondary : Age Quod Agis ( )
- 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 ( )
- National Taiwan University
: Cultivate your virtue; advance your intellect;
love your country; love your people
- Neil Thomas
Christian University: Be Holy as I Am Holy (1Pe 1:16)
- New York University
: Perstare et praestare (to persevere and to
excel)
- Northwestern University
: Quaecumque Sunt Vera ( )
- Norwich University: I Will
Try
- Oglethorpe University:
Nescit cedere ( )
- 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 (
)
- Pitzer College
: Provida Futuri (Mindful of the
Future)
- Plymouth High School for
Girls
: Non scholae sed vitae discimus ( )
- Plymouth State University
: Ut Prosim ( )
- Portland State University
: Doctrina urbi serviat (Let Knowledge Serve the
City)
- Purdue University
: Education, Research, Service
- Princeton University
: Dei sub numine viget ( )
- Polytechnic Institute of New York
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 ( )
- 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 ( )
(rough translation)
- 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 ( )
- Ravenscroft School
: Audi et Aude ( )
- Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
: Knowledge and Thoroughness[107884]; Slogans: "Why not change the world?",
"One word changes everything. Rensselaer." [107885].
- 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 College Colombo
: Disce aut Discede ( )
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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 : Perseverance Conquers All Things
- St. Mary's 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)
- 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 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 ( )
- 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 Florida
: The welfare of the state depends upon the
morals of its citizens
- University of Georgia
: Et docere et rerum exquirere causas (Latin: To
teach and to inquire into the nature of things)
- University of Glasgow
: Via, Veritas,
Vita ( )
- University of Guelph
: Rerum cognoscere causas ( )
- 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 ( )
- 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 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 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 North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
: Lux libertas ( )
- 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 ( )
- University of Otago
: Sapere aude (
)
- University of Ottawa
: Deus est scientarium dominus ( )
- 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 the
Philippines: Honor Excellence
- University of Pittsburgh
: Veritas et Virtus ( )
- 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 Rochester
: Meliora
- University of São
Paulo: Scientia Vinces (Through Knowledge You Conquer)
- University of St Andrews: Aien Aristeuein (Ever to be the Best)
- 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. ( )
- 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 ( )
- University of Washington: Lux sit ( )
- University of Waterloo: Concordia cum veritate ( )
- University of Western
Ontario: Veritas et Utilitas ( )
- University of York: Tentanda via ( )
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University: Ut Prosim ( )
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Scientia vincere tenebras (Conquering darkness by
science)
- Wilfrid Laurier University: Veritas omnia vincit ( )
- Uppsala University: Gratiae veritas naturae
- Utrecht University: Sol
Iustitiae Illustra Nos ( )
- Washington and Lee
University: Non Incautus
Futuri (Not unmindful of the Future)
- Washington
School : 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: Audendo, Atque, Agendo (By daring and
by doing)
- Westminster School: Dat Deus Incrementum
- 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 ( )
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University of Iaşi: Astra ex Astris ( )
In other countries
- University of Garyounis: وقل ربي زدني علماً
- Don Bosco Juniorate, Pampanga, Philippines: Luctor et Emergo
("I struggle, I win")
In Mexico
See also
: Môn Mam Cymru (Anglesey mother of
Wales)
: Lippen on Angus (Scots)
: Undeb Hedd Llwyddiant (unity, peace,
prospertiy)
(also of Dyfed): Rhyddid
gwerin ffyniant gwlad (A free people a prosperous
country)
: One And All
: Perfero (I carry through)
: Ad montes oculos levavi (I shall lift up mine eyes
unto the mountains)
: Bene consulendo (By good counsel)
: Auxilio Divino (By divine aid)
: Who's Afear'd
: Virtute et
opera (By virtue and by industry)
: Gorou tarian, cyfiawnder (The best shield is
justice)
: A ddioddefws a orfu (he that endureth,
overcometh)
: Pulchra Terra Dei Donum (This fair land is the
gift of God)
: Trust and fear not
: Labore Omnia Florent (By work everything
flourishes)
: All this beauty is of God
: Invicta ("Unconquered")
: In Concilio Consilium (In counsel is
wisdom)
: For'ard For'ard
: Perseverance vincit (Perseverance
conquers)
Tra Mor Tra Meirion (while the sea lasts, so shall
Merionethshire)
: Utrique fidelis (faithful to both)
: Powys paradwys Cymru (Powys paradise of
Wales)
: Rosa Concordiae Signum (The Rose – Emblem of
Harmony)
: Northumberland
: Sapienter proficiens (Progress with
wisdom)
: Ex unitate vires (Out of unity is
strength)
: Ewch yn Uwch (higher and higher)
: Multum in Parvo (Much in Little)
: Floreat Salopia (Let Salop
flourish)
: Sumorsaete ealle (Old
English: All the people of Somerset)
: United to serve
: God Grant Grace
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