List of mottos

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

Organizations

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)

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

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)
* Girl Scouts: Scouts Honour

port & 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.)
* Llanelli Wanderers RFC: Cyfeillach trwy Grwydro (Friendship Through Wandering)
* Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion
* Olympic Games: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger)
* Sport Lisboa e Benfica: E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one)

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. [http://www.intifada.com]
* 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

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

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)

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
* Infosys: Win in the flat world
* 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

Dynasties

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

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"

Other

* International Thespian Society: Act well your part. There all the honor lies.
* Sailor Moon: In the name of the moon, I will punish you.
* Billie Joe Armstrong: School is practice for the future, practice makes perfect, nobody's perfect so why practice?

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)

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)

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: 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: (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)

=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

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)

Educational institutions

*Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg: Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen [John 8:32] , (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 [Psalm 36:10] , (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 [Luke 3:4] , (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)
*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")
*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 [John 8:32] , (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 [Matthew 7:7] , (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: (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 [http://www.lib.rpi.edu/Archives/gallery/symbols/rpi_seal.html] ; Slogans: "Why not change the world?", "One word changes everything. Rensselaer." [http://www.rpi.edu/change/index.html] .
*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 (Hyderabad) : 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: (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: (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 (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)

ee also

*List of state mottos
*List of U.S. state mottos
*List of fraternity and sorority mottos