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This is a list of mottos of organisations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.
Organisations
- Apollo 13: Ex luna, scientia (from the Moon, knowledge),
- Arsenal F.C.: Victoria Concordia Crescit (victory comes from harmony)
- Amsterdam Zoo: Natura Artis Magistra
- Audi: Vorsprung durch Technik
- Ba'ath Party: Wahdah, Hurriyah, Ishtirrakiyah (Unity, Freedom, Socialism)
- BBC: Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
- Benedictine Order: ora et labora (pray and work)
- Boy Scouts: Be Prepared
- Boys' Brigade: Sure and Stedfast
- Christian Democracy (Italy): Libertas
- Daughters of the American Revolution: God, Home, and Country
- ETA: Bietan jarrai (Basque: Keep up on both)
- FC Barcelona: El Barça és més que un club (Barça is more than a club)
- Fédération Internationale des Échecs: Gens una sumus (We are one people)
- La Francophonie: égalité, complémentarité, solidarité (equality, complementarity, and solidarity).
- House of Savoy: FERT
- Jewish Defense League: Never Again
- Knights Hospitaller: Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum (Defence of the faith and assistance to the suffering)
- Los Angeles Police Department: To Protect and to Serve
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Ars Gratia Artis (Art for Art's Sake)
- Monarchist League of Canada: Fidelitate Coniuncti (Loyalty Binds Us)
- Muslim Brotherhood: Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope
- Olympic Games: "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger)
- Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion
- Rothschild family: Concordia, Integritas, Industria, (Unity, Integrity, Diligence)
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Maintiens le droit (Uphold the law)
- Royal College of Anaesthetists: Divinum sedare dolorem (It is divine to alleviate pain)
- Royal Regiment of Artillery: Ubique (Everywhere)
- Society of Jesus: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
- South African Museum: Semper aliquid novi Africa affert (Africa is always producing some novelty)
- Swedish Academy: Snille och Smak (Swedish: Talent and Taste)
- Thames Valley Police: Sit pax in valle tamesis (Let there be peace in the Thames Valley)
- Trinity House: Trinitas in unitate
- United Daughters of the Confederacy: Love, Live, Pray, Think, Dare
- United Negro College Fund: A mind is a terrible thing to waste
- Women's Institute: For Home and Country
- Women's Social and Political Union: Deeds not words
- Zapatista Army of National Liberation: Ya Basta
Medical
- Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: In somno securitas
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland : omnes ab omnibus discamus" - literally "let us learn all things from everybody
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Corpus curare spiritumque (To care for the body and its breath of life)
- Canadian Association of General Surgeons: Sapientia Manaque Apta (Wisdom and a Skillful Hand)
- Canadian Orthopaedic Association: Pietate, Arte et Scientia Corrigere (With compassion, skill and knowledge we correct, straighten or set right)
- Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons: Vincat Scientia Morbos (Let knowledge conquer disease)
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Excellence in women's health
- Royal College of 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)
Orders
Military
Livery companies
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
- Aylesbury Vale: Concordia Prorsum (Forward In Harmony)
- Ballyclare: Industria et Probitate (By Work and Integrity)
- Bandung: Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti (rich soil, prosperous people)
- Belfast: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (What shall we give in return for so much)
- Blyth Valley: We Grow by Industry
- Bournemouth: Pulchritudo et salubritas (beauty and health)
- Braemar: Mak Siccar (Scots: Make sure)
- Brentwood: Ardens (burning)
- Brooklyn: Een Draght Mackt Maght (In Unity, There is Strength)
- Burnley: Hold To The Truth
- Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart
- Cheltenham: Salubritas et Eruditio (Health and Education)
- Chesham: Serve One Another
- Cheshire: jure et dignitate gladii (by the law and dignity of the sword)
- Chicago, Illinois: Urbs In Horto (City in a Garden)
- Chiltern: Freely We Serve
- City of London: Domine dirige nos (Lord, direct us)
- Clackmannanshire : Look aboot ye
- 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)
- Darlington: Optima Petamus (Let us seek the best)
- Derry/Londonderry: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Life, Truth, Victory)
- Detroit, Michigan: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (We hope for better things, it will rise from the ashes)
- Dingwall: Salve corona
- Douglas, Isle of Man: Kiannoortys cheus thie jeh Kiannoortys (Manx: Government within a Government)
- Dublin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Happy the city where citizens obey)
- Duns: Duns Dings A'
- East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
- Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus frustra (Except the Lord in Vain)
- Exeter: Semper fidelis
- Falkirk: Touch Ane, Touch A' - Better meddle wi the Deil than the bairns o Falkirk
- Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
- Galashiels: Soor Plums
- Gateshead: In Unity, Progress
- 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)
- Halifax, Nova Scotia: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea)
- Harwich: Omnia Bona Bonis (To the good all things are good)
- Jedburgh: Strenue et Prospere (With vigour and success)
- Kelso: Dae Richt - Fear Nocht
- Kendal: Pannus mihi panis (wool is my bread)
- Kensington and Chelsea: Quam Bonum In Unum Habitare (What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)
- Kinross: Siccar (Scots: Sure)
- Lambeth: Spectemur Agendo (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
- Leeds: Pro Rege et Lege (For King and Law)
- Leicester: Semper Eadem (always the same)
- Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
- Lichfield: Salve, magna parens (Hail great Mother)
- Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (I will arise from the fire)
- Lodz: Ex navicula navis (Big boat out of a small one)
- Mablethorpe: Amoeniora Litora Nostra (Our shores are more delightful)
- 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
- 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
- Oldham: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- Oxford: Fortis est veritas (Truth is strong)
- Penwith: Kensa ha Dewetha (Cornish: First and Last)
- Peterborough: Upon This Rock
- 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
- 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
- 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: Gold in peace, iron in war
- 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 look towards the Sun)
- St Andrews: Dum spiro spero
- Sutton: per adua 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 to God
- 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)
- Westminster: Custodi Civitatem Domine (Guard the City, O Lord)
- Wigan: Ancient and Loyal
- Winnipeg, Manitoba: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many)
- Wolverhampton: Out of darkness, cometh light
Regions
Educational institutions
- Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg: Die Weisheit hat sich ein Haus erbaut (Wisdom built itself a house)
- Australian National University: Naturam primum cognoscere rerum (First, to learn the nature of things)
- Blue Coat School, Oldham: Semper Quaereamus Virtutem (Let us always seek virtue)
- Bob Jones University: Petimus Credimus.
- Brown University: In deo speramus (In God we hope)
- California Institute of Technology: The truth shall make you free
- Carleton University: Ours the Task Eternal
- Chalmers University of Technology: Avancez
- Christ's College, Cambridge: Souvent me Souvient (I often remember)
- Churchill College, Cambridge: Forward
- Columbia University: In lumine tuo videbimus lumen (In thy light we shall see light)
- Dalhousie University: Ora et labora (Latin: Pray and work)
- Dartmouth College: Vox Clamantis in Deserto (The voice of one crying out in the wilderness)
- Downing College, Cambridge: Quaerere Verum (Seek the truth)
- École Polytechnique de Montréal: Ut tensio sic vis (The power depends on the tension)
- Eton College: Floreat Etona
- Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge: Ex antiquis et novissimis optima (Best of the olde - and of the latest)
- Gothenburg University: Tradita innovare innovata tradere
- Harrow School: Stet Fortuna domus
- Harvard University Veritas (Truth)
- Homerton College, Cambridge: Respice Finem (Look to the end)
- Iowa State University: Science with practice
- Jagiellonian University: Plus ratio quam vis (Reason means more than power)
- Johns Hopkins University: Veritas vos liberabit (The truth will set you free)
- King's College, Cambridge: Veritas et utilitas (Truth and usefulness)
- Lund University: Ad utrumque
- Macquarie University: And Gladly Teche (from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales)
- Magdalene College, Cambridge: Garde ta Foy (Keep your Faith)
- Manchester Grammar School: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Mens et Manus (mind and hand)
- Memorial University of Newfoundland: Provehito in altum (Launch forth into the deep)
- Monash University: Ancora imparo (I am still learning)
- National Taiwan University: Cultivate your virtue; advance your intellect; love your country; love your people
- Purdue University: Education, Research, Service
- 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)
- Rhodes College: Truth, Loyalty, Service
- Royal Institute of Technology: Vetenskap och Konst (Science and Art)
- University of Alberta: Quaecumque Vera (Latin: Whatsoever things are true)
- University of Bradford: Give Invention Light
- University of British Columbia: Tuum est (Previous official translation: "It's up to you"; now: "It's yours")
- University of Cambridge: Hinc lucem et pocula sacra ([From] here [the university] [we receive] light and sacred draughts [knowledge])
- University of Copenhagen: Adspicit lucem in cælestis
- University of East Anglia: Do different.
- 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 Leiden: Praesidium Libertatis
- University of Malta: Ut Fructificemus Deo
- University of Manchester: Cognitio Sapientia Humanitas (Knowledge, wisdom, humanity)
- University of Melbourne: Postera crescam laude (I shall grow in the esteem of future generations)
- University of Montreal: Fide splendet et scientia (Latin: May it shine with truth and knowledge)
- University of New Zealand: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- University of Northern British Columbia: 'En Cha Huná
- University of Nottingham: Sapientia Urbs Conditur (A City is Built on Wisdom)
- University of Otago: Sapere aude (Have courage to be wise)
- University of Oxford: Dominus Illuminatio Mea (The Lord is my Light)
- University of Pennsylvania: Leges sine Moribus vanae (Laws without morals are in vain)
- University of Queensland: Scientia ac Labore (through knowledge and hard work)
- University of Saskatchewan: Deo et Patriae (God and Country)
- University of Sydney : Sidere mens eadem mutato (Although the constellations change the mind is constant)
- 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: Velut arbor aevo (As a tree with the passage of time)
- University of Victoria, British Columbia: Multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis (A multitude of the wise is the health of the world)
- University of Warwick: Mens tat agi molem
- University of Waterloo: Concordia cum veritate (Latin: In harmony with truth)
- University of Western Ontario: Veritas et Utilitas (Latin: Truth and usefulness)
- Uppsala University: Gratiae veritas naturae
- Utrecht University: Sol Iustitiae Illustra Nos (Sun of Justice, shine upon us)
- Westminster School: Dat Deus Incrementum
- Wolfson College, Cambridge: Ring True
- Wolfson College, Oxford: Humani nil alienum.
- York University: Tentanda via (Latin: The way must be tried)
- ÖCV, the association of Catholic student fraternities of Austria: In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas
- University of Hong Kong: Sapientia et Virtus
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