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List of mottos

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An example of a motto, Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa (Health, peace and prosperity) on the Coat of arms of Kiribati

This list contains the mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.

Organizations

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National mottos

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Cultural, philanthropic and scientific

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Public service and youth service

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Police and public safety

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Sport and competition

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International organisations

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Africa and Asia

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Americas

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Australia

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Europe

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United Kingdom

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Politics

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Heritage and historical

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Religion

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Business

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Medieval nobility

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Famous mottos, usually deliberately cryptic, adopted during the age of chivalry and courtly love by great noblemen and ladies include:

Dynasties

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Families

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Medical

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Other

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Military and governmental

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Orders and decorations

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Canada

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Europe

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Holy See

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United Kingdom

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Municipalities

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Australia

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New South Wales

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Northern Territory

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Queensland

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  • Brisbane: Meliora sequimur (We aim for better things)

South Australia

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  • Adelaide: Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti (United for the common good)

Tasmania

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  • Hobart: Sic Fortis Hobartia Crevit (Thus, in force, Hobart grew)

Victoria

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  • Melbourne: Vires Acquirit Eundo (She acquires strength as she goes)

Western Australia

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Canada

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British Columbia

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  • Kamloops Salus et Opes (Health and abundance)

Manitoba

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New Brunswick

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  • Saint John: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (O fortunate ones whose walls are now rising / O happy they, whose promised walls already rise)

Nova Scotia

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  • Halifax: E Mari Merces (Wealth from the sea)

Alberta

Ontario

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  • Hamilton: Together Aspire, Together Achieve
  • Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
  • Toronto: Diversity Our Strength
  • Sarnia: Sarnia Semper (Sarnia Always)

Quebec

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Saskatchewan

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  • Regina: Floreat Regina (Let Regina flourish)

Europe

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  • Amsterdam: Dutch: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)
  • Bordeaux: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem (The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion)
  • Brescia: Brixia fidelis (Brescia faithful)
  • Bruges: S.P.Q.B.
  • Bucharest: Romanian: Patria și Dreptul Meu (The Homeland and my right)
  • Douglas: Manx: Kiannoortys cheusthie jeh Kiannoortys (Government within a government)
  • Frankfurt: German: Stark im Recht (Strong in justice)
  • Gdańsk: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly)
  • Gdynia: Polish: Gdynia—miasto z morza i marzeń (Gdynia—a city built of sea and dreams)
  • Genoa: Libertas (Liberty)
  • Kaunas: Diligite justitiam qui judicatis terram (Love justice, landlords)
  • Łódź: Ex navicula navis (Big boat out of a small one)
  • Madrid: Spanish: Fui sobre agua edificada, mis muros de fuego son. Esta es mi insignia y blasón (On water I was built, My walls are made of fire, this is my ensign and escutcheon)
  • Marseille: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
  • Nancy, France: Non inultus premor (I'm not touched with impunity)
  • Nantes: Favet Neptunus Eunti (Neptune favours the traveller)
  • Nice: Nicaea Civitas (City of Nice)
  • Oporto, Portugal: Antiga, mui nobre e sempre leal, Invicta cidade do Porto (Antique, highly noble, always faithful, unvanquished Oporto City)
  • Paris: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
  • Prague: Praga caput rei publicae (Prague, head of the republic). Formerly: Praga caput regnum (Prague, head of the kingdom)
  • Rotterdam: Dutch: Sterker door strijd (Stronger by struggle)
  • Seville: Spanish: No me ha dejado (written NO8DO) (It [Seville] has not abandoned me)
  • Sofia: Raste, no ne staree (Bulgarian: Grows, but does not age)
  • The Hague: Dutch: Vrede en recht (Peace and Justice)
  • Toulon: Concordia parva crescunt (Small things increase by concord)
  • Toulouse: Occitan: Per Tolosa totjorn mai (For Toulouse, always more)
  • Valletta: Italian: Città Umilissima (The most humble city)
  • Vilnius: Unitas, Justitia, Spes (Unity, justice, hope)
  • Warsaw: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms), Semper invicta (Always invincible)
  • Żebbuġ, Malta: Semper Virens (Evergreen)

Indonesia

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  • Jakarta: Jaya Raya (Victory and glorious)
  • Bandung: Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti (rich soil, prosperous people)
    Rarasing Rasa Wiwaraning Praja, a Javanese sengkala, (referring to the year of 1966), people's harmonious feeling for entering a gate of prosperity
  • Karawang: Pangkal Perjuangan (Struggle starting point)
  • Bali: Bali Dwipa Jaya (Glorious Bali Island)
  • Aceh : Pancacita (Five purposes)

India

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  • Kolkatta (Calcutta): Purosree Bibardhan (Bengali: Progress of the city)
  • Mumbai: Yato Dharmastato Jaya (यतो धर्मस्ततो जय) (Sanskrit: Where there is righteousness, there shall be victory). Pre-independence motto: Urbs Primis in Indis (India's first city)
  • Kerala: Ever To Be The Best (Tolins World School)
  • Tamil Nadu வாய்மையே வெல்லும் (Tamil) (Truth alone triumphs)

Republic of Ireland

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  • Cork: Statio Bene Fida Carinis (A safe harbour for ships)
  • Dublin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Happy the city where citizens obey)
  • Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the harbour to the mountain)
  • Limerick: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (An ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
  • Waterford: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Waterford remains the untaken city)

Latin America

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New Zealand

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  • Auckland: Advance[7]
  • Christchurch: Fide Condita, Fructu Beata, Spe Fortis (Founded in Faith, Rich in the Fulfillment thereof, Strong in Hope for the Future).
  • Dunedin: Maiorum Institutis Utendo (By following in the footsteps of our forefathers)
  • Nelson, New Zealand: Palmam qui meruit ferat (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
  • Wellington: Suprema a Situ (Supreme by position)

United Kingdom

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England

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Berkshire
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Buckinghamshire
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Cambridgeshire
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Cheshire
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  • Chester: Antiqiui Colant Antiquum Dierum (Let the ancients worship the ancient of days)[11]
  • Borough of Halton: Industria Navem Implet (Industry fills the ship)[12]
  • Runcorn: Navem Mercibus Implere (Fill the ship with goods)[13]
  • Widnes: Industria Ditat (Industry enriches)[14]
  • Domine dirige nos (Lord direct us)[15]
Devon
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  • Exeter: Semper Fidelis (Always faithful)[16]
  • Plymouth: Turris Fortissima est Nomen Jehova (The strongest tower is the name of Jehovah)[16]
  • Torquay: Salus et Felicitas (Health and happiness)[16]
Essex
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Gloucestershire
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Greater London
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Greater Manchester
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Hampshire
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Hertfordshire
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Kent
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Lancashire
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Leicestershire
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Lincolnshire
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  • Mablethorpe: Amoeniora Litora Nostra (Our shores are more delightful) [1]
Merseyside
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  • Liverpool: Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit (God hath granted us this ease)[19]
Norfolk
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Northumbria
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Suffolk
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Surrey
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Sussex
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West Midlands
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Yorkshire
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  • Bradford: Progress, Industry, Humanity[21]
  • Calderdale: Industria Arte Prudentia (Industry, Skill, Foresight)[22]
  • Leeds: Pro Rege et Lege (For the king and the law)[23]
  • Rotherham: By Industry and Honour[24]
  • Sheffield: Deo Adjuvante, Labor Proficit (With God's help, our work is successful)[25]
  • Wakefield: Persevere and Prosper[26]
  • Yorkshireman's Motto: 'Ear all, see all, say nowt;Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt;And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt –Allus do it fer thissen.[11]

Scotland

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  • Aberdeen: French: Bon Accord ( Good agreement)[27]
  • Arbroath: Propter libertatem (Latin: For Freedom)[28]
  • Braemar: Scots: Mak Siccar (Make sure)[29]
  • Clydebank: Labore et Scientia (By work and by knowledge)[30]
  • Dingwall: Salve corona[31]
  • Duns: Scots: Duns Dings Aw (Duns beats all)
  • East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
  • Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus frustra (Except the Lord [keep the city, the watchman waketh] in vain. Psalm 127)
  • Falkirk: Scots: Touch Ane, Touch Aw – Better meddle wi the Deil than the bairns o Fawkirk (Strike one, strike all – easier fight with the devil than the children of Falkirk)
  • Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
  • Galashiels: Scots: Soor Ploums (Sour Plums)
  • Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
  • Irvine: Tandem bona causa triumphat (The good cause triumphs in the end)
  • Jedburgh: Strenue et Prospere (With vigour and success)
  • Kelso: Scots: Dae Richt – Fear Nocht (Do right — fear nought)
  • Kinross: Scots: Siccar (Sure)
  • Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
  • Orkney Islands: Boreas domus mare amicus (Latin: The North our home, the sea our friend)[32]
  • Perth: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the King, the Law and the People)
  • Port Glasgow: Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
  • Rosehearty: Scots: Tyauve awa Rosehearty (Strive always, Rosehearty)
  • St Andrews: Dum spiro spero (While I breathe I hope)
  • Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
  • Shetland Islands: Norn: Með lögum skal land byggja (By law shall the land be built up)[33]
  • Thurso: Scots: Wark tae God (Walk towards God)

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  • Antrim: Per Angusta ad Augusta
  • Ballyclare: Industria et Probitate (By work and integrity)
  • Ballymoney: Goodwill to all People
  • Belfast: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (What shall we give in return for so much)
  • Carrickfergus: Gloria Prisca Novatur (The glory of the Old made New)
  • Larne: Falce Marique Potens (Powerful With the Sickle and on the Sea)
  • Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (I will arise from the fire)
  • Newtownabbey: Multi in uno resurgent (Multi in uno resurgent)
  • Coleraine: Cuil Rathain
  • Limavady: Absit Invidia (Let there be no ill-will)
  • Derry: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Life, truth, victory)
  • Magherafelt: Fide et Opera (With Faithfulness and Service)
  • Moyle:

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  • Cardiff: Y Ddraig Goch Ddyry Cychwyn (Welsh: The red dragon leads the way)
  • Merthyr Tydfil: Nid Cadern Ond Brodyrdde (Welsh: No strength but in fellowship)
  • Llandudno: Hardd Hafan Hedd (Welsh: Beautiful haven of peace)
  • Newport: Terra Marique (By land and sea)

United States

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California

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Florida

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Illinois

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  • Chicago: Urbs In Horto (City in a garden)

Indiana

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Iowa

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  • State of Iowa: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

Kentucky

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  • Campbellsville: Urbs progrediens media in civitate (City in the middle of the commonwealth)

Massachusetts

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  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
  • Boston: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (God be with us as He was with our fathers)
  • Somerville: Municipal Freedom Gives National Strength

Maryland

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Michigan

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  • Detroit: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes)
  • Grand Rapids: Motu Viget (strength in activity)

Minnesota

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North Carolina

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Ohio

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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  • Philadelphia: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue)

Texas

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Virginia

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British counties

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England

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Traditional

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Ceremonial

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Former

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Scotland

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Wales

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Traditional

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Ceremonial

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  • Clwyd: Welsh: Tarian cyfiawnder Duw (The shield of justice is God)
  • Dyfed: Welsh: Rhyddid Gwerin Ffyniant Gwlad (A free people, a prosperous country) – as Carmarthenshire
  • Gwent: Utrique fidelis (Faithful to both) – as Monmouthshire
  • Gwynedd: Welsh: Cadernid Gwynedd (The strength of Gwynedd) – as Caernarfonshire
  • Mid Glamorgan: Welsh: A Ddioddefws a Orfu (He who suffers, conquers) – as Glamorgan
  • Powys: Welsh: Undeb A Rhyddid (Unity and freedom)
  • South Glamorgan: Welsh: Y Ddinas a'r Fro (The city and the vale)
  • West Glamorgan: Welsh: Cardarn pob Cyfiawn (The just are strong)

Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London

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Educational institutions

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See also

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References

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