List of mottos

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

1 Organisations
2 Municipalities
3 British Counties
4 Educational institutions
5 See also

Organisations

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity: First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All
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)
Feyenoord Rotterdam: Geen woorden maar daden (No words but deeds)
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)
Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? / Your potentional, our passion.
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 Society: Nullius in verba (On the word of no one)
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)
ZAKA: Hessed Shel Emet "True kindness"

Orders

Légion d'honneur: Honneur et patrie (Honour and Fatherland)
New Zealand Order of Merit: For Merit Tohu Hiranga
Order of Canada: Desiderantes meliorem patriam (they desire a better country)
Order of St Michael and St George: Auspicium melioris aevi (Token of a better age)
Order of the Bath: Tria juncta in uno (Three joined in one)
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 the Indian Empire: Imperatricis auspiciis (Under the auspices of the Empress)
Order of St. George: Za Sluzhbu i Khrabrost (For Service and Bravery)
Order of St Patrick: Quis separabit? (Who will separate us?)
Order of the Star of India: Heaven's light our guide
Order of the Thistle: Nemo me impune lacessit (No one provokes me with impunity)
Order of the Garter: Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks ill of it)
Order of the White Eagle: Za Ojczyznę i Naród (For Fatherland and Nation)
Royal Victorian Order: Victoria

Military

United Kingdom

Black Watch: Nemo me impune lacessit (no one provokes me with impunity)
Scots Greys/Royal Scots Dragoon Guards: Nemo me impune lacessit (No one provokes me with impunity)
Seabee: Construimus, Batuimus (We Build, We Fight)
Special Air Service: Who Dares Wins
Special Boat Service: Not by Strength, By Guile
Royal Air Force: Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through Struggles to the Stars)
Royal Army Medical Corps: In arduis fidelis (Faithful in adversity)
Royal College of Defence Studies : ????? (concord (or co-operation) strengthens the limbs/strength through unity)
Royal Corps of Signals: Certa Cito (Swift and Sure)
Royal Logistic Corps: We sustain
Royal Marines: Per Mare Per Terram (By Sea, By Land)
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst: Serve to Lead
Royal Military College of Canada: Truth, Duty, Valour
Royal Naval College: "Palmam qui meruit ferat (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
Royal Regiment of Artillery: Ubique (Everywhere)
Royal Tank Regiment: Fear Naught
Royal Welch Fusiliers: Nec Aspera Terrent
The King's Regiment: Nec aspera terrent (Difficulties be damned)

United States

U.S. Army Rangers: Sua Sponte (Of their own accord)
Green Berets: De opresso liber (To liberate the oppressed)
US Marine Corps: Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)
US Navy: Ex Mari, Scientia (From the sea, knowledge)

Israel

Israeli Defence Forces
- Sayeret Matkal: Mi Shemaez Menatze'ah (Who Dares Wins)
- Paratroopers Brigade: Nizom, Novil, Ne'ave Dugma VeNenarze'ah (Will Shall Innovate, We Shall Lead, We Shall Set An Example – and We Shall Win)
- Givati Brigade: Yehidat Sgula (A Unit of Virtue , also means: purple – the brigade's berret color)
- Nahal Brigade: Hayitaron ha-Enoshi (The Human Advantage).
- Israeli Engineering Corps: Tamid Rishonim (Always First).
- Israeli Engineering Corps: Et ha-Kashe Naase Hayom, Et ha-Bilti Efshari Naase Machar (The hard – we shall do today, the impossible – we shall do tommorow).
- Israeli Armored Corps: Ha-Adam She-ba-Tank Yenatze'ah (The Man In The Tank [is the one who] Shall Win)
- Israeli Artillery Corps: Bli Siyua, Ha-chir Lo Yanua (Without Support, the Infantry Won't Move)
- Israeli Intelligence Corps: Lach ,Dumiya, Tehila (Silence, the Glory Is For Thee)
SHABAK: Magen Ve-Lo Yira'e (Defender Who Shall Not Be Seen)
Mossad: Be'ein Tachbulot Yipol Am Veteshua Berov Yoetz (Without cunning a nation shall fall, [But] Salvation Come By Many Good Councils)

Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force's 425 Bomber Squadron: Je te plumerai (French: I shall pluck you)
Royal Canadian Infantry: Ducimus (Latin: We lead)
Joint Task Force 2 – Canadian Special Forces: Facta non verba (Latin: Action not words)
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada: In Pace Paratus (Latin: In peace prepared)
Canadian Grenadier Guards: Honi soit qui mal y pense (French: Evil be to him who evil thinks)

Livery companies

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 Cooks: Vulnerati Non Victi (Harm Not Food)
Worshipful Company of Coopers: Love as Bretheren.
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 Information Technologists: Cito (swiftly)
Worshipful Company of Innholders: Hinc Spes Affulget (Hence Hope Shines Forth)
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 Musicians: Preserve Harmony
Worshipful Company of Plumbers: Justicia Et Pax, Latin for Justice and Peace
Worshipful Company of Poulters: Remember Your Oath
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)

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)
Croydon: Ad Summa Nitamur (Let us strive after perfection)
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 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)
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 (Scots)
Kendal: Pannus mihi panis (wool is my bread)
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)
London: Domine dirige nos (Lord direct us)
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)
Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
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
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: 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 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)
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

British Counties

Bedfordshire: Constant Be
Buckinghamshire: Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum (no stepping back)
Cambridgeshire: Per undas, per agros (Through waves, through fields)
Ceredigion: Golud Gwlad Rhyddid (Welsh: A nation's wealth is freedom)
Cheshire: Jure et dignitate gladii (By the right and dignity of the sword)
Clwyd: Tarian cyfiawnder Duw (Welsh: The shield of justice is God)
Cornwall: One And All
Cumbria: Ad montes oculos levavi – (I shall lift up mine eyes unto the hills)
Derbyshire: Bene consulendo (By good counsel)
Devon: Auxilio Divino (By divine aid)
Dorset: Who's Afear'd
Dyfed/Carmarthenshire: Rhyddid gwerin ffyniant gwlad (Welsh: A free people a prosperous country)
East Riding of Yorkshire: Tradition and Progress
Flintshire: Gorou tarian, cyfiawnder (Welsh: The best shield is justice)
Herefordshire: Pulchra Terra Dei Donum (This fair land is the gift of god)
Hertfordshire: Trust and fear not
Huntingdonshire: Labore Omnia Florent (By labour everything prospers)
Isle of Wight: All this beauty is of God
Kent: Invicta
Lancashire: In Concilio Consilium (In counsel is wisdom)
Leicestershire: For'ard For'ard
Lincolnshire: Perseverance vincit (Perseverance succeeds)
Nottinghamshire: Sapienter proficiens (Progress with wisdom)
Oxfordshire: Sapere Aude (Dare to be wise)
Pembrokeshire: Ex unitate vires (Latin: Strength from unity)
Rutland: Multum in Parvo (Much in Little)
Shetland Islands: Með lögum skal land byggja (By law shall the land be built up)
Shropshire: Floreat Salopia (Let Salop flourish)
Somerset: Sumorsaete ealle (Anglo-Saxon: All the people of Somerset)
Staffordshire: The knot unites
Suffolk: Opus Nostrum Dirige (Direct Our Work)

Educational institutions

Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg: Die Weisheit hat sich ein Haus erbaut (German: "Wisdom built itself a house")
Amherst College: Terras Irradient (Latin: "Let them give light to the world")
Athabasca University: Learning for life
Australian National University: Naturam primum cognoscere rerum (Latin: "First, to learn the nature of things")
Blue Coat School, Oldham: Semper Quaereamus Virtutem (Latin: "Let us always seek virtue")
Bob Jones University: Petimus Credimus (Latin: "We seek, we trust")
Brown University: In deo speramus ((Latin: "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 (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
Columbia University: In lumine tuo videbimus lumen (Latin: "In thy light we shall see light")
Dalhousie University: Ora et labora (Latin: Pray and work)
Dartmouth College: Vox Clamantis in Deserto (Latin: "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness")
Downing College, Cambridge: Quaerere Verum (Latin: "Seek the truth")
École Polytechnique de Montréal: Ut tensio sic vis (Latin: "The power depends on the tension")
Eton College: Floreat Etona (Latin: "May Eton Florish")
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge: Ex antiquis et novissimis optima (Latin: "Best 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)
Georgetown University: Collegium Georgiopolitanum ad ripas Potomaci in Marylandia (Latin: "Georgetown College on the banks of the Potomac in Maryland")
Gothenburg University: Tradita innovare innovata tradere
Harrow School: Stet Fortuna domus (Latin: "Let fortune stay at home")
Harvard University Veritas (Latin: "Truth")
Homerton College, Cambridge: Respice Finem (Latin: "Look to the end")
Indiana University: Lux et Veritas (Latin: "Light and Truth")
Iowa State University: Science with practice
Jagiellonian University: Plus ratio quam vis (Latin: "Reason means more than power")
Johns Hopkins University: Veritas vos liberabit (Latin: "The truth will set you free")
King's College, Cambridge: Veritas et utilitas (Latin: "Truth and usefulness")
La Trobe University: Qui cherche trouve (French: "Seek and ye shall find")
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 (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")
Memorial University of Newfoundland: Provehito in altum (Launch forth into the deep)
Monash University: Ancora imparo (I am still learning)
Morehouse College: To Uplift the Human Race Through Responsible Citizenship
National Taiwan University: Cultivate your virtue; advance your intellect; love your country; love your people
New York University: Perstare et praestare (to persist and to excel)
Oglethorpe University: Nescit cedere (He does not know how to give up)
Ohio Wesleyan University: In lumine tuo videbimus lumen (Your Light We Shall See the Light)
Plymouth State University: Ut Prosim (that I may serve)
Purdue University: Education, Research, Service
Princeton University: Dei sub numine viget (Latin: "Under God's power she flourishes")
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)
Rugby School: Orando Laborando
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg: Semper apertus
Selwyn College, Cambridge: ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ (quit ye like men)
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge: Dieu me garde de calomnie (God preserve me from calumny)
Stanford University: Die Luft der Freiheit weht (The wind of freedom blows)
Supélec:La science en action
Syracuse University: Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat (Knowledge crowns those who seek her)
Thompson Rivers University: Quansem Ilep (Chinook: to strive ahead)
Trinity College, Cambridge: Virtus vera nobilitas (Virtue is the True Nobility)
University College Chester: Qui docet in doctrina
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 Birmingham: Per ardua ad alta (through hard work, great things are achieved)
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 Calgary: Mo shuile togam suas (I will lift up my eyes)
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 Copenhagen: Adspicit lucem in cælestis
University of East Anglia: Do different
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 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 (This leisure makes our studies flourish)
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 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 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 Regina: As One Who Serves
University of Saint Andrews: Aien Aristeuein (Ever to be the Best)
University of Saskatchewan: Deo et Patriae (God and Country)
University of Sheffield: Rerum cognoscere causas (To discover the causes of things)
University of South Florida: Truth and Wisdom
University of Stirling: Innovation and excellence
University of Strathclyde: Place of Useful Learning
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)
University of Ottawa: Deus est scientarium dominus (Latin: God is the master of knowledge)
Wilfred Laurier University: Veritas omnia vincit (Latin: Truth Conquers all)
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.
Yale University: Lux et Veritas (Latin: Light and Truth)
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 (Latin: Wisdom and Strength)

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