List of mottos
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This list contains the mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.
OrganizationsEdit
National mottosEdit
Cultural, philanthropic and scientificEdit
- Amsterdam Zoo: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Nature is the teacher of art)
- International Expositions: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always true)
- Monarchist League of Canada: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (United by fealty)
- Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy): Template:Langx (Cleans, fixes and gives shine)
- Royal Society: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (On the word of no one)
- South African Museum: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Africa is always producing some novelty)
- Swedish Academy: Template:Langx (Talent and taste)
Public service and youth serviceEdit
- 4-H: "To make the best better."
- Air Training Corps: Venture, Adventure
- Army Cadet Force: To Inspire and achieve.
- Boy Scouts: Be Prepared
- Boys' Brigade: Sure and Stedfast (Old spelling)
- Brownies: Lend A Hand
- Civil Air Patrol: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always vigilant)
- Cub Scouting Do Your Best
- Girlguiding UK: Be Prepared
- Girls' Brigade: Seek, serve and follow Christ
- Guides: Be Prepared
- National FFA Organization: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve
- New Zealand Air Training Corps: We Train to Serve
- St. John Ambulance: For the Faith and For the Service of Mankind
Police and public safetyEdit
- Carabineros de Chile: Order and Fatherland
- Chicago Police Department: We Serve and Protect
- Detroit Police Department: Making Detroit a Safer Place to Live, Work, and Visit
- Houston Police Department: Order through law, justice with mercy.
- Icelandic Police: Template:Langx (With laws shall lands be built)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Indonesian National Police: Sanskrit: Rastra Sewakottama (Serving the Nation)
- Los Angeles Airport Police: Serving the Aviation Community
- Los Angeles Police Department: To Protect and to Serve
- Maine State Police: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always just)
- Metropolitan Police Service: Working together for a safer London
- Milwaukee Police Department: Be A ForceTemplate:Citation needed
- Minneapolis Police Department: To Protect with Courage, To Serve with Compassion
- Korean National Police Agency: Template:Langx (A Friendly and Reliable Police Force for the People )
- New South Wales Police Force: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Punishment Follows Closely On Guilt)
- New York Police Department: Fidelis ad Mortem (Faithful unto death)
- Royal Malaysian Police: Template:Langx (Firm, Fair & Prudent)
- Sacramento County Sheriff: Service with ConcernTemplate:Citation needed
- Singapore Police Force: Template:Langx (Loyalty and Service)
- New Zealand Police: Safer communities together
- Thames Valley Police: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let there be peace in the Thames Valley)
- Trinity House: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Trinity in unity)
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police: Protecting Those Who Serve
- Victoria Police: Uphold the Right
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Maintiens le Droit (Uphold the right)
Sport and competitionEdit
International organisationsEdit
- Fédération Internationale des Échecs: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We are one people)
- International Practical Shooting Confederation: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Accuracy, power, speed)
- Olympic Games: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Faster, higher, stronger)
- Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion
Africa and AsiaEdit
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya: Template:Langx (Character, Faith, Force)
- Asante Kotoko S.C.: Ashanti Template:Langx (Kill a thousand, and a thousand more will come)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo re (Will do, will fight, will win)
AmericasEdit
- Carolina Panthers: Keep Pounding
- Chicago Fire SC: Tradition. Honor. Passion.
- Colo-Colo: Template:Langx (The team that has known to become champion)
- CR Flamengo: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Once Flamengo, always Flamengo)
- Tabor Academy: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Truth always conquers)
AustraliaEdit
- Adelaide Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Born to great things)
- Carlton Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Sound Mind in a Healthy Body)
- Collingwood Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (May the Magpie flourish)
- Essendon Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Gently in manner, resolutely in execution)
- Footscray Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Yield to none)
- Hawthorn Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Judged by our actions)
- North Melbourne Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Victory demands dedication)
- Port Adelaide Football Club: We Are Port Adelaide
- St Kilda Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Strength through Loyalty)
EuropeEdit
- FC Barcelona: Template:Langx (More than a club) and Template:Langx (All together we are strong)
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Out of many, one)
- Feyenoord Rotterdam: Template:Langx (No words but deeds)
- SS Lazio: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In harmony small things grew)
- Olympique de Marseille: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Straight to the Goal)
- FC Porto: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Conquering since 1893)
- Sporting Clube de Portugal: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Effort, dedication, devotion, glory)
- Real Madrid CF: Template:Langx (Hail Madrid and nothing more)
United KingdomEdit
- Arsenal F.C.: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Victory through harmony)
- Aston Villa F.C.: Prepared
- Blackburn Rovers F.C.: Arte et Labore (By skill and by hard work)
- Chelsea Football Club: Keep The Blue Flag Flying High
- Everton Football Club: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Nothing but the best is good enough)
- Leeds United F.C.: Marching on Together
- Leicester City F.C.: Foxes Never Quit and #Fearless
- Llanelli Wanderers RFC: Template:Langx (Friendship through wandering)
- Liverpool Football Club: You'll Never Walk Alone
- Manchester City F.C.: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Pride in battle)
- Norwich City F.C: On the Ball, City
- Queen's Park F.C.: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To play for the sake of playing)
- Rangers F.C.: Ready
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C.: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (by Wisdom and Courage)
- Shrewsbury Town F.C: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (May Shropshire flourish / Let Salop flourish)
- Stoke City: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (United Strength is Stronger)
- Sunderland A.F.C.: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In pursuit of excellence)
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C.: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To dare is to do)
PoliticsEdit
- Chechen Resistance: Ojal ya Marsho (Chechen: Freedom or death)
- Christian Democracy (Italy): Libertas
- Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Cuba): ¡En cada barrio, Revolución! (Spanish: In every neighborhood, Revolution!)
- ETA: Bietan jarrai (Basque: Keep up on both)
- Industrial Workers of the World: An injury to one is an injury to all
- La Francophonie: égalité, complémentarité, solidarité (equality, complementarity, and solidarity).
- Liberal Party of the Philippines: Noon at Ngayon, Liberal Marangal (Past and present, honorable Liberal)
- Muslim Brotherhood: Allah Akbar, Wa Lellah Al Hamd (God is greater, thanks to God)
- Nacionalista Party: Ang Bayan Higit sa Lahat (The nation above all)
- Socialistisk Folkeparti: Det ku' være så godt (Danish: It could be so good)
- Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League: One God! One Aim! One Destiny!
- Women's Institute: For Home and Country
- Women's Social and Political Union: Deeds not words
- Zapatista Army of National Liberation: Ya Basta! (Spanish: Enough already!)
Heritage and historicalEdit
- Daughters of the American Revolution: God, Home, and Country
- Sons of the American Revolution: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Liberty and country)
- United Daughters of the Confederacy: Love, Live, Pray, Think, Dare
ReligionEdit
- Ahmadiyya Community: Love for All Hatred for None
- Benedictine Order: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (pray and work)
- Carmelite Order: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (I am aflame with zeal for the Lord God of Hosts)
- Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In need unity, in doubt liberty, in everything charity)
- Dominican Order: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Truth), {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Praise, bless, preach)
- K.A.V. Lovania Leuven: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always do your best); Template:Langx (The Spirit lives in us all)
- Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya: A Nation cannot be reformed without the reformation of its youth
- Knights Hospitaller: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Support the faithful and serve the poor)
- Knights Templar: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Not to us, Lord, not to us; but your name give glory)
- Lajna Imaillah: No nation can progress without educating their women
- Philippine Independent Church: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For God and country)
- Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (peace is the fruit of justice)
- Pontificate of Pope Francis: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (by having mercy and by choosing)
- Salvation Army: Blood and Fire
- Society of Jesus: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For the greater glory of God)
- United Church of Christ: That they may all be one.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- United Methodist Church: Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors
BusinessEdit
- ABUS Crane Systems: Moving On Up
- Audi: Vorsprung durch Technik (Literally: Advantage through technology, Figuratively: The technical edge)
- BBC: Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
- Harrods: Omnia Omnibus Ubique (All Things, For All People, Everywhere)
- IdentLogic Systems: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ( Let him who has earned it bear the reward)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Art for art's sake)
- Royal Mail Lines: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Everywhere by sea)
Medieval nobilityEdit
Famous mottos, usually deliberately cryptic, adopted during the age of chivalry and courtly love by great noblemen and ladies include:
- À Mon Seul Désir, appearing on The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry made in Paris circa 1500;
- Me Sovent Sovant, Lady Margaret Beaufort (1441/3-1509) (Souvent me souviens, "Often I remember") which was adopted by St John's College, Cambridge, founded by her;
- A Vous Entier John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389–1435);
- Le Temps Venra Jean de Berry (1340–1416)
- Le Bon Temps Viendra, ("the right time will come") Bourchier family;
- Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, King Edward III (ruled 1327–1377) of England, motto of the Order of the Garter (1348);
- J'en Garde un Leal, Anne Malet de Graville ((1490?–1540?))
DynastiesEdit
- Belgian monarchy: Template:Langx (Union makes strength)
- British monarchy (Plantagenet): Template:Langx (God and my right / God and my right shall me defend)
- Dutch monarchy: Template:Langx (I will maintain)
- Greek royal family : Template:Langx (People's love, my strength)
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, House of Romania : {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Nothing without God)
- Pahlavi dynasty : Template:Langx (Justice He [God] bids me do, as He will judge me)
- Rothschild family: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Unity, integrity, diligence)
- House of Savoy: FERT
- Spanish monarchy : {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Further beyond)
- Royal mottos of Danish monarchs
- List of Norwegian monarchs' mottos
- Royal mottos of Swedish monarchs
FamiliesEdit
MedicalEdit
- American Board of Ophthalmology: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (From darkness, light)
- Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In sleep there is safety)
- Association of Veterinary Surgeons in Bulgaria: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (A scalpel in a wise hand gives life)
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let us learn all things from everybody)
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To care for the body and its breath of life)
- Australian College of Pharmacy: Education for Practice and Management
- Canadian Association of General Surgeons: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Wisdom and a skillful hand)
- Canadian Orthopaedic Association: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (With compassion, skill and knowledge we correct, straighten or set right)
- Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India. Mens sana in corpora sano ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
- Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let knowledge conquer disease)
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Excellence in women's health
- Royal College of Anaesthetists: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (It is divine to alleviate pain / Divine is the effort to conquer pain)
- Royal College of General Practitioners: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Scientific knowledge applied with compassion)
- Royal College of Midwives: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Life is the gift of God)
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let us overcome our difficulties)
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (So that all may see)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Children are a heritage from the Lord)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists: Let Wisdom Guide
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Scholarship and dexterity)
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We must pay attention to our health)
- Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course: Safiri Salama (Swahili: Travel safely)
- ZAKA: Hessed Shel Emet (True kindness)
OtherEdit
- Association of Trust Schools: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In order to achieve what has been undertaken)
- Glasgow Filmmakers Alliance: Whatever the weather, we stand together
- International Thespian Society: Act well your part. There all the honor lies
- Linux Foundation: Open your source, Open your mind
- The Boondock Saints: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, alternately {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Truth and justice / Honesty and equality)
- The Red Green Show: Quando omni flunkus moritati (Pseudo-Latin When all else fails, play dead)
Military and governmentalEdit
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- Canadian Security Intelligence Service: A safe, secure and prosperous Canada, through trusted intelligence and advice.
- Canadian Army: Vigilamus pro te (We stand on guard for thee)
- Royal Canadian Air Force: Sic Itur ad Astra (Such is the pathway to the stars)
- Royal Canadian Navy: Parati vero parati (Ready aye ready)
- Canadian Special Operations Forces Command: Facta, non verba (Actions, not words)
- Irish Army Cavalry Corps: Through the mud and blood to the green fields beyond
- Apollo 13: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (From the Moon, knowledge)
- British Special Air Service: Who Dares Wins
- Indian Army: Naam, Namak, Nishan (Be honourable, true to your salt, and uphold the flag)
- Indian Army Medical Corps: Sarve Santu Niramaya (Everyone should remain healthy, good health for all)
- National Security Agency (NSA): Defending Our Nation, Securing The Future
- Ontario Regiment of Canada: Canadian Armed Forces Armoured Reserve Regiment: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Faithful and prepared)
- Pakistan Army: Iman, Taqwa, Jihad Fi Sabil-illah, Men at their Best. (Faith, piety, struggle in the way of Almighty Allah, men at their best)
- Philippine National Police: We Serve and Protect
- Royal Air Force (United Kingdom): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Through adversity to the stars)
- Royal Marines (United Kingdom): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By sea, by land)
- Household Division (United Kingdom): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Seven joined in one)
- United States Air Force Academy: Integrity First, Service before self, Excellence in All we Do
- United States Coast Guard (USCG): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always ready)
- United States Coast Guard Life-Saving Service (USCG LSS): You have to go out, but you don't have to come back<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- United States Marine Corps (USMC): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always faithful)
- United States Military Academy: Duty, Honor, Country
- US Air Force Pararescue: That Others May Live
- United States Army: This We'll Defend
- Spanish Light Armoured Cavalry Regiment Santiago No 1 : {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> (My foot has stood in the right way/direction (or in uprightness; in integrity )
- United States Secret Service: Worthy of Trust and Confidence
Orders and decorationsEdit
CanadaEdit
- Order of Canada: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (They desired a better land)
- Order of Military Merit (Canada): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Service before self)
EuropeEdit
- Legion of Honour (France): Template:Langx (Honour and Fatherland)
- Order of Charles III (Spain): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By virtue and merit)
- Order of the Crown (Belgium): Template:Langx (Work and Progress)
- Order of the Cross of Liberty (Finland): Template:Langx (For the Fatherland)
- Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark): Template:Langx (God and the King)
- Order of the Elephant (Denmark): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The prize of greatness)
- Order of the Golden Fleece (Spanish version): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Strike before they see the flame)
- Order of the House of Orange (Netherlands): Template:Langx (I will maintain)
- Order of Leopold (Belgium): Template:Langx (Union makes strength)
- Order of Leopold II (Belgium): Template:Langx (Union makes strength)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland (Russia): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Benefit, honour and glory)
- Order of the Netherlands Lion: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Power ennobles)
- Order of Orange-Nassau: Template:Langx (I will maintain)
- Order of the Polar Star (Sweden): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (It knows no decline)
- Order of Saint Andrew (Russia): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For faith and loyalty)
- Order of St. George (Russia): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For service and bravery)
- Order of St. Olav (Norway): Template:Langx (Justice and truth)
- Order of the Seraphim (Sweden): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Jesus, saviour of men)
- Order of the Star of Romania: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In Faith is the Salvation)
- Order of the Sword (Sweden): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For Fatherland)
- Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal): {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Valour, Loyalty and Merit)
- Order of the White Eagle (Poland): Template:Langx (For Fatherland and Nation)
- Order of the White Lion (Czech Republic): Template:Langx (Truth Prevails)
- Order of the White Rose of Finland: Template:Langx (For the Well-Being of the Fatherland)
Holy SeeEdit
- Order of Pius IX: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By virtue and merit)
- Order of St. Gregory the Great: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For God and Prince)
- Order of St. Sylvester: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Much in a small space)
United KingdomEdit
- George Cross: For Gallantry<ref name=heraldry>Template:Cite book retrieved 10 November 2013.</ref>
- Order of the Bath: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Three joined in one)<ref name="heraldry"/>
- Order of the British Empire: For God and the Empire<ref name="heraldry"/>
- Order of the Garter: Template:Langx (Shame be to him who thinks evil of it)<ref name="heraldry"/>
- Order of Merit: For Merit<ref name=heraldry/>
- Order of St Michael and St George: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Hope of a better age)<ref name="heraldry"/>
- Order of the Thistle: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (No-one injures me with impunity)<ref name="heraldry"/>
- Royal Victorian Order: Victoria<ref name=heraldry/>
- Victoria Cross: For Valour<ref name="heraldry"/>
MunicipalitiesEdit
AustraliaEdit
New South WalesEdit
Northern TerritoryEdit
- Darwin, Northern Territory: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let us go forward)
QueenslandEdit
- Brisbane: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We aim for better things)
South AustraliaEdit
- Adelaide: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (United for the common good)
TasmaniaEdit
- Hobart: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Thus, in force, Hobart grew)
VictoriaEdit
- Melbourne: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (She acquires strength as she goes)
Western AustraliaEdit
- City of Perth: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Prosper & Protect)
CanadaEdit
British ColumbiaEdit
- Kamloops Salus et Opes ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
ManitobaEdit
- Brandon: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (She acquires strength through progress)
- Headingley: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To go forward prosperously)
- Macdonald: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To preserve and flourish)
- Portage la Prairie: Template:Langx
- St. Andrews: Template:Langx
- West St. Paul: Template:Langx
- Winnipeg: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (One with the strength of many)
New BrunswickEdit
- Saint John: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (O fortunate ones whose walls are now rising / O happy they, whose promised walls already rise)
Nova ScotiaEdit
- Halifax: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Wealth from the sea)
Alberta
- Calgary: Onward<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
OntarioEdit
- Hamilton: Together Aspire, Together Achieve
- Ottawa: Advance Ottawa
- Toronto: Diversity Our Strength
- Sarnia: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Sarnia Always)
QuebecEdit
- Montreal: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Salvation through harmony)
- Province of Quebec: Template:Langx (I remember)
- Quebec City, Quebec: Template:Langx (I shall put God's gift to good use)
SaskatchewanEdit
- Regina: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let Regina flourish)
EuropeEdit
- Amsterdam: Template:Langx (Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)
- Bordeaux: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion)
- Brescia: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Brescia faithful)
- Bruges: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}
- Bucharest: Template:Langx (The Homeland and my right)
- Douglas: Template:Langx (Government within a government)
- Frankfurt: Template:Langx (Strong in justice)
- Gdańsk: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Neither rashly nor timidly)
- Gdynia: Template:Langx (Gdynia—a city built of sea and dreams)
- Genoa: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Liberty)
- Kaunas: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Love justice, landlords)
- Łódź: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Big boat out of a small one)
- Madrid: Template:Langx (On water I was built, My walls are made of fire, this is my ensign and escutcheon)
- Marseille: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
- Nancy, France: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (I'm not touched with impunity)
- Nantes: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Neptune favours the traveller)
- Nice: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (City of Nice)
- Oporto, Portugal: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Antique, highly noble, always faithful, unvanquished Oporto City)
- Paris: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
- Prague: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Prague, head of the republic). Formerly: Praga caput regnum (Prague, head of the kingdom)
- Rotterdam: Template:Langx (Stronger by struggle)
- Seville: Template:Langx (It [Seville] has not abandoned me)
- Sofia: Raste, no ne staree (Bulgarian: Grows, but does not age)
- The Hague: Template:Langx (Peace and Justice)
- Toulon: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Small things increase by concord)
- Toulouse: Template:Langx (For Toulouse, always more)
- Valletta: Template:Langx (The most humble city)
- Vilnius: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Unity, justice, hope)
- Warsaw: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always invincible)
- Żebbuġ, Malta: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Evergreen)
IndonesiaEdit
- 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)
IndiaEdit
- Kolkata (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 IrelandEdit
- Cork: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (A safe harbour for ships)
- Dublin: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Happy the city where citizens obey)
- Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the harbour to the mountain)
- Limerick: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (An ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
- Waterford: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Waterford remains the untaken city)
Latin AmericaEdit
- Nuevo León, Mexico: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always ascending)
- São Paulo: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (I am not led, I lead)
New ZealandEdit
- Auckland: Advance<ref>David Thorns and Ben Schrader, 'City history and people – Towns to cities', Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/23508/civic-coats-of-arms (accessed 21 January 2019)</ref>
- Christchurch: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Founded in Faith, Rich in the Fulfillment thereof, Strong in Hope for the Future).
- Dunedin: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By following in the footsteps of our forefathers)
- Nelson, New Zealand: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
- Wellington: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Supreme by position)
United KingdomEdit
EnglandEdit
BerkshireEdit
- Reading: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (From God and the Queen)<ref name = CHTV>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Slough: Serve with honour<ref name = CHTV/>
- West Berkshire: Forward together<ref name = CHTV/>
- Windsor and Maidenhead: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In unity, happiness)<ref name = CHTV/>
- Wokingham: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (One out of many)<ref name = CHTV/>
BuckinghamshireEdit
- Aylesbury Vale: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Forward in harmony)<ref name = CHTV/>
- Chiltern: Freely we serve<ref name = CHTV/>
- High Wycombe: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Industry enriches)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Milton Keynes: By knowledge, design, and understanding<ref name = CHTV/>
- South Buckinghamshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By counsel and courage)<ref name = CHTV/>
CambridgeshireEdit
- Huntingdonshire:Labore omnia florent ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})<ref name = CHEA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Peterborough: Upon this rock<ref name = CHEA/>
- South Cambridgeshire: Template:Langx (Not without work)<ref name = CHEA/>
CheshireEdit
- Chester: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let the ancients worship the ancient of days)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Borough of Halton: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Industry fills the ship)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Runcorn: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Fill the ship with goods)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Widnes: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Industry enriches)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
City of LondonEdit
- {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Lord direct us)<ref name="CHGL"/>
DevonEdit
- Exeter: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always faithful)<ref name="CHCW">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Plymouth: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The strongest tower is the name of Jehovah)<ref name="CHCW"/>
- Torquay: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Health and happiness)<ref name="CHCW"/>
EssexEdit
- Benfleet: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Fellowship will blossom)
- Braintree: By wisdom and foresight<ref name = CHEA/>
- Brentwood: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (burning with faith)<ref name = CHEA/>
- Canvey Island: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (From the sea by the grace of God)<ref name = CHEA/>
- Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart<ref name = CHEA/>
- Colchester: No Cross, no Crown<ref name = CHEA/>
- Great Dunmow: May Dunmow prosper<ref name = CHEA/>
- Halstead: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By wisdom and foresight)<ref name = CHEA/>
- Harwich: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To the good all things are good)<ref name = CHEA/>
- Harlow: In Common Endeavour<ref name = CHEA/>
- Leigh-on-Sea: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Light, health, happiness)
- Maldon: Vision, courage, integrity<ref name = CHEA/>
- Rayleigh: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We work for the future)
- Rochford: Our heritage, our future<ref name = CHEA/>
- Southend-on-Sea: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By the sea and by the church)<ref name = CHEA/>
- Thurrock: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By the Thames to all peoples of the world)<ref name = CHEA/>
- Waltham Abbey: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By the name of the Holy Cross)<ref name = CHEA/>
GloucestershireEdit
- Cheltenham: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Health and education)
- Cirencester: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (May Corinium (Cirencester) flourish)
- Cotswold District: United we serve
- Gloucester: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Unconquered faith triumphs)
- Gloucestershire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Ever forwards)
- Tewkesbury Borough: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (There is wisdom in counsel)
Greater LondonEdit
- Barking and Dagenham: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By the grace of God, let us be judged by our acts)<ref name="CHGL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Barnet: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Unity makes service)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Bexley: Boldly and Rightly<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Brent: Forward Together<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Bromley: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To serve the people)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Camden: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Not for oneself, but for all)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Croydon: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let us strive after perfection)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Ealing: Progress With Unity<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Enfield: By Industry Ever Stronger<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Greenwich: We Govern by Serving<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Hammersmith and Fulham: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Haringey: Progress With Humanity<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Harrow: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The health of the people is the supreme law)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Havering: Liberty<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Hillingdon: Forward<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Hounslow: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let us progress together)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Islington: We Serve<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Kensington and Chelsea: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Lambeth: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Lewisham: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The health of the people is the supreme law)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Merton: Stand Fast In Honour And Strength<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Newham: Progress with the People<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Redbridge: In Unity Progress<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Southwark: United to Serve<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Sutton: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (through difficulties serve God in faith)<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Tower Hamlets: From Great Things to Greater<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Waltham Forest: Fellowship Is Life<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Wandsworth: We Serve<ref name="CHGL"/>
- Westminster: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Guard the city, O Lord)<ref name="CHGL"/>
Greater ManchesterEdit
- Bolton: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Overcome difficulties)<ref name = CHCP>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Bury: Forward in unity<ref name = CHCP/>
- Manchester: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By counsel and labour)<ref name = CHCP/>
- Oldham: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Have courage to be wise)<ref name = CHCP/>
- Stockport: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ( With courage and faith)<ref name = CHCP/>
- Tameside: Industry and integrity<ref name = CHCP/>
- Trafford: Hold fast that which is good<ref name = CHCP/>
- Wigan: Ancient and Loyal<ref name = CHCP/>
HampshireEdit
- New Forest: Old Yet Ever New
- Portsmouth: Heaven's Light Our Guide
- Romsey: Quae Recta Tene
- Rushmoor: Strength in Unity
- Test Valley: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (With God as our witness, let us be strong)
HertfordshireEdit
- Broxbourne: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (One heart, one way)<ref name = CHTV/>
- Dacorum: The Borough of Dacorum<ref name = CHTV/>
- Hertsmere: Do Well And Fear Not<ref name = CHTV/>
- North Hertfordshire: Memores Acti, Prudentes Futuri<ref name = CHTV/>
- Stevenage: The Heart of a Town Lies in its People<ref name = CHTV/>
- Watford: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Bolder)<ref name = CHTV/>
- Welwyn Hatfield: By Wisdom And Design<ref name = CHTV/>
KentEdit
- Ashford: With Stronger Faith<ref name = CHWD>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Canterbury: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Hail, Mother England)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Dartford: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let Dartford Flourish)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Folkestone and Hythe: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Delightfulness and healthiness)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Maidstone: Agriculture and Commerce<ref name = CHWD/>
- Medway: Forward Together<ref name = CHWD/>
- Swale: Known by their Fruits<ref name = CHWD/>
- Tonbridge and Malling: Forward in Unison<ref name = CHWD/>
- Tunbridge Wells: Do Well Doubt Not<ref name = CHWD/>
LancashireEdit
- Blackburn: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By art and labour)<ref name = CHCP/>
- Blackpool: Progress<ref name = CHCP/>
- Burnley: Hold to the truth<ref name = CHCP/>
- Chorley: Be aware<ref name = CHCP/>
- Fylde: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let the field rejoice)<ref name = CHCP/>
- Hyndburn: By industry and prudence<ref name = CHCP/>
- Lancashire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In council is wisdom)<ref name = CHCP/>
- Lancaster: Luck to loyne<ref name = CHCP/>
- Pendle: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In unity we increasingly flourish)<ref name = CHCP/>
- Rossendale: Prosperity through endeavour<ref name = CHCP/>
- South Ribble: Progress with humanity<ref name = CHCP/>
- West Lancashire: Salus populi suprema lex {{#invoke:Lang|lang}})<ref name = CHCP/>
- Wyre: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (On either side of the river)<ref name = CHCP/>
LeicestershireEdit
- Leicester: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always the same)
LincolnshireEdit
- Mablethorpe: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Our shores are more delightful) [1]
MerseysideEdit
- Liverpool: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (God hath granted us this ease)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
NorfolkEdit
- Norwich: Do different
NorthumbriaEdit
- Newcastle upon Tyne: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Triumph by brave defence) [5]
SuffolkEdit
- Felixstowe: Felix sto we (Happy we stand)
SurreyEdit
- Elmbridge: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Until the rivers cease to flow)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Epsom and Ewell: None Such<ref name = CHWD/>
- Guildford: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Bravely and faithfully)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Mole Valley: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Vigilant in our serving)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Spelthorne: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We look towards the Sun)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Surrey Heath: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Make haste carefully)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Tandridge: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Harmony)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Reigate and Banstead: Never Wonne Ne Never Shall<ref name = CHWD/>
- Runnymede: In Freedom We Serve<ref name = CHWD/>
- Waverley: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Town and countryside in unity)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Woking: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In faith and diligence)<ref name = CHWD/>
SussexEdit
- Brighton and Hove: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Between sea and downs we flourish)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Crawley: I Grow and I Rejoice<ref name = CHWD/>
- Eastbourne: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We follow the better things)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Horsham: Proudly We Serve<ref name = CHWD/>
- Mid Sussex: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The good of the people comes first)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Wealden: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Rural interior)<ref name = CHWD/>
- Worthing: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (From the land, fullness; from the sea, health)<ref name = CHWD/>
West MidlandsEdit
- Birmingham: Forward<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
YorkshireEdit
- Bradford: Progress, Industry, Humanity<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Calderdale: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Industry, Skill, Foresight)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Leeds: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For the king and the law)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Rotherham: By Industry and Honour<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Sheffield: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (With God's help, our work is successful)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Wakefield: Persevere and Prosper<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- 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]
ScotlandEdit
- Aberdeen: Template:Langx ( Good agreement)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Braemar: Template:Langx (Make sure)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Clydebank: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By work and by knowledge)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Dingwall: Salve corona<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Duns: Template:Langx (Duns beats all)
- East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
- Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus Template:Not a typo ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
- Falkirk: Template:Langx (Strike one, strike all – easier fight with the devil than the children of Falkirk)
- Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
- Galashiels: Template:Langx (Sour Plums)
- Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
- Irvine: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The good cause triumphs in the end)
- Jedburgh: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (With vigour and success)
- Kelso: Template:Langx (Do right — fear nought)
- Kinross: Template:Langx (Sure)
- Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
- Orkney Islands: Boreas domus mare amicus (Latin: The North our home, the sea our friend)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Perth: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For the King, the Law and the People)
- Port Glasgow: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
- Rosehearty: Template:Langx (Strive always, Rosehearty)
- St Andrews: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (While I breathe I hope)
- Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
- Shetland Islands: Template:Langx (By law shall the land be built up)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Thurso: Template:Langx (Walk towards God)
Northern IrelandEdit
County AntrimEdit
- Antrim: Per Angusta ad Augusta
- Ballyclare: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By work and integrity)
- Ballymoney: Goodwill to all People
- Belfast: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (What shall we give in return for so much)
- Carrickfergus: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The glory of the Old made New)
- Larne: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Powerful With the Sickle and on the Sea)
- Lisburn: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (I will arise from the fire)
- Newtownabbey: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Multi in uno resurgent)
County ArmaghEdit
- Armagh: In Concilio Consilium
- Craigavon: Together we progress
- Lurgan: Be just and fear not
- Portadown: ???
County DownEdit
- Ards: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Faithful and Brave)
- Bangor: Beannchor
- Banbridge: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By God and Industry)
- East Down: Ever looking forward
- Newtownards: Fidelis atque Fortis
County FermanaghEdit
- Enniskillen: Ut proavi in Deo confidemus
- Fermanagh: Feor Magh Eanagh
County LondonderryEdit
- Coleraine: Cuil Rathain
- Limavady: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let there be no ill-will)
- Derry: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Life, truth, victory)
- Magherafelt: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (With Faithfulness and Service)
- Moyle:
County TyroneEdit
WalesEdit
- 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 StatesEdit
CaliforniaEdit
- Adelanto: Progress through unity
- Alameda: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Prosperity from the land and sea)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Banning: Proud History, Prosperous Tomorrow
- Berkeley: Westward the course of empire takes its way; / The first four Acts already past, / A fifth shall close the Drama with the day; / Time's noblest offspring is the last.
- Carson: Future Unlimited
- Ceres: Together We Achieve
- Del Mar: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Much in little)<ref>Template:Cite letter</ref>
- Downey: Future Unlimited
- Eastvale: Family, Community, Diversity
- El Centro: Shining with Opportunity
- Eureka: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (I have found it)
- Garden Grove: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let envy be absent)Gardena: Freeway City
- Half Moon Bay: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Live, work, play)
- Hanford: Planning Tomorrows
- Kerman: Community Comes First
- Lanare: Building from the Ground Up
- Manhattan Beach: Sun, Sand, Sea
- Millbrae: A Place in the Sun
- Monterey: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Onward)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Ontario: Balanced Community
- Orange Cove: Honoring Our Past, Embracing Our Future, Come Grow With Us; In God We Trust
- Paradise: In Harmony with Nature
- Redwood City: Climate Best by Government Test<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Rialto: Bridge to Progress
- San Diego: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Always vigilant)
- San Francisco: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Gold in peace, iron in war)
- Santa Fe Springs: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law)
- Upland: Madonna of the Trail
FloridaEdit
- Palm Bay: A Perfect Place to Grow
IllinoisEdit
- Chicago: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (City in a garden)
IndianaEdit
- East Chicago: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We progress)
- Fort Wayne: Ke-ki-on-ga
- Hammond: Land of Calumet
- South Bend: Peace
- Valparaiso: Vale of Paradise
IowaEdit
- State of Iowa: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
KentuckyEdit
- Campbellsville: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (City in the middle of the commonwealth)
MassachusettsEdit
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
- Boston: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (God be with us as He was with our fathers)
- Somerville: Municipal Freedom Gives National Strength
MarylandEdit
- Baltimore: Believe
MichiganEdit
- Detroit: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes)
- Grand Rapids: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (strength in activity)
MinnesotaEdit
- Minneapolis: En Avant (Forward)
North CarolinaEdit
- North Carolina State Motto: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To be rather than to seem)
OhioEdit
- Centerville: Progress, Stability
- Chillicothe: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Ohio's first capital)
- Cincinnati: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Unity assists)
- Cleveland: Progress & Prosperity
- Coldwater: The family is our most important product
- Dublin: where yesterday meets tomorrow
- Fairborn: Tradition, Innovation
- Obetz: For Work, For Play, For Everyone
- Parma: Progress Through Partnerships
- Reading: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (We Try Our Best)
- St. Marys: Where Living is a Pleasure; {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (City amid fields)
- Streetsboro: Gateway to Progress
- Toledo: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (To work is to pray)
- Union: Sheets Rifle
OregonEdit
- Oregon State Motto: She flies with her own wings<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Portland, Oregon: The City that Works<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
PennsylvaniaEdit
- Philadelphia: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let brotherly love continue)
TexasEdit
- Austin, Texas: Friendship
VirginiaEdit
- Virginia State Motto: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Thus always to tyrants)
- Richmond, Virginia: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Such is the way to the Stars)
British countiesEdit
EnglandEdit
TraditionalEdit
- Bedfordshire: Constant Be
- Buckinghamshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (No stepping back)
- Cambridgeshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Through waves, through fields)
- Cheshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By the right and dignity of the sword)
- Cornwall: Template:Langx (One and all)
- Cumberland: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (I carry through)
- Derbyshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By good counsel)
- Devon: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By divine aid)
- Durham: Faith, foresight and industry
- Dorset: Who's Afear'd
- Essex: Many minds, one heart
- Gloucestershire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Ever forward)
- Hampshire:
- Herefordshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (This fair land is the gift of God)
- Hertfordshire: Trust and fear not
- Huntingdonshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By work everything flourishes)
- Kent: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Unconquered)
- Lancashire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In counsel is wisdom)
- Leicestershire: For'ard For'ard
- Lincolnshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Perseverance conquers)
- Middlesex:
- Norfolk:
- Northamptonshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (The Rose—Emblem of Harmony)
- Northumberland: Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Progress with wisdom)
- Oxfordshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Dare to be wise)
- Rutland: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Much in little)
- Shropshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Let Salop flourish)
- Somerset: Template:Langx (All the people of Somerset)
- Staffordshire: The knot unites
- Suffolk: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Direct our work)
- Surrey:
- Sussex: We wunt be druv (Sussaxon dialect: We won't be driven)
- Warwickshire: United to serve
- Westmorland:
- Yorkshire, East Riding: Tradition and Progress
- Yorkshire, North Riding:
- Yorkshire, West Riding: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Heed counsel)
- Wiltshire:
- Worcestershire:
CeremonialEdit
- Bristol: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Virtue and hard work)
- Cumbria: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (I shall lift up mine eyes unto the mountains)
- East Sussex:
- Greater London:
- Greater Manchester: Ever Vigilant
- Isle of Wight: All this beauty is of God
- Merseyside: Unity in the Service of All
- North Yorkshire: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Stronger by union)
- South Yorkshire: Each shall strive for the Welfare of All
- Tyne and Wear:
- West Midlands: Forward in Unity
- West Sussex:
- West Yorkshire: By Effort Achieve
FormerEdit
- Avon:
- Cleveland: Endeavour
- Hereford and Worcester:
- Humberside: United we Flourish
ScotlandEdit
- Aberdeen: Bon Accord
- Angus: Template:Langx (Trust in Angus)
- Ayr: God Shaw the Right
- Banff: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (With hope and courage)
- Caithness: Commit thy Wark to God
- Clackmannan: Leuk aboot ye
- Dumfries:
- Dunbarton: Template:Langx (Land of the elm trees)
- East Lothian:
- Fife: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (By virtue and by industry)
- Inverness: Template:Langx (For the good of the county)
- Kincardine: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Praise to God)
- Kinross: For all Time
- Kirkcudbright:
- Lanark:
- Midlothian:
- Moray: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (In hope)
- Nairn: Unite and be Mindful
- Orkney: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Home to the winds, friend of the sea)
- Peebles: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (There is increase by swimming against the stream
- Perth: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (For law and liberty)
- Renfrew:
- Ross and Cromarty: Dread God and Do Well
- Roxburgh: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Yield not to misfortunes [evil things] but go on more boldly against them)
- Selkirk:
- Stirling:
- Sutherland: Template:Langx (Cling to thy heritage with diligence)
- West Lothian: Aye for the Common Weal
- Wigtown:
- Zetland: Template:Langx (With laws shall this land be built)
WalesEdit
TraditionalEdit
- Anglesey: Template:Langx (Anglesey mother of Wales)
- Brecknock: Template:Langx (Unity, peace, prosperity)
- Caernarfon: Template:Langx (The strength of Gwynedd)
- Carmarthen: Template:Langx (A free people a prosperous country)
- Cardigan or Ceredigion: Template:Langx (A nation's wealth is freedom)
- Denbigh: Template:Langx (God is sufficient)
- Flint: Template:Langx (The best shield is justice)
- Glamorgan: Template:Langx (He that endureth, overcometh)
- Merioneth or Merionydd: Template:Langx (While the sea lasts, so shall Merionethshire)
- Monmouth: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Faithful to both)
- Montgomery: Template:Langx (Powys paradise of Wales)
- Pembroke: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Out of unity is strength)
- Radnor: Template:Langx (Higher and higher)
CeremonialEdit
- Clwyd: Template:Langx (The shield of justice is God)
- Dyfed: Template:Langx (A free people, a prosperous country) – as Carmarthenshire
- Gwent: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Faithful to both) – as Monmouthshire
- Gwynedd: Template:Langx (The strength of Gwynedd) – as Caernarfonshire
- Mid Glamorgan: Template:Langx (He who suffers, conquers) – as Glamorgan
- Powys: Template:Langx (Unity and freedom)
- South Glamorgan: Template:Langx (The city and the vale)
- West Glamorgan: Template:Langx (The just are strong)
Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of LondonEdit
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Educational institutionsEdit
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See alsoEdit
- List of U.S. state and territory mottos
- List of national mottos
- List of university and college mottos
- List of sundial mottos
- List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes
- Category:Latin mottos
- Category:Lists of mottos
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Mottos in heraldry (over 2000)