List Of Mottos

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

Organizations

National mottos

* List of national mottos

Cultural, philanthropic and scientific

* Amsterdam Zoo: (Nature is the teacher of art)
* International Expositions: (Always true)
* Monarchist League of Canada: (United by fealty)
* Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy): (Cleans, fixes and gives shine)
* Royal Society: (On the word of no one)
* South African Museum: (Africa is always producing some novelty)
* Swedish Academy: (Talent and taste)

Public service and youth service

* 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: (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 safety

* 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: (With laws shall lands be built)
* 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: (Always just)
* Metropolitan Police Service: Working together for a safer London
* Milwaukee Police Department: Be A Force
* Minneapolis Police Department: To Protect with Courage, To Serve with Compassion
* Korean National Police Agency: (A Friendly and Reliable Police Force for the People )
* New South Wales Police Force: (Punishment Follows Closely On Guilt)
* New York Police Department: Fidelis ad Mortem (Faithful unto death)
* Royal Malaysian Police: (Firm, Fair & Prudent)
* Sacramento County Sheriff: Service with Concern
* Singapore Police Force: (Loyalty and Service)
* New Zealand Police: Safer communities together
* Thames Valley Police: (Let there be peace in the Thames Valley)
* Trinity House: (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 competition

International organisations

* Fédération Internationale des Échecs: (We are one people)
* International Practical Shooting Confederation: (Accuracy, power, speed)
* Olympic Games: (Faster, higher, stronger)
* Paralympic Games: Spirit in Motion

Africa and Asia

* Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya: (Character, Faith, Force)
* Asante Kotoko S.C.: Ashanti (Kill a thousand, and a thousand more will come)
* Kolkata Knight Riders: Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo re (Will do, will fight, will win)

Americas

* Carolina Panthers: Keep Pounding
* Chicago Fire SC: Tradition. Honor. Passion.
* Colo-Colo: (The team that has known to become champion)
* CR Flamengo: (Once Flamengo, always Flamengo)
* Tabor Academy: (Truth always conquers)

Australia

* Adelaide Football Club: (Born to great things)
* Carlton Football Club: (Sound Mind in a Healthy Body)
* Collingwood Football Club: (May the Magpie flourish)
* Essendon Football Club: (Gently in manner, resolutely in execution)
* Footscray Football Club: (Yield to none)
* Hawthorn Football Club: (Judged by our actions)
* North Melbourne Football Club: (Victory demands dedication)
* Port Adelaide Football Club: We Are Port Adelaide
* St Kilda Football Club: (Strength through Loyalty)

Europe

* FC Barcelona: (More than a club) and (All together we are strong)
* Sport Lisboa e Benfica: (Out of many, one)
* Feyenoord Rotterdam: (No words but deeds)
* SS Lazio: (In harmony small things grew)
* Olympique de Marseille: (Straight to the Goal)
* FC Porto: (Conquering since 1893)
* Sporting Clube de Portugal: (Effort, dedication, devotion, glory)
* Real Madrid CF: (Hail Madrid and nothing more)

United Kingdom

* Arsenal F.C.: (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: (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: (Friendship through wandering)
* Liverpool Football Club: You'll Never Walk Alone
* Manchester City F.C.: (Pride in battle)
* Norwich City F.C., Norwich City F.C: On the Ball, City
* Queen's Park F.C.: (To play for the sake of playing)
* Rangers F.C.: Ready
* Sheffield Wednesday F.C.: (by Wisdom and Courage)
* Shrewsbury Town F.C: (May Shropshire flourish / Let Salop flourish)
* Stoke City: (United Strength is Stronger)
* Sunderland A.F.C.: (In pursuit of excellence)
* Tottenham Hotspur F.C.: (To dare is to do)

Politics

* Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, 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 (separatist group), 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 (Philippines), 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 historical

* Daughters of the American Revolution: God, Home, and Country
* Sons of the American Revolution: (Liberty and country)
* United Daughters of the Confederacy: Love, Live, Pray, Think, Dare

Religion

* Ahmadiyya Community: Love for All Hatred for None
* Benedictine Order: (pray and work)
* Carmelite Order: (I am aflame with zeal for the Lord God of Hosts)
* Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen: (In need unity, in doubt liberty, in everything charity)
* Dominican Order: (Truth), (Praise, bless, preach)
* K.A.V. Lovania Leuven: (Always do your best); (The Spirit lives in us all)
* Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya: A Nation cannot be reformed without the reformation of its youth
* Knights Hospitaller: (Support the faithful and serve the poor)
* Knights Templar: (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: (For God and country)
* Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: (peace is the fruit of justice)
* Pontificate of Pope Francis: (by having mercy and by choosing)
* Salvation Army: Blood and Fire
* Society of Jesus: (For the greater glory of God)
* United Church of Christ: That they may all be one.
* United Methodist Church: Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors

Business

* ABUS Crane Systems: Moving On Up
* Audi: Vorsprung durch Technik (Literally: Advantage through technology, Figuratively: The technical edge)
* BBC: BBC coat of arms, Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation
* Harrods: Omnia Omnibus Ubique (All Things, For All People, Everywhere)
* IdentLogic Systems: ( Let him who has earned it bear the reward)
* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: (Art for art's sake)
* Royal Mail Lines: (Everywhere by sea)

Medieval nobility

Famous mottos, usually deliberately cryptic, adopted during the Chivalry, 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'' John, Duke of Berry, Jean de Berry (1340–1416)
* ''Le Bon Temps Viendra'', ("the right time will come") Earl of Bath, 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 de Graville, Anne Malet de Graville ((1490?–1540?))

Dynasties

* Belgian monarchy: (Union makes strength)
* British monarchy (Plantagenet): (God and my right / God and my right shall me defend)
* Dutch monarchy: (I will maintain)
* Greek royal family : (People's love, my strength)
* Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen of Romania, House of Romania : (Nothing without God)
* Pahlavi dynasty : (Justice He [God] bids me do, as He will judge me)
* Rothschild family: (Unity, integrity, diligence)
* House of Savoy: FERT
* Spanish monarchy : (Further beyond)
* Royal mottos of Danish monarchs
* List of Norwegian monarchs' mottos
* Royal mottos of Swedish monarchs

Families

Medical

* American Board of Ophthalmology: (From darkness, light)
* Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: (In sleep there is safety)
* Association of Veterinary Surgeons in Bulgaria: (A scalpel in a wise hand gives life)
* Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland: (Let us learn all things from everybody)
* Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: (To care for the body and its breath of life)
* Australian College of Pharmacy: Education for Practice and Management
* Canadian Association of General Surgeons: (Wisdom and a skillful hand)
* Canadian Orthopaedic Association: (With compassion, skill and knowledge we correct, straighten or set right)
* Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India. Mens sana in corpora sano ()
* Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons: (Let knowledge conquer disease)
* Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Excellence in women's health
* Royal College of Anaesthetists: (It is divine to alleviate pain / Divine is the effort to conquer pain)
* Royal College of General Practitioners: (Scientific knowledge applied with compassion)
* Royal College of Midwives: (Life is the gift of God)
* Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: (Let us overcome our difficulties)
* Royal College of Ophthalmologists: (So that all may see)
* Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: (Children are a heritage from the Lord)
* Royal College of Psychiatrists: Let Wisdom Guide
* Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: (Scholarship and dexterity)
* Royal Pharmaceutical Society: (We must pay attention to our health)
* Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course: Safiri Salama (Swahili: Travel safely)
* ZAKA: Hessed Shel Emet (True kindness)

Other

* Association of Trust Schools: (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: , alternately (Truth and justice / Honesty and equality)
* The Red Green Show: Quando omni flunkus moritati (Pseudo-Latin When all else fails, play dead)

Military and governmental

* 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: (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: (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): (Through adversity to the stars)
* Royal Marines (United Kingdom): (By sea, by land)
* Household Division (United Kingdom): (Seven joined in one)
* United States Air Force Academy: Integrity First, Service before self, Excellence in All we Do
* United States Coast Guard (USCG): (Always ready)
* United States Coast Guard United States Life-Saving Service, Life-Saving Service (USCG LSS): You have to go out, but you don't have to come back
* United States Marine Corps (USMC): (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 : (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 decorations

Canada

* Order of Canada: (They desired a better land)
* Order of Military Merit (Canada): (Service before self)

Europe

* Legion of Honour (France): (Honour and Fatherland)
* Order of Charles III (Spain): (By virtue and merit)
* Order of the Crown (Belgium): (Work and Progress)
* Order of the Cross of Liberty (Finland): (For the Fatherland)
* Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark): (God and the King)
* Order of the Elephant (Denmark): (The prize of greatness)
* Order of the Golden Fleece (Spanish version): (Strike before they see the flame)
* Order of the House of Orange (Netherlands): (I will maintain)
* Order of Leopold (Belgium): (Union makes strength)
* Order of Leopold II (Belgium): (Union makes strength)
* Order of Merit for the Fatherland (Russia): (Benefit, honour and glory)
* Order of the Netherlands Lion: (Power ennobles)
* Order of Orange-Nassau: (I will maintain)
* Order of the Polar Star (Sweden): (It knows no decline)
* Order of Saint Andrew (Russia): (For faith and loyalty)
* Order of St. George (Russia): (For service and bravery)
* Order of St. Olav (Norway): (Justice and truth)
* Royal Order of the Seraphim, Order of the Seraphim (Sweden): (Jesus, saviour of men)
* Order of the Star of Romania: (In Faith is the Salvation)
* Order of the Sword (Sweden): (For Fatherland)
* Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal): (Valour, Loyalty and Merit)
* Order of the White Eagle (Poland): (For Fatherland and Nation)
* Order of the White Lion (Czech Republic): (Truth Prevails)
* Order of the White Rose of Finland: (For the Well-Being of the Fatherland)

Holy See

* Order of Pius IX: (By virtue and merit)
* Order of St. Gregory the Great: (For God and Prince)
* Order of St. Sylvester: (Much in a small space)

United Kingdom

* George Cross: For Gallantry retrieved 10 November 2013.
* Order of the Bath: (Three joined in one)
* Order of the British Empire: For God and the Empire
* Order of the Garter: (Shame be to him who thinks evil of it)
* Order of Merit: For Merit
* Order of St Michael and St George: (Hope of a better age)
* Order of the Thistle: (No-one injures me with impunity)
* Royal Victorian Order: Victoria
* Victoria Cross: For Valour

Municipalities

Australia

New South Wales

* Blacktown, New South Wales, Blacktown: Progress
* Sydney: I take but I surrender

Northern Territory

* Darwin, Northern Territory: (Let us go forward)

Queensland

* Brisbane: (We aim for better things)

South Australia

* Adelaide: (United for the common good)

Tasmania

* Hobart: (Thus, in force, Hobart grew)

Victoria

* Melbourne: (She acquires strength as she goes)

Western Australia

* City of Perth: (Prosper & Protect)

Canada

British Columbia

* Kamloops Salus et Opes ()

Manitoba

* Brandon, Manitoba, Brandon: (She acquires strength through progress)
* Headingley, Manitoba, Headingley: (To go forward prosperously)
* Rural Municipality of Macdonald, Macdonald: (To preserve and flourish)
* Portage la Prairie:
* St. Andrews, Manitoba, St. Andrews:
* Rural Municipality of West St. Paul, West St. Paul:
* Winnipeg: (One with the strength of many)

New Brunswick

* Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint John: (O fortunate ones whose walls are now rising / O happy they, whose promised walls already rise)

Nova Scotia

* Halifax Urban Area, Halifax: (Wealth from the sea)
Alberta
* Calgary: Onward

Ontario

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

Quebec

* Montreal: (Salvation through harmony)
* Province of Quebec: (I remember)
* Quebec City, Quebec: (I shall put God's gift to good use)

Saskatchewan

* Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina: (Let Regina flourish)

Europe

* Amsterdam: (Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)
* Bordeaux: (The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion)
* Brescia: (Brescia faithful)
* Bruges:
* Bucharest: (The Homeland and my right)
* Douglas, Isle of Man, Douglas: (Government within a government)
* Frankfurt: (Strong in justice)
* Gdańsk: (Neither rashly nor timidly)
* Gdynia: (Gdynia—a city built of sea and dreams)
* Genoa: (Liberty)
* Kaunas: (Love justice, landlords)
* Łódź: (Big boat out of a small one)
* Madrid: (On water I was built, My walls are made of fire, this is my ensign and escutcheon)
* Marseille: (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
* Nancy, France: (I'm not touched with impunity)
* Nantes: (Neptune favours the traveller)
* Nice: (City of Nice)
* Oporto, Portugal: (Antique, highly noble, always faithful, unvanquished Oporto City)
* Paris: (Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
* Prague: (Prague, head of the republic). Formerly: Praga caput regnum (Prague, head of the kingdom)
* Rotterdam: (Stronger by struggle)
* Seville: (It [Seville] has not abandoned me)
* Sofia: Raste, no ne staree (Bulgarian: Grows, but does not age)
* The Hague: (Peace and Justice)
* Toulon: (Small things increase by concord)
* Toulouse: (For Toulouse, always more)
* Valletta: (The most humble city)
* Vilnius: (Unity, justice, hope)
* Warsaw: (Always invincible)
* Żebbuġ, Malta: (Evergreen)

Indonesia

* 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

* 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 Ireland

* Cork (city), Cork: (A safe harbour for ships)
* Dublin: (Happy the city where citizens obey)
* Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the harbour to the mountain)
* Limerick: (An ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
* Waterford: (Waterford remains the untaken city)

Latin America

* Nuevo León, Mexico: (Always ascending)
* São Paulo: (I am not led, I lead)

New Zealand

* Auckland: Advance
* Christchurch: (Founded in Faith, Rich in the Fulfillment thereof, Strong in Hope for the Future).
* Dunedin: (By following in the footsteps of our forefathers)
* Nelson, New Zealand: (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
* Wellington: (Supreme by position)

United Kingdom

England

=Berkshire

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* Reading, Berkshire, Reading: (From God and the Queen)
* Slough: Serve with honour
* West Berkshire: Forward together
* Windsor and Maidenhead: (In unity, happiness)
* Wokingham: (One out of many)

=Buckinghamshire

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* Aylesbury Vale: (Forward in harmony)
* Chiltern District, Chiltern: Freely we serve
* High Wycombe: (Industry enriches)
* Milton Keynes: By knowledge, design, and understanding
* South Bucks, South Buckinghamshire: (By counsel and courage)

=Cambridgeshire

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* Huntingdonshire:Labore omnia florent ()
* Peterborough: Upon this rock
* South Cambridgeshire: (Not without work)

=Cheshire

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* Chester: (Let the ancients worship the ancient of days)
* Borough of Halton: (Industry fills the ship)
* Runcorn: (Fill the ship with goods)
* Widnes: (Industry enriches)

=City of London

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* (Lord direct us)

=Devon

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* Exeter: (Always faithful)
* Plymouth: (The strongest tower is the name of Jehovah)
* Torquay: (Health and happiness)

=Essex

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* South Benfleet, Benfleet: (Fellowship will blossom)
* Braintree, Essex, Braintree: By wisdom and foresight
* Brentwood, Essex, Brentwood: (burning with faith)
* Canvey Island: (From the sea by the grace of God)
* Chelmsford: Many minds, one heart
* Colchester: No Cross, no Crown
* Great Dunmow: May Dunmow prosper
* Halstead: (By wisdom and foresight)
* Harwich: (To the good all things are good)
* Harlow: In Common Endeavour
* Leigh-on-Sea: (Light, health, happiness)
* Maldon District, Maldon: Vision, courage, integrity
* Rayleigh, Essex, Rayleigh: (We work for the future)
* Rochford: Our heritage, our future
* Southend-on-Sea: (By the sea and by the church)
* Thurrock: (By the Thames to all peoples of the world)
* Waltham Abbey (town), Waltham Abbey: (By the name of the Holy Cross)

=Gloucestershire

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* Cheltenham: (Health and education)
* Cirencester: (May Corinium (Cirencester) flourish)
* Cotswold District: United we serve
* Gloucester: (Unconquered faith triumphs)
* Gloucestershire: (Ever forwards)
* Tewkesbury Borough: (There is wisdom in counsel)

=Greater London

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* London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham: (By the grace of God, let us be judged by our acts)
* London Borough of Barnet, Barnet: (Unity makes service)
* London Borough of Bexley, Bexley: Boldly and Rightly
* London Borough of Brent, Brent: Forward Together
* London Borough of Bromley, Bromley: (To serve the people)
* London Borough of Camden, Camden: (Not for oneself, but for all)
* London Borough of Croydon, Croydon: (Let us strive after perfection)
* London Borough of Ealing, Ealing: Progress With Unity
* London Borough of Enfield, Enfield: By Industry Ever Stronger
* Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greenwich: We Govern by Serving
* London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham: (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
* London Borough of Haringey, Haringey: Progress With Humanity
* London Borough of Harrow, Harrow: (The health of the people is the supreme law)
* London Borough of Havering, Havering: Liberty
* London Borough of Hillingdon, Hillingdon: Forward
* London Borough of Hounslow, Hounslow: (Let us progress together)
* London Borough of Islington, Islington: We Serve
* Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea: (What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity)
* London Borough of Lambeth, Lambeth: (Let us be regarded according to our conduct)
* London Borough of Lewisham, Lewisham: (The health of the people is the supreme law)
* London Borough of Merton, Merton: Stand Fast In Honour And Strength
* London Borough of Newham, Newham: Progress with the People
* London Borough of Redbridge, Redbridge: In Unity Progress
* London Borough of Southwark, Southwark: United to Serve
* London Borough of Sutton, Sutton: (through difficulties serve God in faith)
* London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets: From Great Things to Greater
* Waltham Forest: Fellowship Is Life
* London Borough of Wandsworth, Wandsworth: We Serve
* City of Westminster, Westminster: (Guard the city, O Lord)

=Greater Manchester

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* Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Bolton: (Overcome difficulties)
* Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury: Forward in unity
* Manchester: (By counsel and labour)
* Oldham: (Have courage to be wise)
* Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport: ( With courage and faith)
* Tameside: Industry and integrity
* Trafford: Hold fast that which is good
* Wigan: Ancient and Loyal

=Hampshire

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* New Forest District, New Forest: Old Yet Ever New
* Portsmouth: Heaven's Light Our Guide
* Romsey: Quae Recta Tene
* Rushmoor: Strength in Unity
* Test Valley: (With God as our witness, let us be strong)

=Hertfordshire

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* Broxbourne: (One heart, one way)
* Dacorum: The Borough of Dacorum
* Hertsmere: Do Well And Fear Not
* North Hertfordshire: Memores Acti, Prudentes Futuri
* Stevenage: The Heart of a Town Lies in its People
* Watford: (Bolder)
* Welwyn Hatfield: By Wisdom And Design

=Kent

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* Ashford, Kent, Ashford: With Stronger Faith
* Canterbury: (Hail, Mother England)
* Dartford: (Let Dartford Flourish)
* Folkestone and Hythe (District), Folkestone and Hythe: (Delightfulness and healthiness)
* Maidstone: Agriculture and Commerce
* Medway: Forward Together
* Borough of Swale, Swale: Known by their Fruits
* Tonbridge and Malling: Forward in Unison
* Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells: Do Well Doubt Not

=Lancashire

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* Blackburn: (By art and labour)
* Blackpool: Progress
* Burnley: Hold to the truth
* Chorley: Be aware
* Borough of Fylde, Fylde: (Let the field rejoice)
* Hyndburn: By industry and prudence
* Lancashire: (In council is wisdom)
* Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster: Luck to loyne
* Borough of Pendle, Pendle: (In unity we increasingly flourish)
* Borough of Rossendale, Rossendale: Prosperity through endeavour
* South Ribble: Progress with humanity
* West Lancashire: Salus populi suprema lex )
* Borough of Wyre, Wyre: (On either side of the river)

=Leicestershire

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* Leicester: (Always the same)

=Lincolnshire

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* Mablethorpe: (Our shores are more delightful
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=Merseyside

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* Liverpool: (God hath granted us this ease)

=Norfolk

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* Norwich: Do different

=Northumbria

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* Newcastle upon Tyne: (Triumph by brave defence
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= Suffolk

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* Felixstowe: Felix sto we (Happy we stand)

=Surrey

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* Borough of Elmbridge, Elmbridge: (Until the rivers cease to flow)
* Epsom and Ewell: None Such
* Guildford: (Bravely and faithfully)
* Mole Valley: (Vigilant in our serving)
* Borough of Spelthorne, Spelthorne: (We look towards the Sun)
* Surrey Heath: (Make haste carefully)
* Tandridge District, Tandridge: (Harmony)
* Reigate and Banstead: Never Wonne Ne Never Shall
* Runnymede District, Runnymede: In Freedom We Serve
* Borough of Waverley, Waverley: (Town and countryside in unity)
* Borough of Woking, Woking: (In faith and diligence)

=Sussex

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* Brighton and Hove: (Between sea and downs we flourish)
* Crawley: I Grow and I Rejoice
* Eastbourne: (We follow the better things)
* Horsham: Proudly We Serve
* Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex: (The good of the people comes first)
* Wealden District, Wealden: (Rural interior)
* Worthing: (From the land, fullness; from the sea, health)

=West Midlands

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* Birmingham: Forward

=Yorkshire

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* Bradford: Progress, Industry, Humanity
* Calderdale: (Industry, Skill, Foresight)
* Leeds: (For the king and the law)
* Rotherham: By Industry and Honour
* Sheffield: (With God's help, our work is successful)
* Wakefield: Persevere and Prosper
* 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

* Aberdeen: ( Good agreement)
* Arbroath: Propter libertatem (Latin: For Freedom)
* Braemar: (Make sure)
* Clydebank: (By work and by knowledge)
* Dingwall: Salve corona
* Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns: (Duns beats all)
* East Kilbride: Prosper but Dreid
* Edinburgh: Nisi Dominus ()
* Falkirk: (Strike one, strike all – easier fight with the devil than the children of Falkirk)
* Forfar: Ut quocunque paratus
* Galashiels: (Sour Plums)
* Glasgow: Let Glasgow Flourish
* Irvine, North Ayrshire, Irvine: (The good cause triumphs in the end)
* Jedburgh: (With vigour and success)
* Kelso, Scotland, Kelso: (Do right — fear nought)
* Kinross: (Sure)
* Lerwick: Dispecta est et Thule
* Orkney Islands: Boreas domus mare amicus (Latin: The North our home, the sea our friend)
* Perth, Scotland, Perth: (For the King, the Law and the People)
* Port Glasgow: (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
* Rosehearty: (Strive always, Rosehearty)
* St Andrews: (While I breathe I hope)
* Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam
* Shetland Islands: (By law shall the land be built up)
* Thurso: (Walk towards God)

Northern Ireland

=County Antrim

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* Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim: Per Angusta ad Augusta
* Ballyclare: (By work and integrity)
* Ballymoney: Goodwill to all People
* Belfast: (What shall we give in return for so much)
* Carrickfergus: (The glory of the Old made New)
* Larne: (Powerful With the Sickle and on the Sea)
* Lisburn: (I will arise from the fire)
* Newtownabbey: (Multi in uno resurgent)

=County Armagh

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* Armagh: In Concilio Consilium
* Craigavon, County Armagh, Craigavon: Together we progress
* Lurgan: Be just and fear not
* Portadown: ???

=County Down

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* Ards (territory), Ards: (Faithful and Brave)
* Bangor, County Down, Bangor: Beannchor
* Banbridge: (By God and Industry)
* East Down, County Down, East Down: Ever looking forward
* Newtownards: Fidelis atque Fortis

=County Fermanagh

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* Enniskillen: Ut proavi in Deo confidemus
* Fermanagh: Feor Magh Eanagh

=County Londonderry

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* Coleraine: Cuil Rathain
* Limavady: (Let there be no ill-will)
* Derry: (Life, truth, victory)
* Magherafelt: (With Faithfulness and Service)
* Moyle, County Down, Moyle:

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* Cookstown: Forward
* Dungannon:
* Omagh: Oigh Magh

Wales

* 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, Wales, Newport: Terra Marique (By land and sea)

United States

California

* Adelanto, California, Adelanto: Progress through unity
* Alameda, California, Alameda: (Prosperity from the land and sea)
* Banning, California, Banning: Proud History, Prosperous Tomorrow
* Berkeley, California, Berkeley: George 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, California, Carson: Future Unlimited
* Ceres, California, Ceres: Together We Achieve
* Del Mar, California, Del Mar: (Much in little)
* Downey, California, Downey: Future Unlimited
* Eastvale, California, Eastvale: Family, Community, Diversity
* El Centro, California, El Centro: Shining with Opportunity
* Eureka, California, Eureka: (I have found it)
* Garden Grove, California, Garden Grove: (Let envy be absent)Gardena, California, Gardena: Freeway City
* Half Moon Bay, California, Half Moon Bay: (Live, work, play)
* Hanford, California, Hanford: Planning Tomorrows
* Kerman, California, Kerman: Community Comes First
* Lanare, California, Lanare: Building from the Ground Up
* Manhattan Beach, California, Manhattan Beach: Sun, Sand, Sea
* Millbrae, California, Millbrae: A Place in the Sun
* Monterey, California, Monterey: (Onward)
* Ontario, California, Ontario: Balanced Community
* Orange Cove, California, Orange Cove: Honoring Our Past, Embracing Our Future, Come Grow With Us; In God We Trust
* Paradise, California, Paradise: In Harmony with Nature
* Redwood City, California, Redwood City: Climate Best by Government Test
* Rialto, California, Rialto: Bridge to Progress
* San Diego: (Always vigilant)
* San Francisco: (Gold in peace, iron in war)
* Santa Fe Springs, California, Santa Fe Springs: (Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law)
* Upland, California, Upland: Madonna of the Trail

Florida

* Palm Bay, Florida, Palm Bay: A Perfect Place to Grow

Illinois

* Chicago: (City in a garden)

Indiana

* East Chicago, Indiana, East Chicago: (We progress)
* Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne: Kekionga, Ke-ki-on-ga
* Hammond, Indiana, Hammond: Land of Calumet
* South Bend, Indiana, South Bend: Peace
* Valparaiso, Indiana, Valparaiso: Vale of Paradise

Iowa

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

Kentucky

* Campbellsville, Kentucky, Campbellsville: (City in the middle of the commonwealth)

Massachusetts

* Commonwealth of Massachusetts: (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
* Boston: (God be with us as He was with our fathers)
* Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville: Municipal Freedom Gives National Strength

Maryland

* Baltimore: Believe

Michigan

* Detroit, Michigan, Detroit: (We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes)
* Grand Rapids: (strength in activity)

Minnesota

* Minneapolis: En Avant (Forward)

North Carolina

* North Carolina, North Carolina State Motto: (To be rather than to seem)

Ohio

* Centerville, Ohio, Centerville: Progress, Stability
* Chillicothe, Ohio, Chillicothe: (Ohio's first capital)
* Cincinnati: (Unity assists)
* Cleveland: Progress & Prosperity
* Coldwater, Ohio, Coldwater: The family is our most important product
* Dublin, Ohio, Dublin: where yesterday meets tomorrow
* Fairborn, Ohio, Fairborn: Tradition, Innovation
* Obetz, Ohio, Obetz: For Work, For Play, For Everyone
* Parma, Ohio, Parma: Progress Through Partnerships
* Reading, Ohio, Reading: (We Try Our Best)
* St. Marys, Ohio, St. Marys: Where Living is a Pleasure; (City amid fields)
* Streetsboro, Ohio, Streetsboro: Gateway to Progress
* Toledo, Ohio, Toledo: (To work is to pray)
* Union, Ohio, Union: Sheets Rifle

Oregon

* Oregon, Oregon State Motto: She flies with her own wings
* Portland, Oregon: The City that Works

Pennsylvania

* Philadelphia: (Let brotherly love continue)

Texas

* Austin, Texas: Friendship

Virginia

* Virginia State Motto: (Thus always to tyrants)
* Richmond, Virginia: (Such is the way to the Stars)

British counties

England

Traditional

* Bedfordshire: Constant Be
* Buckinghamshire: (No stepping back)
* Cambridgeshire: (Through waves, through fields)
* Cheshire: (By the right and dignity of the sword)
* Cornwall: (One and all)
* Cumberland: (I carry through)
* Derbyshire: (By good counsel)
* Devon: (By divine aid)
* Durham, England, Durham: Faith, foresight and industry
* Dorset: Who's Afear'd
* Essex: Many minds, one heart
* Gloucestershire: (Ever forward)
* Hampshire:
* Herefordshire: (This fair land is the gift of God)
* Hertfordshire: Trust and fear not
* Huntingdonshire: (By work everything flourishes)
* Kent: (Unconquered)
* Lancashire: (In counsel is wisdom)
* Leicestershire: For'ard For'ard
* Lincolnshire: (Perseverance conquers)
* Middlesex:
* Norfolk:
* Northamptonshire: (The Rose—Emblem of Harmony)
* Northumberland: Northumberland
* Nottinghamshire: (Progress with wisdom)
* Oxfordshire: (Dare to be wise)
* Rutland: (Much in little)
* Shropshire: (Let Salop flourish)
* Somerset: (All the people of Somerset)
* Staffordshire: Stafford#The Stafford knot, The knot unites
* Suffolk: (Direct our work)
* Surrey:
* Sussex: We wunt be druv (Sussex dialect, Sussaxon dialect: ''We won't be driven'')
* Warwickshire: United to serve
* Westmorland:
* East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, East Riding: Tradition and Progress
* North Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, North Riding:
* West Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, West Riding: (Heed counsel)
* Wiltshire:
* Worcestershire:

Ceremonial

* Bristol: (Virtue and hard work)
* Cumbria: (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: (Stronger by union)
* South Yorkshire: Each shall strive for the Welfare of All
* Tyne and Wear:
* West Midlands (county), West Midlands: Forward in Unity
* West Sussex:
* West Yorkshire: By Effort Achieve

Former

* Avon (county), Avon:
* Cleveland (county), Cleveland: Endeavour
* Hereford and Worcester:
* Humberside: United we Flourish

Scotland

* Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen: Bon Accord
* Angus, Scotland, Angus: (Trust in Angus)
* Ayrshire, Ayr: God Shaw the Right
* Banffshire, Banff: (With hope and courage)
* Caithness: Commit thy Wark to God
* Clackmannanshire, Clackmannan: Leuk aboot ye
* Dumfriesshire, Dumfries:
* Dunbartonshire, Dunbarton: (Land of the elm trees)
* East Lothian:
* Fife: (By virtue and by industry)
* Inverness-shire, Inverness: (For the good of the county)
* Kincardineshire, Kincardine: (Praise to God)
* Kinross-shire, Kinross: For all Time
* Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkcudbright:
* Lanarkshire, Lanark:
* Midlothian:
* Morayshire, Moray: (In hope)
* Nairn: Unite and be Mindful
* Orkney: (Home to the winds, friend of the sea)
* Peeblesshire, Peebles: (There is increase by swimming against the stream)
* Perthshire, Perth: (For law and liberty)
* Renfrewshire, Renfrew:
* Ross and Cromarty: Dread God and Do Well
* Roxburghshire, Roxburgh: (Yield not to misfortunes [evil things] but go on more boldly against them)
* Selkirkshire, Selkirk:
* Stirlingshire, Stirling:
* Sutherland: (Cling to thy heritage with diligence)
* West Lothian: Aye for the Common Weal
* Wigtownshire, Wigtown:
* Shetland, Zetland: (With laws shall this land be built)

Wales

Traditional

* Isle of Anglesey, Anglesey: (Anglesey mother of Wales)
* Brecknockshire, Brecknock: (Unity, peace, prosperity)
* Caernarfonshire, Caernarfon: (The strength of Gwynedd)
* Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen: (A free people a prosperous country)
* Ceredigion, Cardigan or Ceredigion: (A nation's wealth is freedom)
* Denbighshire (historic), Denbigh: (God is sufficient)
* Flintshire (historic), Flint: (The best shield is justice)
* Glamorganshire, Glamorgan: (He that endureth, overcometh)
* Merionethshire, Merioneth or Merionydd: (While the sea lasts, so shall Merionethshire)
* Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouth: (Faithful to both)
* Montgomeryshire, Montgomery: (Powys paradise of Wales)
* Pembrokeshire, Pembroke: (Out of unity is strength)
* Radnorshire, Radnor: (Higher and higher)

Ceremonial

* Clwyd: (The shield of justice is God)
* Dyfed: (A free people, a prosperous country) – as Carmarthenshire
* Gwent (county), Gwent: (Faithful to both) – as Monmouthshire
* Gwynedd: (The strength of Gwynedd) – as Caernarfonshire
* Mid Glamorgan: (He who suffers, conquers) – as Glamorgan
* Powys: (Unity and freedom)
* South Glamorgan: (The city and the vale)
* West Glamorgan: (The just are strong)

Mottos of the Livery Companies of the City of London

Educational institutions

See also

* 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
* :Latin mottos
* :Lists of mottos

References

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