A mari usque ad mare -
From sea to sea (Bible) (Canada)
Ad astra per aspera -
To the stars through difficulties (Kansas)
Ad fontes -
To the sources (Renaissance Humanism)
Ad lucem -
Towards the light (University of Lisbon)
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam (AMDG) -
For the greater glory of God (Jesuit Order)
Ad utrumque paratus -
Prepared for everything (Lunds University)
Adspicit lucem in calestis -
Seeking light in the heavens (University of Copenhagen)
Alenda lux ubi orta libertas -
Let learning be cherished where liberty has arisen (Davidson College)
Alis grave nil -
Nothing is heavy to those who have wings (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
Alis volat propiis -
She flies with her own wings (Oregon)
Amat victoria curam -
Success loves (favors) those who take pains (Baylor School) (Catullus)
Amore Ac Studio -
Love of Learning (Bates College) (Charles Sumner)
Ars Gratia Artis -
Art for Art's Sake (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Audax at fidelis -
Bold but faithful (Queensland)
Audeamus -
Let us dare (Otago University Students' Association)
Audemus iura nostra defendere -
We dare defend our rights (Alabama)
Audere est facere -
To dare is to do (Tottenham Hotspur)
Aut Caesar, aut nihil -
Caesar or nothing (All or nothing) (Cesare Borgia)
Benedicere, laudare, praedicare -
To bless, to praise and to preach (Dominican Order)
Cedant arma togae -
Let arms yield to the toga (Let violence give place to law) (Wyoming) (Cicero)
Christo et Doctrinae -
For Christ and Learning (Furman University)
Citius, Altius, Fortius -
Swifter, Higher, Stronger (Modern Olympics)
Civilitas successit barbarum -
Civilization succeeds barbarism (Minnesota)
Concordia Prorsum -
Forward In Harmony (Aylesbury Vale)
Concordia Salus -
Salvation through harmony (Montreal)
Concordia cum veritate -
In harmony with truth (University of Waterloo)
Contemplata aliis tradere -
Handing on to others the fruit of our contemplation (Dominican Order)
Cor ad cor loquitur -
Heart speaks to heart (Newman Clubs)
Crescat scientia, vita excolatur -
Let knowledge increase, let life be perfected (University of Chicago)
Crescit eundo -
It grows as it goes (New Mexico)
Crescite et multiplicamini -
Increase and multiply (Maryland)
Crux spes unica -
The cross is the only hope (Notre Dame University)
Cum Scientia Caritas -
Scientific knowledge applied with compassion (Royal College of General Practitioners)
Cygnus insignis -
Distinguished by its swans (Western Australia)
Dat deus incrementum -
God grants the increase (Westminster School)
De Oppresso Liber -
Free From Having Been Oppressed (US Army Special Forces)
Defensor fortis -
Defender of the force (The United States Air Force Security Force)
Dei sub numine viget -
Under God's Spirit she flourishes (Princeton University)
Deo juvante -
With God's help (Monaco)
Deo vindice -
(With) God as (our) protector (With an avenging God) (Confederate States of America)
Desiderantes meliorem patriam -
They desire a better country (Order of Canada)
Deus (lo) vult! -
God wills it! (Crusades)
Deus lux Mea -
God is my light (Catholic University of America)
Deus nobis fiducia -
God is our trust (George Washington University)
Dirigo -
I direct; I arrange (Maine State)
Disciplina praesidium civitatis -
Instruction is the safeguard of the state (University of Texas)
Ditat Deus -
God enriches (Arizona)
Domine, dirige nos -
Lord, direct us (London)
Dominus illuminatio mea -
The Lord is my light (Oxford University)
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus -
A sleeping dragon must never be tickled (Harry Potter's alma mater)
Ducimus -
We lead (Canadian Infantry)
Dum spiramus tuebimur -
While we breathe, we shall defend (U.S. 133rd Field Artillery Regiment)
Dum spiro, spero -
While I breathe, I hope (South Carolina) (Cicero)
Dum vivimus, servimus -
While we live, we serve (Presbyterian College)
Dum vivimus, vivamus -
While we live, let us live (The Epicureans)
E Caelo Nobis Vires -
From the Sky to Us Strength (Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN)
E pluribus unum -
From many, one (One out of many) (United States of America)
En Avant -
Forward (Minneapolis)
Ensenar deleitando -
To teach so that learning is enjoyable (Letra Hispanica)
Erimus -
We shall be (Middlesbrough)
Eruditio et religio -
Learning and religion (Duke University)
Esse quam videri -
To be, rather than to seem (North Carolina)
Esto perpetua -
May she live forever (Idaho)
Et discere et rerum exquire re causas -
Both to learn and to investigate the causes of things (Georgia)
Ex Diversitate Vires -
From Diversity, Strength (Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH)
Ex Imperiis, Veritas -
From Power, Truth (Scorpio Research Institute)
Ex Unitate Vires -
From unity, strength (South Africa)
Ex astris, Scientia -
From the stars, Knowledge (Starfleet Academy, Star Trek)
Ex luna, scientia -
From the moon, knowledge (Apollo 13)
Ex sciencia tridens -
From knowledge, comes (sea) power (United States Naval Academy)
Excelsior -
Ever higher (Ever upward!) (New York State)
Fac fortia et patere -
Do brave deeds and endure (Prince Alfred College, Adelaide)
Facta, non verba -
Actions, not words (United States Navy Destroyer Squadron 22)
Fide et Amore -
By Faith and Love (Conwy of Bodrhyddan)
Fidei Defensor (FD) -
Defender of the faith (Sovereigns of England since Henry VIII)
Fides quaerens intellectum -
Faith seeking understanding (Saint Anselm)
Floreat regina regina -
May it flourish (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Fluctuat nec mergitur -
She wavers and is not immersed (Paris)
Fortes et liber -
Strong and free (Alberta)
Fortis est veritas -
The truth is strong (Oxford)
Fortes et veritas -
Strength and Truth
Fortitudine et Prudentia -
With Strength and Prudence (Edward, Lord Herbert of Chirbury and Castle Island d. 1648)
Gloriosus et liber -
Glorious and free (Manitoba)
Gradibus ascendimus -
Ascending by degrees (Grey College, Durham)
Gustibus mens dat incremntum -
Knowledge enhances sensory preception (Wine Guild of England)
Hic si stas, hinc eris -
Here you stay, here you belong (Sundial Motto)
Hinc robur et securitas -
Hence strength and security (Swedish National Bank)
Hortus in urbe -
A garden in the city (Chicago Park District)
In Deo speramus -
In God we hope (Brown University)
In arduis fidelis -
Faithful in adversity (Royal Army Medical Corps)
In luce Tua videmus lucem -
In Thy light we see light (Valparaiso University)
In lumine tuo, videbimus lumen -
In your light, we shall see light (Ohio Wesleyan and Columbia Universities)
In somno securitas -
In sleep there is safety (Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland)
In varietate concordia -
United in diversity (European Union)
In via virtuti(s) nulla est via -
In the path of virtue there is no path (Hockleton)
Industria et Probitate -
By Work and Integrity (Ballyclare)
Ingenio et labore -
By natural ability and hard work (University of Auckland)
Justitia omnibus -
Justice for all (District of Columbia)
Justitia, pietas, fides -
Justice, piety, loyalty (Suriname)
Labora Ut Requiescas -
Work hard so that ye will rest (Caulfield Grammar School)
Leges sine moribus vanae -
Laws without morals (are) vain (University of Pennsylvania)
Libertas quae sera tamen -
Freedom which (is) however late (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Libertate unanimus -
Unified by freedom (Netherland Antilles)
Luctor et emergo -
I struggle and emerge (Dutch province of Zeeland)
Lux et lex -
Light and law (Franklin & Marshall College)
Lux et veritas floreant -
Let Light and Truth Flourish (Winnipeg University)
Lux et veritas -
Light and Truth (Yale and Indiana Universities)
Magna Europa est Patria Nostra -
Greater Europe is our (common) Fatherland (Pan-Europeanists)
Meliora -
Better (Carrying the connotation of 'always better') (University of Rochester)
Memento mori -
Remember your mortality (Remember to die) (Friars of Trappa)
Mens agitat molem -
The mind moves the mass (Oregon, Warwick and Eindhoven Universities) (Virgil)
Mens et Manus -
Mind and Hand (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Montani Semper Liberi -
Mountaineers are Always Free (West Virginia)
Multis e gentibus vires -
From many peoples, strength (Saskatchewan)
Munit haec et altera vincit -
One defends and the other conquers (Nova Scotia)
Naturam primum cognoscere rerum -
First, to learn the nature of things (Australian National University)
Nec Dei, Nec Domini -
No Gods – No Masters (Margaret Sanger, 1914)
Nemo me impune lacessit -
No one provokes me with impunity (1984 Scottish Pound) (Kings of Scotland)
Nihil Sine Deo -
Nothing without God (Romania)
Nihil Sine Deus -
Nothing without God (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Royal Family)
Nil desperandum auspice deo -
When God is on our side there is no cause for despair (Sunderland)
Nil desperandum -
Never give up (Conway House, Marist College Canberra) (Horace)
Nil nisi malis terrori -
No terror, except to the bad (King's School, Macclesfield)
Nil satis nisi optimum -
Nothing but the Best is Good Enough (Everton Football Club)
Nil sine numine -
Nothing without the divine will; Nothing without providence (Colorado State) (Virgil)
Noli nothis permittere te terere -
Don't let the bastards wear you down (Mock Latin 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
Non Vi Sed Saepe Cadendo -
Not By Strength But Often By Applying Oneself (William Penn College, Oskaloosa, IA)
Non ducor duco -
I am not led; I lead (São Paulo, Brazil)
Non impediti ratione congitatonis -
Unencumbered by the thought process (Radio show Car Talk)
Nulli expugnabilis hosti -
Conquered By No Enemy (Gibraltar)
Nulli secundus (Nulli secunda) -
Second to none (Coldstream Guards)
Nullius in verba -
(Rely) on the word of no man (Royal Society) (Horace)
Nunc aut numquam -
Now or never (Sir Thomas Hanmer)
Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas -
Happy the city where citizens obey (Dublin)
Omnia Bona Bonis -
To the good all things are good (Harwich)
Ora et labora -
Pray and work (Benedictine Order)
Orbis non sufficit -
The world is not enough (Sir Thomas Bond)
Ordo ab chao -
Out of chaos, comes order (Craft Freemasonry)
Orta recens quam pura nites -
Newly risen, how bright thou shinest (New South Wales)
Parva sub ingenti -
The small under the huge (Prince Edward Island)
Pax et bonum! -
Peace and the good (Saint Francis of Assisi)
Pax et lux -
Peace and light (Tufts University)
Per Mare per Terram -
By Sea and by Land (Royal Marines)
Per ardua ad astra -
Through adversity to the stars (RAAF, RAF, RNZAF and RCAF)
Per aspera ad astra -
The hard way towards the stars (Kansas, NASA) (Seneca)
Per veritatem vis -
Through truth, strength (Washington University, St. Louis)
Plus ultra -
Further beyond (Spain)
Post tenebras lux -
After the darkness comes the light (Protestant Reformation)
Pro Brasilia fiant eximia -
Let exceptional things be made for Brazil (São Paulo State, Brazil)
Pro Deo et patria -
For God and Country (American university)
Pro mundi beneficio -
For the benefit of the world (Panama)
Pro patria -
For one's country (Swedish Order of the Sword, Svärdsorden)
Qua patet orbis -
As far as the world extends (Royal Netherlands Marine Corps)
Quaecumque vera -
Whatever is true (Bible) (Alberta University)
Quaerite primum regnum Dei -
Seek ye first the kingdom of God (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Qui docet in doctrina -
He that teacheth, on teaching (University of Chester)
Qui transtulit sustinet -
He who is transplanted is still sustained (Connecticut)
Quis separabit? -
Who will separate us? (Order of St Patrick)
Quo fas et gloria ducunt -
Whither right and glory lead (Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery)
Quo fata ferunt -
Whither the fates lead us (Bermuda)
Recti cultus pectora roborant -
Sound learning strengthens the spirit (Bishop's University, Quebec)
Regnat populus -
Let the People rule (Arkansas)
Rerum cognoscere causas -
To learn the causes of things (Universities of Sheffield and Guelph)
Rex regum fidelum et -
King even of faithful kings (Trinity Broadcasting Network)
Salus populi suprema lex esto -
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law (Missouri) (Cicero)
Sapere aude! -
Dare to be wise! (University of New Brunswick) (Horace)
Sapientia Manaque Apta -
Wisdom and a Skillful Hand (Canadian Association of General Surgeons)
Sapientia et Virtus -
Wisdom and Virtue (University of Hong Kong)
Semper Vigilans -
Always Vigilant (Civil Air Patrol)
Semper aliquid novi Africa affert -
Africa is always producing some novelty (South African Museum)
Semper fidelis -
Always faithful (United States Marine Corps and H.M.S. Exeter)
Semper paratus -
Always prepared (The United States Coast Guard)
Semper reformanda -
Always being reformed (A shortened form of a Protestant Reformation)
Servo Fidem -
I keep the faith (Marist College, Canberra)
Si me perdis, te perdam -
Waste me and I'll waste you (Sundial Motto)
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice -
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you (Michigan)
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc -
We gladly feast on those who would subdue us (The Addams Family)
Sic itur ad astra -
Such is the pathway to the stars (The Canadian Air Force) (Virgil)
Sic semper tyrannis -
Thus always to tyrants (A statement often accompanying a regicide) (Virginia)
Signum Fidei -
Sign of our faith (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools)
Sol tibi signa dabit -
The sun will give you signs (Sundial Motto) (Virgil)
Sola Gratia -
By Grace Alone (Protestant Reformation)
Soli Deo Gloria -
Glory to God alone (Protestant Reformation)
Spem reduxit -
He has restored hope (New Brunswick)
Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus -
We hope for better things, it will rise from the ashes (Detroit)
Spiritus ubi vult spirat -
The spirit spreads wherever it wants (Cayetano Heredia University)
Splendor sine occasu -
Brightness without setting (Splendour without diminishment) (British Columbia)
Stamus Contra Malum -
We fight against the evil (Jungle Parol, The Phantom)
Strenuis ardus cedunt -
The heights yield to endeavour (University of Southampton)
Sua sponte -
By its own accord (U.S. Army Rangers)
Sub Cruce Lumen -
The light (of learning) under the (Southern) Cross (University of Adelaide)
Sub umbra floreo -
Under the shade I flourish (Belize)
Super Ardua -
Let us overcome our difficulties (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)
Surgam -
I shall rise (Columbia University's Philolexian Society)
Suum cuique -
To each his own (Prussia)
Technica impendi nationi -
Technology impulses nations (Technical University of Madrid)
Tentanda via -
The way must be tried (York University)
Terra Marique -
By land and sea (Newport)
Terras Irradient -
Let them give light to the world (Amherst College)
Tuebor -
I will protect (Michigan State)
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum -
Support the faithful and serve the poor (Knights Hospitaller)
Ubertas et fidelitas -
Fertility and faithfulness (Tasmania)
Ubicumque Felix -
Always happy (Napoleon, in times of despair and loss)
Ubique -
Everywhere (The Royal Engineers and the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery)
Unaquaeque optio exitum habet -
Every choice has consequences (Danish)
Urbs In Horto -
City in a Garden (Chicago)
Ut Omnes Videant -
So That All May See (Royal College of Ophthalmologists)
Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti -
United for the common good (Adelaide)
Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet -
Loyal she began, and loyal she remains (Ontario)
Ut prosim -
That I may serve (Virginia State University)
Ventis secundis -
With a favourable wind (H.M.S. Hood)
Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum (VDMA) -
The Word of the Lord Endures Forever (Lutheran Reformation)
Veritas Lux Mea -
The truth enlightens me; The truth is my light (Seoul National University)
Veritas omnia vincit -
Truth defeats all things (Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario)
Veritas unitas caritas -
Truth, Unity, Love (Villanova University)
Veritas vos liberabit -
The truth will set you free (Bible) (Johns Hopkins University)
Veritas, Christo et Ecclesiae -
Truth for Christ and the Church (Harvard University)
Veritas -
Truth (Dominican Order)
Vi virtute virens -
Flourishing in strength and virtue (Wynne of Foelas early 17th c.)
Victoria Concordia Crescit -
Victory comes from harmony (Arsenal FC)
Vincat Scientia Morbos -
Let knowledge conquer disease (Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons)
Vires Artes Mores -
Strength, Arts, Morals (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
Vires acquirit eundo -
We gather strength as we go (Melbourne) (Virgil)
Virtus sola nobilitat -
Virtue alone ennobles (Waverley College NSW)
Virtus unita fortior -
Strength united is stronger (Andorra)
Virtus unita fortis agit -
United we act stronger (Engineering College of the University of Porto (FEUP))
Virtute et armis -
By virtue and arms (Mississippi)
Virtute, vi, et armis -
With virtue, strength, and arms (John Salesbury of Saithmarchog 1622)
Vis unita maior nunc et semper -
Unity is the biggest strength, now and forever (Kingdom of Portugal)
Vita donum dei -
Life is the gift of God (Royal College of Midwives)
Vita, Veritas, Victoria -
Life, Truth, Victory (Derry/Londonderry)
Vox clamantis in deserto -
A voice crying in the wilderness (Dartmouth College)
