Mottoes

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An overview of Mottoes used in civic heraldry. Mottoes are very common in the British-style heraldry (UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand), and much less common in other countries. Therefore the large majority of the mottoes listed here are from towns and councils in the British region.

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The mottoes are listed by language and sorted by first letter. For clarity no capital letters are used, except the first letter as well as personal or town names. A translation in English is provided when available.

Mottoes in African languages

Mottoes with any African language as the original language. For Afrikaans, see Dutch, for Malagasy, see below.

Motto	Language	Translation in English	Used by
!ke e:/xarra//ke	Khoisan		South Africa
Harambee	Swahili		Kenya
Kathleho ka kopano	?		Free State
Khotso pula nala	Sotho	Peace, rain, prosperity	Lesotho
Kutiina mukama niyo nsibuko y’amagezi	Nyoro	For God and my country	Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
Masisukume sakhe	Zulu	Let us rise and built	KwaZulu-Natal
Pula	Setswana	Rain	Botswana
Syinqaba	Swati	We are a fortress	Swaziland
Thuto ke thebe	Setswana		University of Botswana
Ubumwe – umurimo – gukunda ighihugu	Kinyarwanda	Unity, work, patriotism	Rwanda
Yinkhaba	Swati		Manzini

Mottoes in Celtic languages

Mottoes with Gaelic (Irish), Breton or Cornish as the original language. For Welsh, see below.

Motto	Translation in English	Language	Used by
Feor magh eanagh		Irish	Fermanagh (county)
Kensa ha dewetha	First and last	Cornish	Penwith
Unanet e vimp kreñv	United we are stronger	Breton	Quimper

Mottoes in Dutch or Afrikaans

Mottoes with Dutch as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
Dispereert niet (also Ende dispereert niet)		Batavia
Heldhaftig - vastberaden - barmhartig		Amsterdam
Niet zonder arbyt	Not without labour	Chesterton, South Cambridgeshire
Sterker door strijd		Rotterdam
Trouw en liefde		Gent
Vrede en recht	Peace and Justice	's Gravenhage/The Hague

Mottoes in English

Mottoes with English as the original language.

Motto	Used by
A loyal three made stronger in one	Loyalist Township
Agriculture and commerce	Maidstone
All this beauty is of God	Isle of Wight
All’s well	Camberwell
Always advancing	Thornaby-on-Tees
Always ready	South Tyneside, Glanford, Glanford Brigg
Ancient and loyal	Wigan
Aspire	Chesterfield
Be just and fear not	Pudsey
Believe - love - obey	Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton
Born in conflict - settled in peace	Ajax
By concord and industry	Droylsden
By effort achieve	West Yorkshire
By faith and industry	Knowsley, Grimsby RDC
By faith and foresight	Wirral
By faith foresight and industry	Durham RDC
By industry and integrity	Berwick (Nova Scotia), Nelson (Borough)
By industry and prudence	Hyndburn
By sea and forest enchanted	Lymington
By service let us govern	Tadcaster
By truth and diligence	South Bedfordshire, Leighton-Linslade
By wisdom and foresight	Braintree
By worth	Keighley, Farnham
Come all who are weary and heavy laden	Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa
Constant be	Bedfordshire
Country above self	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Courage and faith	Guilford County
Defend the right	Horncastle RDC
Desire the right	Falkland Islands
Determined we began - determined we remain	Ameliasburg
Do well (and) doubt not	Tottenham, Tunbridge Wells
Do well and fear not	Elstree, Hertsmere
Each shall strive for the welfare of all	South Yorkshire
Endeavour	Cleveland
Ever conscious of God, we aspire, build and advance as one people	Grenada
Ever forward	Weston-super-Mare
Ever looking forward	East Down
Ever vigilant	Greater Manchester
Except the Lord keep the city	Halifax (Yorkshire)
Faith and industry	Abingdon
Faith foresight and industry	Durham (City)
Faith in the future	Mbabane
Faith work service	Calne
Fear God honour the king	Parish of St. Andrews, Wrexham Borough
For God an my country	Uganda
For king law and people	West Suffolk
For’ard for’ard	Leicestershire
Forward	Hayes and Harlington , Hillingdon, Birmingham
Forward as one	Stockton-on-Tees
Forward in unity/unison	Bury, Tonbridge and Malling
Forward together	Medway
Forward, upward, onward together	Bahamas
Foursquare to all winds	Alford
Freedom and justice	Ghana
Freely we serve	Amersham RDC, Chiltern
From great things to greater	Tower Hamlets
Glad of thy word	Parish of St. George's, Pickering Village
God’s will first	Nauru
Going forward in faith	Saint Matthews, Ingleside
Goodwill to al lpeople	Ballymoney
Grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ	Parish of St. George's, Georgetown
Guide our endeavours	Suffolk
He hath founded it upon the seas	Cayman Islands
He shall rule from the river to the ends of the Earth	Parish of St. Paul's, Dunville
Heaven’s light our guide	Portsmouth
Hold fast that which is good	Trafford
Hold to the thruth	Burnley, Braintree and Bocking
I have prepared a lamp	Parish of St, Mark's Qualicum Beach
I will lift up mine eyes	Bowland
In counsel is stability	Windsor
In thee are the springs of our life	Parish of St. John's, Cambridge
In unity progress	Ilford, Redbridge, Gateshead
In unity we serve	Lincolnshire
Inasmuch	Norfolk Island
Industry and integrity	Tameside
Industry and prudence conquer	Accrington
Industry enriches	Spenborough
Integrity	Dukinfield
Jewel of the Thames	Maidenhead
Justice – prosperity - liberty	South Sudan
Keep faith	Crewkerne
Know thy contree	West Wiltshire
Knowledge for service	University of Development Studies
Let us grow in service	Louth RDC
Like as the oak	Uckfield
Looking backward, looking forward	Twickenham
Loyal and true	Chatham, Rochester upon Medway
Loyal and unshakeable	Saint Helena
New frontiers - new beginnings	Castor
No cross, no crown	Colchester
Not for ourselves alone	Barnes
Nothing without labour	Haslingden
Obtain wisdom	Oadby and Wigston
Old yet ever new	New Forest, New Forest RDC
One and all	Cornwall
Onward	Hyde, Fleetwood
Onward with confidence	Ogwr
Our faith is our strength	Tristan da Cunha
Our spirits rejoice	Saint Luke's Cathedral, Sault Ste. Marie
Out of darkness cometh light	Wolverhampton
Out of many one people	Jamaica
Peace	Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Canada
Persevere	Denton
Pride in our past, faith in our future	Mississauga, Hertford
Pride - spirit - vision	Armstrong
Progress – industry - humanity	Bradford
Progress – peace - prosperity	Gambia
Progress by endeavour	Long Eaton
Progress in unity	Teesside
Progress through endeavour	South Holland, Spalding RDC
Progress with humanity	South Ribble, Haringey
Progress with unity	Wigan
Prosperity through endeavour	Rossendale
Proud heritage - promising future	Castor
Research and discovery	Falkland Islands Dependencies and British Antarctic Territory
Rejoice in the lord alway	Saint Paul's Cathedral, Regina
Risen - ascended - glorified	Parish of All Saints, Peterborough
Serve God and be cheerful	Sutton and Cheam
Serve one another	Chesham
Serve with amnity	Boston (Borough), Boston RDC
Serve with honour	Slough
Service and efficiency	Stretford
Service links all	Lincolnshire - Parts of Lindsey
Service with justice	Alnwick
Service without prejudice	South Norfolk
Share - enjoy - prosper	Letchworth Garden
Sharing God’s love	Saint James, Stouffvile
Sincerity	Southam
Sow for posterity	Longridge
Stand fast in honour and strength	Merton
Strength growth	Haldimand County
Strength in unity	Rushmoor
Striving toward a magnificent future	Quinte West
The heart of a town lies in it speople	Stevenage
The knot unites	Staffordshire
The land, the people, the light	Saint Lucia
The love of liberty brought us here	Liberia
To lead is to serve	Solomon Islands
Together we serve	Kirklees
Together we stand	Conception Bay South
Tread the smoother ways of peace	Niagara Falls
True worth never fails	Failsworth
Twixt Severn and Wye	Forest of Dean, Lydney
Unite to flourish	Aldridge-Brownhills
United to serve/United we serve	Southwark, Torfaen
United we advance	Huntingdon and Godmanchester
United we endeavour	Redcar with Cleveland
Unity and freedom	Malawi
Unity and progress	Melksham, Sandwell, Warley
Unity and service	Silsden
Unity growth prosperity	Taber
Unity is strength	Salisbury and Wilton
Unity responsibility loyalty	Niagara
Upon this rock	Peterborough
Vigilant in faith and indusrty	Cleethorpes
Vision courage integrity	Maldon
We grow by industry	Blyth Valley
We long endure	Colne
We prosper by industry	Todmorden
We serve	Islington, Yiewsley and West Drayton
We serve as one	South Pembrokeshire
Where justice rules, there virtue flows	Leominster
Who’s afear’d	Dorset
Wisdom knowledge and trust	Clarington
With fort and fleet for home and England	Gillingham

Mottoes in French

Mottoes with French as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
Absit invidia	Let there be no ill-will	Limavady
Avant garde	Vanguard	Havant
De bon cuor		Walton-le-Dale
Je maintendrai		Netherlands, Hofstra University
Le jour viendra	The day will come	Lambton
L’union fait la force		Sint-Joost-ten-Node
Non sanz droict	Not without right (Norman French)	Warwickshire
Prest a faire	Ready to act	Fareham
Sans dieu rien	Without God nothing	Wanganui
Sur terre et sur mer, Berthier toujours plus fier	By sea and by land, Berthier always prouder	Berthier-sur-Mer
Travail – liberté - patrie	Work – librty - fatherland	Togo
Un people – un but – une foi	One people – one goal – one faith	Senegal
Ung par tout – tout par ung		Southampton (Bermuda)
Union – travail - justice	Union – labour - justice	Gabon
Unité – dignité - travail	Unity – dignity - labour	Central African Republic
Unité – travail - progress	Unity – labour - progress	Burundi, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville)

Mottoes in Frisian

Mottoes with Frisian as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
In doarp riist ut 'e puollen		De Tynje

Mottoes in Greek

Mottoes with ancient or modern Greek as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ ΚΛΥΖΕΙ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΤΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΝ ΚΑΚΑ		Tenby

Mottoes in Indonesian

Mottoes with Bahasa Indonesia or any other native language in Indonesia as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
Bhinneka tunggal Ika	Unity in diversity	Indonesia
Gemah ripah loh jinawi		Cirebon
Gemah ripah repeh rapih	Richness for all and living in harmony	Jawa Barat
Jer basuki mawa bea	Achievements are only won through sacrifice	Jawa Timur
Karya swadaya	On own power	Papua
Soerâ-ing-bâjâ	Virtue in battle	Surabaya

Mottoes in Latin

Mottoes with Latin as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
A deo et regina/rege	From God and the Queen/King	Frimley and Camberley, Richmond
A magnis ad maiora	From great things to greater	Stepney
A mare labor		Saint Pierre et Miquelon
Absit invidia	Let there be no ill-will	Limavady
Absque labore nihil	Nothing without labour	Darwen, Stalybridge
Ad montesoculos levavi	I shall lift up mine eyes unto the hills	Cumbria
Ad summa nitamur	Let us strive for perfection	Croydon
Adsumus ut adiuvemus		Rhondda Cynon Taff
Adveniat regnum tuum	Thy kingdom come	Saint Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa
Aequitas iudicia tua domine		Roermond
Alacres illo coluerunt	Eagerly they toiled to that end	East Elloe
Alcmaria victrix	Alkmaar is victorious	Alkmaar
Alios delectare juvat	It is our pleasure to please others	Hunstanton
Alta sententia	With high purpose	Arnold
Altiora petimus	We seek higher things	Finsbury
Alto nomine	Of high renown / Alton by name	Alton RDC
Amicitia omnibus rebus		Ridgetown
Amoeniora Litora nostra	Our shores are more delightful	Mablethorpe and Sutton
Amoenitas et antiquitas		North Westmorland
Amoenitas, salubritas, urbanitas		Ryde
Amor Angliae rustica	Love of Rural England	Osgoldcross
Animo et fide	With courage and faith	Carshalton, Medicine Hat
Antiqui coolant antiquum dierum	Let the ancients worship the ancient of days	Chester
Ardua vince merendo	Overcome difficulties by service	Winchester RDC
Arte et labore	By skill and labour	Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
At spes non fracta	Yet hope is not broken	Blaenavon
Attingo rura	I manage the countryside	Thingoe
Audaces prorsum	Boldly forward	Boldon
Audacter et sincere	Boldly and frankly	Castleford
Audemus dum cavemus	We are bold whilst we are cautious	Wallasey
Audentior	With greater boldness	Watford
Auxilio divinio	By divine aid	Devon
Bene consulendo	By good counsel	Derbyshire
Cantate domino	O sing unto the Lord	Holy Saviour Church, Waterloo
Caput inter nubila condit		Gateshead
Castella supra fluvium	A castle on a river	Flint
Cave	Beware	Ware
Cavendo tutus adversa sperno		Settle
Centum salutationes		100 Mile House
Civitatis fortuna cives	The fortune of the state depends on the citizens	Bebington
Concordia	Harmony	Tandridge
Concordia amicitia conjuncta	Concord with friendship	Sawbridgeworth
Concordia prorsum	Forward in harmony	Aylesbury Vale
Conjuncti prosperamus		Bethlehem (Free State)
Consilio et animo/animis	By wisdom and courage	Wanstead and Woodford, Surbiton, Featherstone
Consilio et prudentia	By counsel and by wisdom	Atherton, Halstead
Constanter et recte	Steadfastly and justly	Hemsworth
Constantia basis virtutum	Steadfastness is the foundation of the virtues	Andover
Copia est labor	Industry brings prosperity	Horwich
Copia et concordia	Harmony and abundance	Vacoas/Phoenix
Confitemini domino	O give thanks unto the Lord	Holy Trinity Church, Chatham
Cor unum	With one heart	Grand Falls, Huntingdon and Peterborough, Soke of Peterborough
Corde uno sapientes simus	With one heart let us be men of understanding	Cambridgeshire
Cum aquila alte volemus	The welfare of all is our concern	Garstang
Curandum omnium bonum	Let us soar high with the eagle	Cambridgeshire
Custodi civitatem domine	O Lord, watch over the city	Westminster
Decus et tutamen		Gravesend
Defendamus	Let us defend	Taunton
Deo adjuvante	By the help of God	Wellington (Somerset)
Deo adjuvante non timendum	With God's assistance there is nothing to fear	Louth
Deo teste valeamus	With God as our witness, let us be strong	Test Valley
Deus nobis haec otia fecit	God hath granted us this ease	Liverpool
Deus noster refugium et virtus	God is our refuge and strength	Dewsbury
Deus per omnia	God pervades all things	Islington
Dirigere non dominari	To direct but not to dominate	Alcester
Domine est dirigere	It is for the Lord to direct	Gipping
Domine dirige nos	Lord, direct us	London
Ducit amor oppidi	The love of our town leads us.	Malden and Coombe
Dum cresco spero	While I grow I hope	Bromley
E pluribus unus/unum	One out of many	Eston, United States
Erimus	We shall be	Middlesbrough
Et patribus et posteriati	Both for our ancestors and our prosperity	Hitchin
Ex undis	From the waves	Eemsmond, Hefshuizen, Uithuizermeeden
Ex unitate vires	Out of unity strength	South Africa (old), Pembrokeshire, Preseli
Exemplo sint virtutis		Saint Albans RDC
Festina diligenter		Surrey Heath
Festina lente		Audenshaw
Festina lente cauta fac omnia mente	Haste, less speed and do everything with understanding	Venlo
Festina prudenter		Bagshot
Fiat secundum verbum tuum	Let it be done according to thy word	Saint Marylebone
Fide condita, fructu beata, spe fortis	Founded in faith, rich in the fulfilment thereof, strong in the hope for the future	Christchurch (New Zealand)
Fide et fiducia		Golborne
Fide et fortitudine	By faith and fortitude	Penrith, Braintree RDC
Fide et industriar	By faith and industry	Kirkby
Fide et labore	By faith and industry	Harpenden
Fidelis	Faithful	Abbeville
Fidelis adque/etque fortis	Faithful and brave	Ards, Newtownards
Fidelis sapiens justus	Honest, thoughful, just	South Herefordshire
Fides et justitia	Faith and justice	Farnborough
Fides invicta triumphat	Unconquered faith triumphs	Gloucester
Fides probata coronat	Confirms what has been proved good and true	Ashburton (New Zealand)
Fiducia et vi	By confidence and strength	Slough
Finis coronat opus	The end crowns the work	Wigston, Seychelles
Firma et stabilis	Safe and sure	Kirkham
Firmior	Stronger	Brentford and Chiswick
Firmum est cor meum		Pontifical North American College
Floreat qui laborat	He prospers who labours	Rawtenstall
Florebo quocumque ferar	Wherever I may go, I will flourish	Réunion
Fluctuat nec mergitur	He who rises with the wave is not swallowed by it	Paris
Fortes creantur fortibus	The brave beget the brave	Gorinchem
Fortis est veritas	Strong is truth	Oxford
Fortis et liber	Strong and free	Alberta
Fortiter defendit triumphans	'Triumphing by brave defence	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Fortiter et fideliter	Bravely and faithfully	Fulwood, Guildford RDC, Guildford
Fortitudo et spes	Endurance and hope	Stockton-on-Tees
Fraternitas - aequalitas - soliditas	Fraternity - equality - solidarity	Grenville
Fruges ecce paludis	Behold the fruits of the marsh	Mirfield
Gaudeat ager	Let the field be joyful	Fylde RDC, Fylde
Haec libertatis ergo	All for the sake of freedom	Leiden
Haec otia studia fovent		University of Liverpool
Honor et industria	Honour and industry	Bacup
I pede fausto		Oadby
Ignem veni mittere in terram		Pontifical English College
Imperium in imperio		Wetherby
In consilio consilium		Armagh, Lancashire
In consilio sapienta	There is wisdom in counsel	Tewkesbury
In deo fidemus	We trust in God	Brighton
In deo imperium sed populus administrat		Bruce County
In fraternitate unitas	Unity in brotherhood	Edmundston
In libertate vis	Our strength is our freedom	Merton and Morden
In montibus ad flumen	In the mountains by the river	Fernie
In praecipiti stantem	Steadfast on the edge	Alderley Edge
In unitate felicitas		Windsor and Maidenhead
In unitate florescemus	In unity we shall flourish increasingly	Pendle
In unitatem coeamus	Let us go forward together	Feltham
Industria arte prudentia	By industry skill and foresight	Calderdale
Industria didat	Progress through industry	Knottingley, Radcliffe
Industria et perseverantia	By inustry and perseverance	Marlborough District and Region
Industria et spe	Labour and hope	Skipton
Industria omnia vincit	Industry overcomes all things	Morley
Industria virtute et labore	By dilgence, courage and work	Yeovil (Borough)
Ingenium industria alitur	Skill is fostered by diligence	Ripley
Integri procedamus		University of Ghana
Inter sylvas et flumina habitans	Living among woods and streams	Castle Morpeth
Interiora ruris		Wealden
Invicta	Unconquered	Kent
Invictae fidelitatis praemium	Let us go forward together	Hounslow
Iuncti progrediamur	Reward for faithfulness unconquered	Hereford
Jesu flos matris virginis	Jesus, flower born of the Virgin Mother	Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Halifax
Jubilate deo	Make a joyful noise onto the Lord	Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton
Jure et dignitate gladii	By the right and dignity of the sword	Cheshire
Juste nec timide	Be just and fear not	Farnworth
Justitia et virtute	By justice and virtue	Leominster
Juvat impigros deus	God defends the diligent	Huddersfield
Lab initio ad futurum		Ancaster
Labor improbus omnia vincit		Blitar
Labor omnia vincit	Labour overcomes all things	Ashton-under-Lyne , Bradford, Wrexham-Maelor, Wrexham County Borough, Ilkeston, Mpumalanga, Chadderton, Salto, West Bromwich
Labora si vis tondere	Work if you would reap	Whiston
Labore et prudentia	By labour and prudence	Brighouse
Labore et scientia	By labour and science	Jarrow
Labore ipse memores		Lincolnshire - Parts of Holland
Labore omnia florent	All things prosper by industry	Huntingdonshire (County)
Leo terram propriam protegat	Let the lion protect his own land	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Levavi oculos meos in montes	I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills	Malvern
Libera deinde fidelis	Faithful because free	Godalming
Libertas per sapientam	Through wisdom, liberty	University of Lincoln
Liliis tenaci vimine jungor		Amiens
Luctor et emergo		Zeeland (provincie)
Lux salubritas felicitas	Light, health, happiness	Clacton
Malang nominor sursum moveor	They call me diagonal, but I move upwards	Malang
Mare et ferro	By sea and iron	Redcar
Mediis Tranquillis in Undis		Borkum
Memor ruris disciplinae custos	The mindful guardian of the rural way of life	Macclesfield RDC
Memores acti prudentes futuri		North Hertfordshire
Memores boni consili	Mindful of our worthy purpose	Macclesfield
Mente et manu	By mind and hand	East Hampshire
Miles domini indefessus	The soldier of the Lord is never weary	Nieuwolda, Scheemda
Montes prosperitatem vident	The mountains are witness to my prosperity	Madiun
Montis insignia Calpe	Of the mountain called Calpe	Gibraltar
Multis periculis supersum		Coevorden
Multum in parvo	Much in little	Rutland
Nec aspera terrent		Duchy of Braunschweig
Nec ferro nec igni		Appleby
Nec temere nec timide	Neither rashly nor timidly	Craven, Oswestry, Barnard Castle
Nec virtus nec copia desunt	Neither virtue nor plenty are lacking	Macclesfield
Nisi dominus custodierit civitatem	Except the Lord keep the city	Halifax (Yorkshire)
Nisi dominus frustra	Unless God be with us all will be in vain	Chelsea
Nobis habitatio felix	A happy dwelling place for us	Wilmslow
Non minima sed maxima petimus	Not the least but the greatest we seek	Great Aycliffe
Non nobis solum	Not for ourselves alone	Beckenham
Non progredi est regredi	Not to go forward is to go backward	Ruislip-Northwood
Non sibi sed patriae	Not for oneself but for one's country	Freebridge Lynn
Nostrum est rura tueri	Our task is to look after the needs of the countryside	Clitheroe RDC
O lector salve coeli pateant tibi valve	O reader hail, may the Gates of Heaven stand open for thee	Haverfordwest
Omnia bona bonis	To the good all things are good	Harwich
Omnibus optimum	The best for all	Gedling
Oni heuri in fedir	You cannot reap unless you sow	Neath RDC, Neath Borough
Opes industria parit	Industry begets plenty	Bingley
Opus nostrum dirige	Direct our work	East Suffolk
Ora et ara	Pray and plough	South Kesteven RDC
Pooida rusque una	Town and countryside in unity	Waverley
Optimum sufficit	Only the best is enough	Ulverston
Pannus mihi panis		Kendal
Parva componere magnus	Small but comparable with great	Oakham
Pax et justitia	Peace and justice	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Per angusta ad angusta	Through hard times to prosperity	Antrim (county)
Per ardua ad summa	Through difficulties to the heights	Beddington and Wallington
Per aspera ad astra	One reaches the stars only through difficulties	Cirebon, Gouda
Per ardua in fide servite deo	Through difficulties serve God in faith	Sutton (London Borough)
Per Deum et industriam	By God and industry	Banbridge
Per ilsuo, contrario		Paget
Per laborem progredimur	We make progress through hard work	Amber Valley
Per mare et per terram	By sea and land	Boston (Borough)
Per salubritatum opes	Through health, wealth	Ilkley
Per sapientam constantiamque victoria	Triumph through wisdom and endeavour	Erewash
Per undas, per agros		Cambridgeshire
Perfero	I carry through	Cumberland
Perseverantia vincit	Perseverance succeeds	Lincolnshire - Parts of Kesteven
Porta vagae		Ross-on-Wye
Post mortem patris pro filio	Held after the death of the father for the son	Pontrefact
Prae salem notanda	Famed for salt	Preesall
Praesidemus	We stand on guard	Military Ordinariate of Canada
Pretiumque et causa laboris		Burnley
Primus et princeps	First and foremost	Annapolis
Pro bono omnium	For the good of all	Tendring
Pro civibus et civitate	For the citizens and the city	Fulham
Pro deo et populo	For God and the people	Bishops Stortford
Pro rege et lege	For king and law	Leeds
Pro rure et focis	For our countryside and our homes	Yeovil RDC
Pro rure pro patria	For countryside and country	Hertford RDC
Pro tando quid retribuamus		Belfast
Prodesse	To serve	Hindley
Progredi prospere		Headingley
Progredior	I progress	Orpington
Progressio et concordia	Progress and concord	Kettering
Propria tuemur	We look after what is ours	Southborough
Prorsum semper	Ever forward	Aylesbury, Gloucestershire
Prosunt gentibus artes	Arts profit the people	bermondsey
Prudens futuri		Letchworth
Pugna pro patria	Fight for your country	Aldershot
Pulchra terra dei donum	This fair land is the gift of God.	Herefordshire
Pulchritudo et salubritas	Beauty and health	Bournemouth
Quae recta tene	Hold fast that which is right	Romsey
Quaecumque vera	Whatsoever things are true	University of Alberta
Quam bonum in unum habitare	What a good thing it is to dwell together in unity	Kensington and Chelsea
Qui transtulit sustinet	He who transplanted us, sustains us	Connecticut
Quid nobis ardui	What is hard for us	Kensington
Quod improbum terret probo prodest	To the dread and terror of the bad and to the reward of the good	Penzance
Recte fac noli timere	Do right, fear not	Prestwich
Regeneratio		Luinjeberd
Regnant qui serviunt	They rule who serve	[[North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield RDC]
Remis Saba Velisque	With all one's might	Saba
Res gestae res futurae	Things past, things future	Amersham
Respice aspice prospice	Look to the past, the present and the future	Knutsford, Tettenhall
Respice (et) prospice	Look to the past and the future	Trowbridge, Hoylake
Resurrectio		Terband
Rex et nostra jura	The King and our rights	Great Yarmouth
Rident florentia prata	Our flowering fields rejoice	Downham
Rosa concordia signum	The rose, emblem of harmony	Northamptonshire
Ruris artes fovere		Ringwood and Fordingbridge
Sacerdotes domini vocabimini		Pontifical Filipino College
Sacrarium regis cunabula legis	Shrine of the King, cradle of the law	Saint Edmundsbury
Sal est vita	Salt is life	Northwich
Salus	Health	Montecatine Terme
Salus et felicitas	Health and happiness	Sale, Torbay, Torquay
Salus et opus	Health and wealth	Kamloops
Salus populi	The welfare of the people	Rushcliffe
Salus populi suprema (est) lex	The welfare of the people is the most important law	Eastleigh, Urmston, Willenhall, Lytham St. Anne's, Tipton
Sanitate crescamus	May we grow in health	Croydon
Sapere aude	Dare to be wise	Oldham
Sapienter proficiens	Progress with wisdom	Nottinghamshire
Sapientes simus	Let us be men of understanding	Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Scientia Ingenium artes		University of Wales
Secundum Tamesim quovis gentium	By the Thames to all peoples of the World	Thurrock
Semper acceptus	Always welcome	Paignton
Semper proficimus	We progress continually	Leyland
Semper progrediens		Sint Maarten (eiland)
Semper prorsum		Aylesbury
Semper renascor		Palembang
Serio servire	Earnestly to serve	East Dorset, Wimborne and Cranborne
Serva fidem	Keep faith	Blackburn RDC
Servire populo	To serve the people	Bromley
Sic nos non nobis laboramus	Thus we labour, but not for ourselves	Pocklington
Sic vos non vobis		Baldock
Signum salutis semper	Ever the sign of health	Bridlington
Sine labe decus	Honour without stain	Wimbledon
Sine pavore sine favore	Without fear or favour	Penrith RDC
Solis ortum conspicere	To behold the sunrise	Yorkshire - East Riding
Sparsa collegit		Hamilton (city, Bermuda)
Spectemur agendo	Judge us by our actions	Barnsley. Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham
Stabit saxum fluet amnis	The rock will remain and the river will flow	Clitheroe
Stella clavisque Maris Indici	Star and key of the Indian Ocean	Mauritius
Sub cruce floreamus	May we flourish beneath the cross	Poulton-le-Fylde
Sub equoaequitas	Under the horse there is equity	Vale of White Horse
Supera moras	Overcome delays	Bolton
Superba et confidens		Sint Eustatius
Suprema a situ	Supreme by position	Wellington (New Zealand)
Surgamus ergo strenue	Let us arise with vigour	Baildon
Surgimus	We rise	Saltburn and Marske by the Sea
Suum cuique tribuere		Wrexham RDC
Tempori parendum	We must move with the times	Stockton
Tenax et fidelis	Firmness and faithfulness	Beau Bassin - Rose Hill
Tenax proposti		Ballymena Academy
Terra marique	On land and sea	Thornton Cleveleys
Thesauros in argo	For we have treasures in the field	Wisbech RDC
Turris fortissimo est nomen Jehova	The name of the Lord is our strongest tower	Plymouth
Ubi fides ibi lux et robur	Where there is faith there is light and strength	Birkenhead (England)
Ubi lux ibi labor		Valleyfield
Ubi nunc sapientis ossa Merlini	Where now are the bones of wise Merlin	Marlborough
Unio silvae marisque		Mahone Bay
Unitate fortior	Stronger by union	North Yorkshire, Heston and Isleworth
Unitate praestans	Excelling by unity	Preston RDC
Unum deum in trinitate veneremur		Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec
Unus cum viribus duorum		Abbotsford
Urbis et orbis honor		Beaune
Usque ad terminos orbis terrarum	To the ends of the earth	Anglican Catholic Church of Canada
Ut proavi in Deo confidemus		Enniskillen
Utraque parte fluminis	On either side of the river	Wyre
Utrique fidelis	Faithful to both	Monmouthshire
Vale sape	Be strong	Vale Royal
Velut silva floreat	May she flourish as the forest	East Dean
Veritas nobis lumen	The truth is our light	University of Cape Coast
Vestigia nulla retrorsum		North Cowichan, Buckinghamshire
Vicinas urbes alit	She nourishes the neighbouring cities	Spalding UDC
Vicit vim virtus	Virtue conquered force	Haarlem
Vigilantes	Watchful	Cleethorpes
Vigilate deo confidentes		Zuid Holland
Vincit omnia industria	Industry overcomes all things	Bury
Vires acquirit eundo	We gather strength as we go	Brandon
Virtute et industria	By virtue and industry	Bristol
Virtute in factis	By courage in our deeds	North Wiltshire, Calne and Chippenham
Vita musis gratior	Life is more satisfying through the muses	Haslemere
Vivit post funera virtus	Virtue outlives death	Nottingham
Volet Gander		Gander

Mottoes in Malagasy

Mottoes with Malagasy as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
Asa filamnaha fahasambarana		Morondava
Asa fa tsy kabary		Mananjary
Azanahary tsy mitany ny vaka		Antsiranana
Betsimisaraka tsy misara – draha magnano		Fenoarivo Atsinanana
Fanjaiysy noreky taretsy		Antsohihy
Fiaraha miasa no hery		Maintirano
Fiherenana no naha toly ary		Tulear
Ho velona fa tsy ho levona		Mahajanga
Izay mitambatra vato		Ambatondrazaka
Lakana tsara voha manafak’ onja		Toamasina
Nosy magnitry		Nosy Be
Ny asa no harena		Antalaha
Ny toky fitaka fa ny ata ro hita		Ambalavao
Rano masina rano manoro		Antsirabe
Soa fianatsa ro mahovokatsa		Fianarantsoa

Mottoes in Old Norse

Mottoes with Old Norse as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
Með lögum skal land byggja	By law shall the land be built up	Zetland, Shetland Islands

Mottoes in Polynesian languages

Mottoes with any Polynesian language as the original language.

Motto	Langauge	Translation in English	Used by
Long God yumi stanap	Bislama	In God we stand	Vanuatu
Rerevaka na kalou ka doka na Tui	Fijian	Fear God and honour the King	Fiji
Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa'	Gilbertese		Kiribati
Te pai me te whairawa	Maori		Waitakere
Tokelau mo te Atua	Tokelauan	Tokelau for God	Tokelau
Tuituia mai tatou	Maori	Let us all be united	Birkenhead (New Zealand)
Tuvalu mo te Atua	Tuvalan	Tuvalu for God	Tokelau

Mottoes in Portuguese

Mottoes with Portuguese as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
Mui nobre e sempre leal cidade de Lisboa		Lisboa
Terra Prodígio		Iacri
Unidade, disciplina, trabalho	Unity, discipline, labour	São Tomé e Príncipe

Mottoes in Spanish

Mottoes with Spanish as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
Dios, unión, libertad	God, union, liberty	El Salvador
Unidad, paz, justicia	Unity, peace, justice	Equatorial Guinea

Mottoes in Welsh

Mottoes with Welsh as the original language.

Motto	Translation in English	Used by
A ddioddefws a orfu	He who suffered, conquered	Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan
A fynno Duw a fydd		Cowbridge RDC
A vo penn bit pont	He who will be chief, let him be a bridge	Bridgend
Amser yw'n golud		Ystradgynlais
Awn rhagom		Cowbridge
Cadarn pob cyfiawn	The just are strong	West Glamorgan
Cadernid cyfiawndr cynndd	Stability, justice, progress	Barry
Cynyddaf a llawenychaf	I grow and I rejoice	Prestatyn
Dawn gorau dyngarwch	A nation's wealth is freedom	Ceredigion
Diogel dan ddinefwr	Safe under Dinefwr	Dinefwr
Duw a digon	With God, enough	Denbighshire
Duwioldeb diwydrwydd	Godliness and industry	Port Talbot Borough, Port Talbot
Ewch yn uwch	Higher and higher	Radnorshire, Radnorshire District Council
Gorau gweithio-cyd weithio	The best service is co-operation	Maesteg
Golud gwlad rhydidd	A nation's wealth is freedom	Ceredigion
Gorau moes gwasanaeth	The best way of life is service	Aberystwyth Borough
Gorau nawwd, nawwd duw		Hawarden
Gorau tarian cyfiawnder	The best shield is justice	Flintshire, Islwyn
Gwasanaeth a gwerin		Alyn and Deeside
Gwella braint heb golli bro		Vaynor and Penderyn
Gwerth cyngor gwasanaeth	The virtue of a council is its service	Glyndŵr
Hanfod tref trefn	The essential of a good town is orderliness	Ammanford
Hwy clod na golud	Fame outlasts wealth	Rhondda
Iechyd ac addysg	Health and learning	Ebbw Vale
Iechyd harddwch heddwch	Health, beauty, tranquillity	Colwyn, Colwyn Bay
Llafur orfu bobpeth	Hard work conquers everything	Taff-Ely
Llifa'r dwr, llewyrcha'r bobl		Brecknock RDC
Llywyddiant o ddiwydiant		Connah's Quay
Llywyddiant trwy undeb	Success through union	Cynon Valley
Llywyddo drwy ymdrech	Succeeding through endeavour	Neath and Port Talbot
Mon mam Cynru	Anglesey, Mother of Wales	Isle of Anglesey
Nid cadern ond brodyrdde	No strength but in fellowship	Merthyr Tydfil
Nid da lle gellir gwell		Lliw Valley
Powys paradwys cymru	Powys, the paradise of Wales	Powys
Tarian cyfiawnder duw	The shield of justice is God	Clwyd
Tra mor tra meirion		Merionethshire
Undeb a rhyddid	Unity and freedom	Blaenau Gwent
Undeb hedd llwyddiant	Unity, peace, success	Brecknock, Brecknockshire
Undod cadernid cynndd	Unity Strength Progress	Vale of Glamorgan
Unwn i wneud da		Denbighshire
Y ddinas a’r fro	The city and the vale	South Glamorgan
Ymlaen â Delyn	Forward with Delyn	Delyn
Yr hafan dêg ar fin y dôn	The fair haven at the edge of the waves	Rhyl

Mottoes in Non-existing languages

Mottoes with a non-existing or phantasy language.

Motto	Translation in English	Origin/Language	Used by
Es-whoy-malth	A shoaling place	transcribed from a local native American language	Esquimalt

Mottoes in two or more languages

Mottoes in multiple languages.

Motto	Translation in English	Languages	Used by
Kayas - présent - future	Past - present - future	Cree, French and English	North Battleford
Eendracht maakt macht - L’union fait la force		Dutch and French	Belgium
Paix – travail – patrie : Peace – work - fatherland	Peace – work - fatherland	French and English	Cameroon