Mottoes in English
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An overview of English-language Mottoes used in civic heraldry.
For all mottoes, see here.
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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Only true mottoes are listed here, no town names in banners around the arms.
The mottoes are sorted by first letter. For clarity no capital letters are used, except the first letter as well as town names.
| Motto | Used by |
| A good name endureth | Hornchurch |
| A loyal three made stronger in one | Loyalist Township |
| Agriculture and commerce | Maidstone |
| All things for the glory of God | Chingford |
| 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 aware | Chorley |
| Be just and fear not | Pudsey |
| Beauty surrounds health abounds | Morecambe and Heysham |
| Believe - love - obey | Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton |
| Born in conflict - settled in peace | Ajax |
| By concord and industry | Droylsden |
| By courage and faith | Easington, Seaham |
| By effort achieve | West Yorkshire |
| By faith and industry | Copeland, Knowsley, Grimsby RDC |
| By faith and foresight | Wirral |
| By faith foresight and industry | Durham RDC |
| By industry and honour | Rotherham |
| By industry and integrity | Berwick (Nova Scotia), Nelson (Borough) |
| By industry and prudence | Hyndburn |
| By knowledge design and understanding | Milton Keynes |
| By sea and forest enchanted | Lymington |
| By service let us govern | Tadcaster |
| By truth and diligence | South Bedfordshire, Leighton-Linslade |
| By wisdom and design | Welwyn-Hatfield |
| 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 |
| Courage and skill | Ampthill |
| Deeds not words | Ashby-de-la Zouch RDC, Corby |
| 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 loyal | Pickering |
| 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 |
| Fellowhip is life | Walthamstow, Waltham Forest |
| For God an my country | Uganda |
| For God and crown | Northallerton |
| For king law and people | West Suffolk |
| For’ard for’ard | Leicestershire |
| Forever learning | Bond University |
| Forward | Hayes and Harlington , Hillingdon, Birmingham |
| Forward as one | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Forward in unity/unison | Bury, Tonbridge and Malling, West Midlands |
| Forward together | Medway, West Berkshire |
| Forward, upward, onward together | Bahamas |
| Foursquare to all winds | Alford |
| Freedom and justice | Ghana |
| Freely we serve | Amersham RDC, Chiltern |
| Fresh courage take | Newport Pagnell RDC |
| From great things to greater | Tower Hamlets |
| From strength to stregth | Kapsabet |
| Glad of thy word | Parish of St. George's, Pickering Village |
| God’s will first | Nauru |
| God with us | Dursley RDC |
| Going forward in faith | Saint Matthews, Ingleside |
| Goodwill to al lpeople | Ballymoney |
| Govern yet obey | North Warwickshire |
| 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 grow and I rejoice | Crawley |
| I have prepared a lamp | Parish of St, Mark's Qualicum Beach |
| I will lift up mine eyes | Bowland |
| In common endeavour | Harlow |
| In counsel is stability | Windsor |
| In freedom we serve | Runnymede |
| 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 |
| Integrity and industry | Salford |
| Jewel of the Thames | Maidenhead |
| Justice – prosperity - liberty | South Sudan |
| Keep faith | Crewkerne |
| Know thy contree | West Wiltshire |
| Knowledge and service | Njala University |
| Knowledge for service | University of Development Studies |
| Known by their fruits | Sittingbourne and Milton, Swale |
| Let us go forward together | Ellesmere Port and Neston |
| Let us grow in service | Louth RDC |
| Liberty | Havering |
| Like as the oak | Uckfield |
| Looking backward, looking forward | Twickenham |
| Loyal and industrious | Rowley Regis |
| Loyal and true | Chatham, Rochester upon Medway |
| Loyal and unshakeable | Saint Helena |
| Many minds – one heart | Chelmsford |
| Never wonne ne never shall | Reigate, Reigate and Banstead |
| New frontiers - new beginnings | Castor |
| New views to life | Suffolk Coastal |
| No cross, no crown | Colchester |
| Non such | Epsom and Ewell |
| 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 heritage is our foundation | Shefford |
| 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 | Blackpool |
| Progress – industry - humanity | Bradford |
| Progress – peace - prosperity | Gambia |
| Progress by endeavour | Long Eaton |
| Progress in unity | Monmouth, Teesside |
| Progress through endeavour | South Holland, Spalding RDC |
| Progress with honour and dignity | Flaxton |
| Progress with humanity | South Ribble, Haringey |
| Progress with the people | Newham |
| Progress with unity | Wigan |
| Prosperity through endeavour | Rossendale |
| Prosperity through fidelity | Beccles |
| Proud heritage - promising future | Castor |
| Proudly we serve | Horsham |
| 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 |
| Seek strive attain | Seaton |
| Serve God and be cheerful | Sutton and Cheam |
| Serve one another | Chesham |
| Serve with amnity | Boston (Borough), Boston RDC |
| Serve with gladness | Romford |
| Serve with honour | Sedgefield, Slough |
| Service and efficiency | Stretford |
| Service links all | Lincolnshire - Parts of Lindsey, Leatherhead |
| Service with honour | West Dorset |
| 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 |
| Steadfast and faithfull | Axminster |
| Strength growth | Haldimand County |
| Strength in unity | Rushmoor |
| Strength through unity | East Staffordshire |
| Strive for the gain of all | Gainsborough, West Lindsey |
| 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 |
| The noblest motive is to serve | Nidderdale |
| Þreo on anan gebundene (Three joined together in one) | Deddington |
| To be of service | Harrogate |
| To lead is to serve | Solomon Islands |
| Together we progress | Craigavon |
| Together we serve | Kirklees |
| Together we stand | Conception Bay South |
| Tread the smoother ways of peace | Niagara Falls |
| True worth never fails | Failsworth |
| Trust and fear not | hertfordshire |
| Twixt Severn and Wye | Forest of Dean, Lydney |
| Unite to flourish | Aldridge-Brownhills |
| United in progess | Hambleton |
| United to serve/United we serve | Southwark, Torfaen |
| United we advance | Huntingdon and Godmanchester |
| United we endeavour | Redcar with Cleveland |
| United we flourish | Humberside |
| United we serve | Cotswold |
| 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 |
| Unity with diversity | Melton |
| 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 |