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An overview of Mottoes used in civic heraldry.
#Redirect [[:Category:List of mottoes used in heraldry]]
 
This page is under construction, if you see a motto on the site that is not yet listed here or have any other addition, please [{Contact|mail me]] !
 
Only true mottoes are listed here, no town names in banners around the arms.
 
The mottoes are listed by language.
 
==Mottoes in Dutch==
[[File:Gravenhage.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with Dutch as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vrede en recht
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Peace and Justice
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[['s Gravenhage|'s Gravenhage/The Hague]]
|-
|}
 
 
==Mottoes in English==
[[File:ajax.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with English as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|A loyal three made stronger in one
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Loyalist Township]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Born in conflict - settled in peace
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ajax]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By industry and integrity
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Berwick (Nova Scotia)]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Determined we began - determined we remain
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ameliasburg]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|New frontiers - new beginnings
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Castor]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Pride in our past, faith in our future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Mississauga]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Proud heritage - promising future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Castor]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Strength growth
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Haldimand County]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Striving toward a magnificent future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Quinte West]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Together we stand
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Conception Bay South]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Tread the smoother ways of peace
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Dr. Arthur William Fisher’s poem “Niagara” (1924)
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Niagara Falls]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unity growth prosperity
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Taber]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unity responsibility loyalty
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Niagara]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Wisdom knowledge and trust
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Clarington]]
|-
|}
 
==Mottoes in French==
[[File:lambton.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with French as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Le jour viendra
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|The day will come
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Lambton]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Sur terre et sur mer, Berthier toujours plus fier
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By sea and by land, Berthier always prouder
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Berthier-sur-Mer]]
|-
|}
 
==Mottoes in Greek==
 
Mottoes with ancient Greek as the original language.
 
 
==Mottoes in Latin==
[[File:grenville.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with Latin as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Amicitia omnibus rebus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ridgetown]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Animo et fide
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|With courage and faith
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Medicine Hat]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Centum salutationes
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[100 Mile House]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Cor unum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|With one heart
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Grand Falls]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fraternitas aequalitas soliditas
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Fraternity Equality Solidarity
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Grenville]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In deo imperium sed populus administrat
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Bruce County]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In fraternitate unitas
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unity in brotherhood
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Edmundston]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In montibus ad flumen
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In the mountains by the river
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Fernie]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Lab initio ad futurum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ancaster]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Progredi prospere
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Headingley]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Salus et opus
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Health and wealth
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Kamloops]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Ubi lux ibi labor
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Valleyfield]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unio silvae marisque
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Mahone Bay]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unus cum viribus duorum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Abbotsford]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vestigia nulla retrorsum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[North Cowichan]]
|-
 
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vires acquirit eundo
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|We gather strength as we go
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Virgil, Aeneid IV, 175
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Brandon]]
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Volet Gander
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Gander]]
|-
|}
 
==Mottoes in Old Norse==
[[File:shetland.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with Old Norse as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Með lögum skal land byggja
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By law shall the land be built up
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Njáls Saga
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Zetland]], [[Shetland Islands]]
|}
 
==Mottoes in Non-existing languages==
[[File:esquimal.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes with a non-existing or phantasy language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin/Language'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Es-whoy-malth
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|A shoaling place
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|transcribed from a local native American language
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Esquimalt]]
|}
 
==Mottoes in two or more langauges==
[[File:Northbattleford.jpg|250 px|center]]
 
Mottoes in multiple languages.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin/Languages'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Kayas - présent - future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Past - present - future
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Cree, French and English
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[North Battleford]]
|}

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