Mottoes in Latin
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An overview of Latin 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 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 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, Steenhuize-Wijnhuize | ||||
| A magnis ad maiora | From great things to greater | Stepney | ||||
| A mare labor | Saint Pierre et Miquelon | |||||
| Abeunt studia in mores | University of St. Mark and St. John | |||||
| Absit invidia | Let there be no ill-will | Limavady | ||||
| Absque labore nihil | Nothing without labour | Darwen, Stalybridge, Halton | ||||
| Ad culmina | To the summits | College of the Rockies | ||||
| Ad pontes prospicimus | At the bridges we look forward | Staines | ||||
| Ad solem prospicimus | We look towards the sun | Spelthorne | ||||
| Ad summa nitamur | Let us strive for perfection | Croydon | ||||
| Adhuc hic hesterna | The things of yesterday are still with us | Chichester RDC | ||||
| Adsumus ut adiuvemus | Rhondda Cynon Taff | |||||
| Adveniat regnum tuum | Thy kingdom come | Saint Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa | ||||
| Aedificemus | Let us build | Greater Sudbury | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Alte volo | I fly high | Heywood | ||||
| 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 et salubritas | Delightfulness and healthiness | Shepway | ||||
| Amoenitas, salubritas, urbanitas | Ryde | |||||
| Amoenitate quies | Whitby RDC | |||||
| Amor Angliae rustica | Love of Rural England | Osgoldcross | ||||
| Animo et fide | With courage and faith | Carshalton, Medicine Hat, Stockport | ||||
| Animus fluiminum vires populi | Coquitlam | |||||
| Antiqui coolant antiquum dierum | Let the ancients worship the ancient of days | Chester | ||||
| Antiquum obtinens | Holding fast to tradition | Warwick | ||||
| Arate sulco recte | Plough a straight furrow | Rochford RDC | ||||
| Ardens fide | Burning faith | Brentwood | ||||
| Ardua vince merendo | Overcome difficulties by service | Winchester RDC | ||||
| Arte et labore | By skill and labour | Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen | ||||
| Arte favente nil desperandum | Our skill assisting us, we have no cause for despair | Leek (Staffordshire) | ||||
| Arx celebris fontibus | Harrogate | |||||
| Aspice respice | Look forward, look backward | Wellingborough | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Avorum honori | Cumberland (Ontario) | |||||
| Bene consulendo | By good counsel | Derbyshire | ||||
| Benedicte fontes domine | O all ye springs, bless ye the Lord | Buxton | ||||
| Camera principis | The prince's chamber | Coventry | ||||
| Cantate domino | O sing unto the Lord | Holy Saviour Church, Waterloo | ||||
| Caput inter nubila condit | Gateshead | |||||
| Caritas pro armis | Basiliek van de H. Pancratius te Tubbergen | |||||
| Castella supra fluvium | A castle on a river | Flint | ||||
| Castello fortior concordia | Peace is stronger than a fortress | Northampton | ||||
| Castrum ruri dat consilium | Caistor | |||||
| Cave | Beware | Ware | ||||
| Cave et spera | Beware and hope | Chapel-en-le-Frith | ||||
| Cavendo tutus adversa sperno | Settle | |||||
| Centum salutationes | 100 Mile House | |||||
| Cives oppidi fundamenta | Citizens are the foundations of a town | Kenilworth | ||||
| Civitatis fortuna cives | The fortune of the state depends on the citizens | Bebington | ||||
| Cognosci ut melius facias | To know so as to better do | Collège Sainte-Anne de Lachine | ||||
| Com et hom | Villa Minozzo | |||||
| Conamine augeor | Mthatha | |||||
| Concordia | Harmony | Tandridge | ||||
| Concordia amicitia conjuncta | Concord with friendship | Sawbridgeworth | ||||
| Concordia prorsum | Forward in harmony | Aylesbury Vale | ||||
| Concordia salus | Salvation through harmony | Montreal | ||||
| Concordia vincit | Northam | |||||
| Conjuncti prosperamus | Bethlehem (Free State) | |||||
| Consilio absit discordia | Let discord be absent from your deliberations | Whitehaven | ||||
| Consilio et animo/animis | By wisdom and courage | Eton, South Buckinghamshire, Wanstead and Woodford, Surbiton, Featherstone, Kiveton Park | ||||
| Consilio et concordia | By counsel and good fellowship | Bocking | ||||
| Consilio et prudentia | By counsel and by wisdom | Atherton, Burgess Hill, Halstead | ||||
| Consilio et labore | By counsel and work | Manchester | ||||
| Consilio semper publico | Ever in the public interest | High Peak | ||||
| Constans - fortis - stabilis | Constat, strong, stable | Nakina | ||||
| Constanter et recte | Steadfastly and justly | Hemsworth | ||||
| Constantia basis virtutum | Steadfastness is the foundation of the virtues | Andover | ||||
| Constantia scientia prudentia | By steadfastness, knowledge and foresight | Newcastle under Lyme | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Cor unum via una | One heart, one way | Broxbourne | ||||
| Cor viride provinciae | The green heart of the province | Chilliwack | ||||
| Corde uno sapientes simus | With one heart let us be men of understanding | Cambridgeshire | ||||
| Crede signo | Believe in the sign | Rochdale | ||||
| Crescente luce | James Cook University | |||||
| Crescit sub pondere virtus | Manliness grows out of adversity | West Devon | ||||
| Cum aquila alte volemus | The welfare of all is our concern | Garstang | ||||
| Cunabula foedris | Charlottetown | |||||
| Curandum omnium bonum | Let us soar high with the eagle | Cambridgeshire | ||||
| Custodi civitatem domine | O Lord, watch over the city | Westminster | ||||
| Custos hereditatis | Basiliek van de HH Agatha en Barbara te Oudenbosch | |||||
| De profundis | Bedlingtonshire | |||||
| Debentur omnia deo | We owe everything to God. | Deben | ||||
| Decus et tutamen | Gravesend | |||||
| Defendamus | Let us defend | Taunton | ||||
| Dei sub numine viget | Under god's power she flourishes | Princeton University | ||||
| Deo adjuvante | By the help of God | Wellington (Somerset) | ||||
| Deo adjuvante labor proficit | With God's help our labour is successful | Sheffield | ||||
| Deo adjuvante non timendum | With God's help there is nothing to fear | Louth | ||||
| Deo confidemus | We trust in God | West Ham | ||||
| Deo juvante | Monaco | |||||
| Deo teste valeamus | With God as our witness, let us be strong | Test Valley | ||||
| Deprimit elatos levat Alexandria stratos | Alessandria | |||||
| Deus dat incrementum | God giveth the increase | Warrington | ||||
| Deus nobis haec otia fecit | God hath granted us this ease | Liverpool | ||||
| Deus et patria | God and country | Robert Land Academy | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Discendo floremus | Through learning we flourish | Grant MacEwan University | ||||
| Domine est dirigere | It is for the Lord to direct | Gipping | ||||
| Domine dirige nos | Lord, direct us | London | ||||
| Domine salva nos | Lord save us | Henfield | ||||
| Dominus nobis sol et scutum | The Lord is our sun and shield | Banbury | ||||
| Domus pacis et iustitiae | Basiliek van Sint Walburgis te Arnhem | |||||
| Ducit amor oppidi | The love of our town leads us. | Malden and Coombe | ||||
| Dum cresco spero | While I grow I hope | Bromley | ||||
| Dum defluent amnis/amnes | Till the river(s) cease(s) to flow | Elmbridge, Walton and Weybridge | ||||
| E glande querqus | From the acorn, the oak | Dorking and Horley, Wokingham | ||||
| E mari merces | Wealth from the sea | Halifax (Nova Scotia) | ||||
| E pluribus unus/unum | One out of many | Eston, United States | ||||
| E ventis vires | From the wind, strength | Seaford | ||||
| Ecce agnus dei | Basiliek van Sint Johannes de Doper te Laren | |||||
| Erimus | We shall be | Middlesbrough | ||||
| Et patribus et posteriati/posteris | Both for our ancestors/past and our prosperity | Hitchin, Wychavon | ||||
| Ex igne resurgam | I will arise out of fire | Lisburn | ||||
| Ex mare Dei gratia | From the sea by the grace of God | Canvey Island | ||||
| Ex sapientia modus | University of New England | |||||
| Ex terra copiam e mari salutem | From the land fulness and from the sea health | Worthing | ||||
| Ex terra opes | From the earth wealth | Coalville, North West Leicestershire | ||||
| Ex terra vigemus | From the earth prosper | Sedgefield RDC | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Extollitur ad astra | Ponzone | |||||
| Falce marique potens | Powerful with the sickle and on the sea | Larne | ||||
| Famam extendere factis | East Retford RDC | |||||
| Fervet opus | Evesham RDC | |||||
| Festina diligenter | Surrey Heath | |||||
| Festina lente | Audenshaw, Gaby, Walmer | |||||
| 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 diligentia | Woking | |||||
| Fide et fiducia | Golborne | |||||
| Fide et fortitudine | By faith and fortitude | Penrith, Braintree RDC | ||||
| Fide et industria | By faith and industry | Kirkby, Mid Devon, Royston (Yorkshire) | ||||
| Fide et labor(e) | By faith and industry | Harpenden, Walsingham | ||||
| Fidelis | Faithful | Abbeville | ||||
| Fidelis adque/etque fortis | Faithful and brave | Ards, Newtownards | ||||
| Fidelis sapiens justus | Honest, thoughful, just | South Herefordshire | ||||
| Fidelitas urbis salis regis | The faithfulness of the city is the safety of the king | Bridgnorth | ||||
| 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 | May industry flourish | Darlington | ||||
| Floreat industria | He prospers who labours | Rawtenstall, Batley, Darlington | ||||
| Floreat verbi praeconio | Archdiocese of Glasgow | |||||
| Florebo quocumque ferar | Wherever I may go, I will flourish | Réunion | ||||
| Floruit floreat | May it flourish as it has flourished | Newbury | ||||
| Fluctuat nec mergitur | He who rises with the wave is not swallowed by it | Paris | ||||
| Fortibus tantum pugna pro patria | Viguzzolo | |||||
| Fortes creantur fortibus | The brave beget the brave | Gorinchem | ||||
| Fortis est veritas | Strong is truth | Oxford | ||||
| Fortis et liber | Strong and free | Alberta | ||||
| Fortis ferox fertilis | Trani | |||||
| Fortis inarduis | Strong in difficulties | Middleton | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Fortitudo mea civium fides | Volksrust | |||||
| Fortunata non mutat genus | Circumstance does not change our origin | Cape Breton | ||||
| Fraternitas - aequalitas - soliditas | Fraternity - equality - solidarity | Grenville | ||||
| Fruges ecce paludis | Behold the fruits of the marsh | Mirfield | ||||
| Frumentaria ubertatis nobilis | Granja de Torrehermosa | |||||
| Fuimus et sumus | We have been and we are | Whitby | ||||
| Gaudeat ager | Let the field be joyful | Fylde RDC, Fylde | ||||
| Haec libertatis ergo | All for the sake of freedom | Leiden | ||||
| Haec lumina numquam errantiae | These lights never wander | Castlegar | ||||
| Haec otia studia fovent | University of Liverpool | |||||
| Hic manebimus optime | Arenzano | |||||
| Hinc vides | Carignano | |||||
| Hoc sidere vivo | Alice Superiore | |||||
| Honeste nec timide | Honestly but not timidly | South Staffordshire | ||||
| Honeste progrediemur conando | Let us progress by honest endeavour | Seisdon | ||||
| Honor alit artis | Honour sustains the arts | Burton-upon-Trent | ||||
| Honor et industria | Honour and industry | Bacup | ||||
| Hora et sempere | Now and always | South Northamptonshire | ||||
| Hostes nunc amici | Foes now friends | Abergavenny | ||||
| Humanitas virtus fortium | Front | |||||
| I pede fausto | Oadby | |||||
| Ibi stabilitas et perennitas | In this place there is stability and continuity | Bury (Quebec) | ||||
| 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 dei nomine feliciter | Basiliek van de H. Willibrordus te Hulst | |||||
| In deo fidemus | We trust in God | Brighton | ||||
| In deo imperium sed populus administrat | Bruce County | |||||
| In deo speramus | In God we hope | Brown University | ||||
| In fraternitate unitas | Unity in brotherhood | Edmundston | ||||
| In hoc signo vinces | Basiliek der Heilige Kruisverheffing te Raalte | |||||
| In libertate labor | Villa Bartolomea | |||||
| In libertate vis | Our strength is our freedom | Merton and Morden | ||||
| In loco delicioso | In a delightful place | Cricklade | ||||
| In montibus ad flumen | In the mountains by the river | Fernie | ||||
| In montibus fortitudo | Fenestrelle | |||||
| In nomine dei | In the name of God | Basiliek van de H. Amelberga te Susteren | ||||
| In novitate vivam | Novi Ligure | |||||
| In praecipiti stantem | Steadfast on the edge | Alderley Edge | ||||
| In pulvere vinces | By effort you conquer | Acadia University | ||||
| In reliquiam laboramus | We work for the future | Rayleigh | ||||
| In terra divitiae | In the earth, riches | Blaby | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| In veritate victoria | Victory is in truth | Loughborough, Charnwood | ||||
| Incertum quo fata ferunt | Nobody knows where you will be leaded | Wyk auf Föhr | ||||
| Industria arte prudentia | By industry skill and foresight | Calderdale | ||||
| Industria didat | Progress through industry | Knottingley, Radcliffe, Widnes | ||||
| Industria et perseverantia | By inustry and perseverance | Marlborough District and Region, Brantford | ||||
| Industria et spe | Labour and hope | Skipton | ||||
| Industria intellegentia prosperitas | Industry intelligence prosperity | Brockville | ||||
| Industria navem implet | Industry fills the ships | Halton | ||||
| Industria omnia vincit | Industry overcomes all things | Morley | ||||
| Industria virtute et labore | By dilgence, courage and work | Yeovil (Borough) | ||||
| Industriis et labore cresco | By work and industry I grow | La Tuque | ||||
| Ingenio floremus | Witney | |||||
| Ingenium et consilio | Irlam | |||||
| Ingenium industria alitur | Skill is fostered by diligence | Ripley | ||||
| Ingredior roebus – cyllaros egredior | Bagnacavallo | |||||
| Integri procedamus | University of Ghana | |||||
| Integritas unitas firmitas | Integrity, unity, strength | Leduc | ||||
| Intento animo | With earnest mind | Rotherham RDC | ||||
| Inter arbores florimus | We flourish among the trees | Rockcliffe Park | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Justus ut acer | Just like the maple | Gloucester (Ontario) | ||||
| Juvat impigros deus | God defends the diligent | Huddersfield | ||||
| Lab initio ad futurum | Ancaster | |||||
| Labor et concordia | Work and concord | Longueuil | ||||
| Labor improbus omnia vincit | Blitar | |||||
| Labor in venatu | Work in the Chase | Cannock, Cannock Chase | ||||
| Labor ipse voluptas | Labour itself is pleasurable | Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School | ||||
| Labor omnia vincit | Labour overcomes all things | Ashton-under-Lyne , Bradford, Chiredzi, Wrexham-Maelor, Wrexham County Borough, Ilkeston, Mpumalanga, Chadderton, Salto, West Bromwich | ||||
| Labora si vis tondere | Work if you would reap | Whiston | ||||
| Labore et perseverantia | Through labour and perseverence | London (Ontario) | ||||
| 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), Eccles | ||||
| Leges sine moribus vanae | Laws without character are worthless | University of Pennsylvania | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Liduina sponsa Christi | Basiliek van Sint Liduina te Schiedam | |||||
| Liliis tenaci vimine jungor | Amiens | |||||
| Luctor et emergo | Zeeland (provincie) | |||||
| Lumen monstro pro salute | A great light to greet you | Burnham-on-Sea | ||||
| Lux et humanitas | Light and humanity | Blackwell | ||||
| Lux et veritas | Light and truth | Yale University | ||||
| Lux salubritas felicitas | Light, health, happiness | Clacton | ||||
| Malang nominor sursum moveor | They call me diagonal, but I move upwards | Malang | ||||
| Manu forti | With a strong hand | Mackay | ||||
| Mare didat flores decorant | The sea enriches and the flowers adorn | Exmouth | ||||
| Mare didat pinusqe decorat | The sea enriches and the pine adorns | Sheringham | ||||
| Mare et ferro | By sea and iron | Redcar | ||||
| Mediis Tranquillis in Undis | Borkum | |||||
| Mellis ex labore dulcedo | Melazzo | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Mens corpus animus | Mind body spirit | Balmoral junior secondary school | ||||
| Mente et manu | By mind and hand | East Hampshire | ||||
| Miles domini indefessus | The soldier of the Lord is never weary | Nieuwolda, Scheemda | ||||
| Ministando dignitas | Dignity in service | Leyton | ||||
| Ministando vigilans | Vigilant in our serving | Mole Valley | ||||
| Monemus et munimus | We counsel and protect | Monmouth | ||||
| Montes excelsi refugio | North Cotswold | |||||
| Montes prosperitatem vident | The mountains are witness to my prosperity | Madiun | ||||
| Montes rivique nobis inspirant | The mountains and their streams are our inspiration | North Vancouver (District) | ||||
| Montis insignia Calpe | Of the mountain called Calpe | Gibraltar | ||||
| Moribus antiquis pareamus | Let us ever hold fast to the old virtues | Bungay | ||||
| Multis periculis supersum | Coevorden | |||||
| Multum in parvo | Much in little | Rutland | ||||
| Navem mercibus implere | Fill the ships with goods | Runcorn | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Neque terrent monstra | Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc | |||||
| Nisi dominus aedificiaverit | Unless the Lord build | Rickmansworth | ||||
| 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 metu sed vi | Cavaglià | |||||
| Non minima sed maxima petimus | Not the least but the greatest we seek | Great Aycliffe | ||||
| Non nobis solum | Not for ourselves alone | Beckenham, Worsley | ||||
| Non omniapassi nec ab omnibus | San Salvatore Monferrato | |||||
| Non progredi est regredi | Not to go forward is to go backward | Chigwell, Ruislip-Northwood | ||||
| Non sibi sed patriae | Not for oneself but for one's country | Freebridge Lynn | ||||
| Non vi sed virtute domatur | Cumiana | |||||
| Nostrum est rura tueri | Our task is to look after the needs of the countryside | Clitheroe RDC | ||||
| Nunquam non paratus | Never unprepared | Congleton | ||||
| O lector salve coeli pateant tibi valve | O reader hail, may the Gates of Heaven stand open for thee | Haverfordwest | ||||
| Obstantia amovet | He pushes away obstacles | Lasalle | ||||
| Omnia ad dei gloriam | ll things for the glory of god | Mount Pearl | ||||
| Omnia bona bonis | To the good all things are good | Harwich | ||||
| Omnia vincit labor | Borzonasca | |||||
| Omnibus optimum | The best for all | Gedling | ||||
| Omnis vita labor | Hemiksem | |||||
| Oni heuri in fedir | You cannot reap unless you sow | Carmarthen, Carmarthen RDC, Neath RDC, Neath Borough | ||||
| Opes consilio parit | Wisdom begets wealth | Bridgwater | ||||
| Opes industria parit | Industry begets plenty | Bingley | ||||
| Oppida rusque una | Town and countryside in unity | Waverley (Surrey) | ||||
| Optima petamus | Let us seek the best | Darlington, Westering High School | ||||
| Opus nostrum dirige | Direct our work | East Suffolk | ||||
| Ora et ara | Pray and plough | South Kesteven RDC | ||||
| Ora et labora | Pray and work | Arucas, Lichfield | ||||
| Optimum sufficit | Only the best is enough | Ulverston | ||||
| Pace belloque fidelis | Reggio nell'Emilia | |||||
| Pannus mihi panis | Kendal | |||||
| Parva componere magnus | Small but comparable with great | Oakham | ||||
| Pax et justitia | Peace and justice | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||
| Pax vobiscum | Peace be with you | Gananoque | ||||
| Per angusta ad angusta | Through hard times to prosperity | Antrim (county) | ||||
| Per ardua ad summa | Through difficulties to the heights | Beddington and Wallington | ||||
| Per ardua in fide servite deo | Through difficulties serve god in faith | Sutton (London Borough) | ||||
| Per aspera ad astra | One reaches the stars only through difficulties | Cirebon, Gouda | ||||
| Per bellum patria | Through war, a nation | Battle | ||||
| Per crucem per coronam | Through the Cross through the Crown | Epping Forest | ||||
| 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 mare per ecclesiam | Through the sea through the church | Southend-on-Sea | ||||
| Per pacem ad industriam | Vereeniging | |||||
| Per periculua ad decus ire juvat | Let it rejoice thee to set dangers at nought in the quest of honour | Scarborough | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Persevera | Persevere | Stroud, Laerskool Lorraine | ||||
| Perseverantia vincit | Perseverance succeeds | Lincolnshire - Parts of Kesteven | ||||
| Plechelmus pastor et servus | Basiliek van de H. Plechelmus te Oldenzaal | |||||
| Plus salis quam sumptus | Margherita di Savoia | |||||
| Pons fortis corda robusta | A solide bridge, strong hearts | Pakenham | ||||
| Porta maris portus salutis | A gate of the sea and a haven of health | Margate | ||||
| Porta vagae | Ross-on-Wye | |||||
| Post mortem patris pro filio | Held after the death of the father for the son | Pontrefact | ||||
| Post proelia concordia | After the battle, concord | Hinckley and Bosworth | ||||
| Prae salem notanda | Famed for salt | Preesall | ||||
| Praecepta non homines | Principles, not men | Newport Pagnell | ||||
| Praesidemus | We stand on guard | Military Ordinariate of Canada | ||||
| Pratis preasto virentibus | Amid green meadows I proudly stand | East Grinstead | ||||
| Pretiumque et causa laboris | Burnley | |||||
| Primus et princeps | First and foremost | Annapolis | ||||
| Principa non homines | Sandbach (Congleton) | |||||
| Prisca constantia | Ancient and loyal | Newcastle under Lyme | ||||
| Pro aris et focis | Emarèse | |||||
| 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 patria | For the Motherland | Cornwall (Ontario) | ||||
| Pro rege et fide audax | Bold for King and faith | Bideford | ||||
| Pro rege et lege | For king and law | Leeds | ||||
| Pro rege et patria | For king and fatherland | Saint-Quentin | ||||
| Pro rure et focis | For our countryside and our homes | Yeovil RDC | ||||
| Pro rure pro patria | For countryside and country | Hertford RDC | ||||
| Pro tanto quid retribuamus | Belfast | |||||
| Pro tribus donis simillis terdona leonis | Tortona | |||||
| Prodesse | To serve | Hindley | ||||
| Proficit homo terra manet | A man passes on to better things whilst earth remains inviolate | Ryedale | ||||
| Progredi et conservare | Progress with preservation | Pershore | ||||
| Progredi prospere | Headingley | |||||
| Progrediamur | We progress | Ellesmere Port | ||||
| Progrediens confimatur animus | Our spirit is strengthened by advancing | Bletchley | ||||
| Progredior | I progress | Orpington | ||||
| Progressio cum populo | Progress with the people | East Ham | ||||
| Progressio et concordia | Progress and concord | Kettering, New Maryland | ||||
| Progressus et stabilitas | Progress and stability | Brighton (Ontario) | ||||
| Propria tuemur | We look after what is ours | Southborough | ||||
| Prosperitas in excelsis | Flourishing well | Saint Helens | ||||
| Prosunt gentibus artes | Arts profit the people | bermondsey | ||||
| Prosunt gentibus artes | Arts profit the people | Bermondsey | ||||
| Providencia proficiemus | By foresight we progress | Norton | ||||
| Providentiae memor | Swakopmund | |||||
| Providus | Hibberdene | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Ramosa cornua cervi | The branching horns of the stag | Woodstock | ||||
| Recordamur omnium | We are mindful of all | Kimberley | ||||
| Rectam via sequi | To follow the right road | North Kesteven | ||||
| Recte fac noli timere | Do right, fear not | Prestwich | ||||
| Regeneratio | Luinjeberd | |||||
| Regi et deo semper fidelissima | Perpignan | |||||
| Regnant qui serviunt | They rule who serve | North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield RDC | ||||
| Regnum dei intra vos est | Basiliek der Onze Lieve Vrouwe ten hemel opneming te Zwolle | |||||
| 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 | Bootle, Knutsford, Tettenhall | ||||
| Respice finem | Regard the end | Boksburg | ||||
| Respice (et) prospice | Look to the past and the future | Stoke Newington, 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 | |||||
| Rus gratiis musisque dignum | A countryside worthy of the Graces and Muses | Bathavon | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Salubritas et erutidio | Health and erudition | Cheltenham | ||||
| Salubritas et industria | Health and industry | Swindon | ||||
| Salus | Health | Montecatine Terme | ||||
| Salus et felicitas | Health and happiness | Sale, Torbay, Torquay | ||||
| Salus et opus | Health and wealth | Kamloops | ||||
| Salus naufragis salus aegris | Ramsgate | |||||
| Salus populi | The welfare of the people | Rushcliffe, Southport | ||||
| Salus populi suprema (est) lex | The welfare/good of the people is the most important law | Eastleigh, Harrow, Lytham St. Anne's, Tipton, Mid Sussex, Lewisham, West Lancashire, Swinton and Pendlebury, Salford, Urmston, Willenhall | ||||
| Salutatio | Welkom | |||||
| Salve magna parens | Hail great mother | Lichfield | ||||
| Sanctae nomine crucis | The Holy Cross by name | Waltham Holy Cross | ||||
| Sancte Lamberte ora pro nobis | Basiliek van de H. Lambertus te Hengelo | |||||
| Sanguis meus novi testamenti | Basiliek van de H. Petrus te Boxtel | |||||
| Sanitate crescamus | May we grow in health | Croydon | ||||
| Sapere aude | Dare to be wise | Oldham | ||||
| Sapienter et audacter | Wisely and boldly | Sandton | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Sed coelom solum | Renison University College | |||||
| Semper acceptus | Always welcome | Paignton | ||||
| Semper contendo | Ever pressing forward | Crewe | ||||
| Semper eadem | Leicester | |||||
| Semper fidelis | Always faithful | Bath (Ontario), Exeter | ||||
| Semper procedens | Ever progressing | Lancaster RDC | ||||
| Semper proficimus | We progress continually | Leyland | ||||
| Semper progrediamur | Let us progress together | Crewe and Nantwich | ||||
| Semper progrediens | Sint Maarten (eiland) | |||||
| Semper prorsum | Aylesbury | |||||
| Semper renascor | Palembang | |||||
| Semper serio | Always in earnest | Hatfield | ||||
| Serio servire | Earnestly to serve | East Dorset, Wimborne and Cranborne | ||||
| Serva fidem | Keep faith | Blackburn RDC | ||||
| Servire contendimus | We strive to serve | Chertsey | ||||
| Servire populo | To serve the people | Bromley | ||||
| Sic nos non nobis laboramus | Thus we labour, but not for ourselves | Pocklington | ||||
| Sic virescit industria | Thus industry flourishes | Rotherham | ||||
| Sic vos non vobis | Baldock | |||||
| Sicut quercus virescit industria | Industry flourishes like the oak | Mansfield | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Sit tibi sancta cohors comitum | To thee be the band of comrades dedicated | Congleton | ||||
| Societas florebit | Fellowship will blossom | Benfleet, Castle Point | ||||
| Sol et pastor deus | God is my sun and shepherd | Sunbury-on-Thames | ||||
| Sol et salubritas | Sun and health | Bexhill-on-Sea | ||||
| Sola bona quae honesta | Those things alone are good which are honourable | Royal Leamington Spa | ||||
| Solis ortum conspicere | To behold the sunrise | Yorkshire - East Riding | ||||
| Solium gloriae dei | Basiliek der Onze Lieve Vrouwe Sterre der Zee te Maastricht | |||||
| Sparsa collegit | Hamilton (city, Bermuda) | |||||
| Spe nemo ruet | With hope, no one shall fail | Spennymoor | ||||
| Spectemur agendo | Judge us by our actions | Barnsley, Chorley RDC, Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Gert Sibande | ||||
| Spes bona | Western Cape | |||||
| Spes nostra salve | Basiliek der Onze Lieve Vrouw van het Heilig Hart te Sittard | |||||
| Spirat in deo | Put your hope in God | Northleach | ||||
| Splendor sine occasu | Splendor without diminishment | British Columbia | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Studio fide animis | Saint Faiths & Aylsham | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Tam cras quam hodie | As much for tomorrow as for today | Wellingborough RDC | ||||
| Tempori parendum | We must move with the times | Stockton | ||||
| Tempus rerum imperator | Time is the ruler of all things | Elora | ||||
| Tenax et fidelis | Firmness and faithfulness | Beau Bassin - Rose Hill, Dartford | ||||
| Tenax proposti | Ballymena Academy | |||||
| Terra hereditas nostra | Constantia Valley | |||||
| Terra marique | On land and sea | Thornton Cleveleys, Newport (Wales) | ||||
| Thesauros in argo | For we have treasures in the field | Wisbech RDC | ||||
| Turpe nescire | It is a disgrace to be ignorant | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School | ||||
| 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 incrementum est via vitae | Marystown | |||||
| Ubi lux ibi labor | Valleyfield | |||||
| Ubi nunc sapientis ossa Merlini | Where now are the bones of wise Merlin | Marlborough | ||||
| Unio silvae marisque | Mahone Bay | |||||
| Unio fortis | Chivasso | |||||
| Unitas | Unity | Rustenburg | ||||
| Unitate et labore | Unity and labour | University of Nairobi | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Unum e pluribus | One made out of many | Wokingham | ||||
| Unus cum viribus duorum | Abbotsford | |||||
| Urbis et orbis honor | Beaune | |||||
| Urbis palladium et gentis | Pau | |||||
| Urbs in rure | The town in the countryside | Solihull | ||||
| Usque ad terminos orbis terrarum | To the ends of the earth | Anglican Catholic Church of Canada | ||||
| Ut homines liberi sint | That men may go free | Egham | ||||
| Ut proavi in Deo confidemus | Enniskillen | |||||
| Ut tibisic aliis | Unto thyself so to others | Bicester | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Vetera novaque tueri | To safeguard the old and the new | Malton | ||||
| Vetustas dignitatem generat | Age begets dignity | East Retford | ||||
| Vi dei terraque | Richmond RDC | |||||
| Via veritas vita | The way, the truth, the life | University of Glasgow | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Vigilate et orate | Watch and pray | Clevedon | ||||
| Vincet amor patriae | Conzano | |||||
| Vincit omnia industria | Industry overcomes all things | Bury | ||||
| Vires acquirit eundo | We gather strength as we go | Brandon | ||||
| Vires contexamus arti | Castle Donington | |||||
| Virtus veritas libertas | Virtue, truth and freedom | Glossop | ||||
| Virtute et industria | By virtue and industry | Bristol | ||||
| Virtute et vigilantia | By courage and vigilance | Dorking | ||||
| Virtute in factis | By courage in our deeds | North Wiltshire, Calne and Chippenham | ||||
| Vis unita fortior | United strength is stronger | Crosby | ||||
| Vita musis gratior | Life is more satisfying through the muses | Haslemere | ||||
| Vita veritas victoria | Life truth victory | Derry | - | Vitam excolvere per artes | Chiavari | |
| Vivat floreat crescat | May it live, flourish, and grow | Drummond | ||||
| Vivit post funera virtus | Virtue outlives death | Nottingham | ||||
| Volat ad aethera virtus | Sambuca di Sicilia | |||||
| Volet Gander | Gander |