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- A mari usque ad mare - From sea to sea. (Bible) (Canada)
- Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulties. (Kansas)
- Ad fontes - To the sources. (Renaissance Humanism)
- Ad lucem - Towards the light. (University of Lisbon)
- Ad maiorem Dei gloriam (AMDG) - For the greater glory of God. (Jesuit Order)
- Ad utrumque paratus - Prepared for everything. (Lunds University)
- Adspicit lucem in calestis - Seeking light in the heavens. (University of Copenhagen)
- Alenda lux ubi orta libertas - Let learning be cherished where liberty has arisen. (Davidson College)
- Alis grave nil - Nothing is heavy to those who have wings. (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)
- Alis volat propiis - She flies with her own wings. (Oregon)
- Amat victoria curam - Success loves (favors) those who take pains. (Baylor School)
- Amore Ac Studio - Love of Learning. (Bates College)
- Ars Gratia Artis - Art for Art's Sake. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Audax at fidelis - Bold but faithful. (Queensland)
- Audeamus - Let us dare. (Otago University Students' Association)
- Audemus iura nostra defendere - We dare defend our rights. (Alabama)
- Audere est facere - To dare is to do. (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Aut Caesar, aut nihil - Caesar or nothing. (All or nothing) (Cesare Borgia)
- Benedicere, laudare, praedicare - To bless, to praise and to preach. (Dominican Order)
- Cedant arma togae - Let arms yield to the toga. (Let violence give place to law) (Wyoming)
- Christo et Doctrinae - For Christ and Learning. (Furman University)
- Citius, Altius, Fortius - Swifter, Higher, Stronger. (Modern Olympics)
- Civilitas successit barbarum - Civilization succeeds barbarism. (Minnesota)
- Concordia Prorsum - Forward In Harmony. (Aylesbury Vale)
- Concordia Salus - Salvation through harmony. (Montreal)
- Concordia cum veritate - In harmony with truth. (University of Waterloo)
- Contemplata aliis tradere - Handing on to others the fruit of our contemplation. (Dominican Order)
- Cor ad cor loquitur - Heart speaks to heart. (Newman Clubs)
- Crescat scientia, vita excolatur - Let knowledge increase, let life be perfected. (University of Chicago)
- Crescit eundo - It grows as it goes. (New Mexico)
- Crescite et multiplicamini - Increase and multiply. (Maryland)
- Crux spes unica - The cross is the only hope. (Notre Dame University)
- Cum Scientia Caritas - Scientific knowledge applied with compassion. (Royal College of General Practitioners)
- Cygnus insignis - Distinguished by its swans. (Western Australia)
- Dat deus incrementum - God grants the increase. (Westminster School)
- De Oppresso Liber - Free From Having Been Oppressed. (US Army Special Forces)
- Defensor fortis - Defender of the force. (The United States Air Force Security Force)
- Dei sub numine viget - Under God's Spirit she flourishes. (Princeton University)
- Deo juvante - With God's help. (Monaco)
- Deo vindice - (With) God as (our) protector. (With an avenging God) (Confederate States of America)
- Desiderantes meliorem patriam - They desire a better country. (Order of Canada)
- Deus (lo) vult! - God wills it! (Crusades)
- Deus lux Mea - God is my light. (Catholic University of America)
- Deus nobis fiducia - God is our trust. (George Washington University)
- Dirigo - I direct; I arrange. (Maine State)
- Disciplina praesidium civitatis - Instruction is the safeguard of the state. (University of Texas)
- Ditat Deus - God enriches. (Arizona)
- Domine, dirige nos - Lord, direct us. (London)
- Dominus illuminatio mea - The Lord is my light. (Oxford University)
- Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus - A sleeping dragon must never be tickled. (Harry Potter's alma mater)
- Ducimus - We lead. (Canadian Infantry)
- Dum spiramus tuebimur - While we breathe, we shall defend. (U.S. 133rd Field Artillery Regiment)
- Dum spiro, spero - While I breathe, I hope. (South Carolina)
- Dum vivimus, servimus - While we live, we serve. (Presbyterian College)
- Dum vivimus, vivamus - While we live, let us live. (The Epicureans)
- E pluribus unum - From many, one. (One out of many) (United States of America)
- En Avant - Forward. (Minneapolis)
- Ensenar deleitando - To teach so that learning is enjoyable. (Letra Hispanica)
- Erimus - We shall be. (Middlesbrough)
- Eruditio et religio - Learning and religion. (Duke University)
- Esse quam videri - To be, rather than to seem. (North Carolina)
- Esto perpetua - May she live forever. (Idaho)
- Et discere et rerum exquire re causas - Both to learn and to investigate the causes of things. (Georgia)
- Ex Imperiis, Veritas - From Power, Truth. (Scorpio Research Institute)
- Ex Unitate Vires - From unity, strength. (South Africa)
- Ex astris, Scientia - From the stars, Knowledge. (Starfleet Academy, Star Trek)
- Ex luna, scientia - From the moon, knowledge. (Apollo 13)
- Ex sciencia tridens - From knowledge, comes (sea) power. (United States Naval Academy)
- Excelsior - Ever higher. (Ever upward!) (New York State)
- Fac fortia et patere - Do brave deeds and endure. (Prince Alfred College, Adelaide)
- Facta, non verba - Actions, not words. (United States Navy Destroyer Squadron 22)
- Fide et Amore - By Faith and Love. (Conwy of Bodrhyddan)
- Fidei Defensor (FD) - Defender of the faith. (Sovereigns of England since Henry VIII)
- Fides quaerens intellectum - Faith seeking understanding. (Saint Anselm)
- Floreat regina regina - May it flourish. (Regina, Saskatchewan)
- Fluctuat nec mergitur - She wavers and is not immersed. (Paris)
- Fortes et liber - Strong and free. (Alberta)
- Fortis est veritas - Truth is strong. (Oxford)
- Gloriosus et liber - Glorious and free. (Manitoba)
- Gradibus ascendimus - Ascending by degrees. (Grey College, Durham)
- Gustibus mens dat incremntum - Knowledge enhances sensory preception. (Wine Guild of England)
- Hic si stas, hinc eris - Here you stay, here you belong. (Sundial Motto)
- Hinc robur et securitas - Hence strength and security. (Swedish National Bank)
- Hortus in urbe - A garden in the city. (Chicago Park District)
- In Deo speramus - In God we hope. (Brown University)
- In arduis fidelis - Faithful in adversity. (Royal Army Medical Corps)
- In luce Tua videmus lucem - In Thy light we see light. (Valparaiso University)
- In lumine tuo, videbimus lumen - In your light, we shall see light. (Ohio Wesleyan and Columbia Universities)
- In somno securitas - In sleep there is safety. (Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland)
- In varietate concordia - United in diversity. (European Union)
- In via virtuti(s) nulla est via - In the path of virtue there is no path. (Hockleton)
- Industria et Probitate - By Work and Integrity. (Ballyclare)
- Ingenio et labore - By natural ability and hard work. (University of Auckland)
- Justitia omnibus - Justice for all. (District of Columbia)
- Justitia, pietas, fides - Justice, piety, loyalty. (Suriname)
- Labora Ut Requiescas - Work hard so that ye will rest. (Caulfield Grammar School)
- Leges sine moribus vanae - Laws without morals (are) vain. (University of Pennsylvania)
- Libertas quae sera tamen - Freedom which (is) however late. (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Libertate unanimus - Unified by freedom. (Netherland Antilles)
- Luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge. (Dutch province of Zeeland)
- Lux et lex - Light and law. (Franklin & Marshall College)
- Lux et veritas floreant - Let Light and Truth Flourish. (Winnipeg University)
- Lux et veritas - Light and Truth. (Yale and Indiana Universities)
- Magna Europa est Patria Nostra - Greater Europe is our (common) Fatherland. (Pan-Europeanists)
- Meliora - Better. (Carrying the connotation of 'always better') (University of Rochester)
- Memento mori - Remember your mortality. (Remember to die) (Friars of Trappa)
- Mens agitat molem - The mind moves the mass. (Oregon, Warwick and Eindhoven Universities)
- Mens et Manus - Mind and Hand. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Montani Semper Liberi - Mountaineers are Always Free. (West Virginia)
- Multis e gentibus vires - From many peoples, strength. (Saskatchewan)
- Munit haec et altera vincit - One defends and the other conquers. (Nova Scotia)
- Naturam primum cognoscere rerum - First, to learn the nature of things. (Australian National University)
- Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity. (1984 Scottish Pound) (Kings of Scotland)
- Nihil Sine Deo - Nothing without God. (Romania)
- Nihil Sine Deus - Nothing without God. (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Royal Family)
- Nil desperandum auspice deo - When God is on our side there is no cause for despair. (Sunderland)
- Nil desperandum - Never give up.(Conway House, Marist College Canberra)
- Nil nisi malis terrori - No terror, except to the bad. (King's School, Macclesfield)
- Nil satis nisi optimum - Nothing but the Best is Good Enough. (Everton Football Club)
- Nil sine numine - Nothing without the divine will; Nothing without providence. (Colorado State)
- Noli nothis permittere te terere - Don't let the bastards wear you down. (Mock Latin 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
- Non ducor duco - I am not led; I lead. (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Non impediti ratione congitatonis - Unencumbered by the thought process. (Radio show Car Talk)
- Nulli expugnabilis hosti - Conquered By No Enemy. (Gibraltar)
- Nulli secundus (Nulli secunda) - Second to none. (Coldstream Guards)
- Nullius in verba - (Rely) on the word of no man. (Royal Society)
- Nunc aut numquam - Now or never. (Sir Thomas Hanmer)
- Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas - Happy the city where citizens obey. (Dublin)
- Omnia Bona Bonis - To the good all things are good. (Harwich)
- Ora et labora - Pray and work. (Benedictine Order)
- Orbis non sufficit - The world is not enough. (Sir Thomas Bond)
- Ordo ab chao - Out of chaos, comes order. (Craft Freemasonry)
- Orta recens quam pura nites - Newly risen, how bright thou shinest. (New South Wales
- Parva sub ingenti - The small under the huge. (Prince Edward Island)
- Pax et bonum! - Peace and the good.(S. Francis)
- Pax et lux - Peace and light. (Tufts University)
- Per Mare per Terram - By Sea and by Land. (Royal Marines)
- Per ardua ad astra - Through adversity to the stars. (RAAF, RAF, RNZAF and RCAF)
- Per aspera ad astra - The hard way towards the stars. (Kansas, NASA)
- Per veritatem vis - Through truth, strength. (Washington University, St. Louis)
- Plus ultra - Further beyond. (Spain)
- Post tenebras lux - After the darkness comes the light. (Protestant Reformation)
- Pro Brasilia fiant eximia - Let exceptional things be made for Brazil. (São Paulo State, Brazil)
- Pro Deo et patria - For God and Country. (American University)
- Pro mundi beneficio - For the benefit of the world. (Panama)
- Pro patria - For one's country. (Swedish Order of the Sword, Svärdsorden)
- Qua patet orbis - As far as the world extends. (Royal Netherlands Marine Corps)
- Quaecumque vera - Whatever is true. (Bible) (Alberta University)
- Quaerite primum regnum Dei - Seek ye first the kingdom of God. (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Qui docet in doctrina - He that teacheth, on teaching. (University of Chester)
- Qui transtulit sustinet - He who is transplanted is still sustained. (Connecticut)
- Quis separabit? - Who will separate us? (Order of St Patrick)
- Quo fas et gloria ducunt - Whither right and glory lead. (Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery)
- Quo fata ferunt - Whither the fates lead us. (Bermuda)
- Regnat populus - Let the People rule. (Arkansas)
- Rerum cognoscere causas - To learn the causes of things. (Universities of Sheffield and Guelph)
- Rex regum fidelum et - King even of faithful kings. (Trinity Broadcasting Network)
- Salus populi suprema lex esto - Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.(Missouri)
- Sapere aude! - Dare to be wise! (University of New Brunswick)
- Sapientia Manaque Apta - Wisdom and a Skillful Hand. (Canadian Association of General Surgeons)
- Sapientia et Virtus - Wisdom and Virtue. (University of Hong Kong)
- Semper Vigilans - Always Vigilant. (Civil Air Patrol)
- Semper aliquid novi Africa affert - Africa is always producing some novelty. (South African Museum)
- Semper fidelis - Always faithful. (United States Marine Corps and H.M.S. Exeter)
- Semper paratus - Always prepared. (The United States Coast Guard)
- Semper reformanda - Always being reformed. (A shortened form of a Protestant Reformation)
- Servo Fidem - I keep the faith. (Marist College, Canberra)
- Si me perdis, te perdam - Waste me and I'll waste you. (Sundial Motto)
- Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice - If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you. (Michigan)
- Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc - We gladly feast on those who would subdue us. (The Addams Family)
- Sic itur ad astra - Such is the pathway to the stars. (The Canadian Air Force)
- Sic semper tyrannis - Thus always to tyrants. (A statement often accompanying a regicide) (Virginia)
- Signum Fidei - Sign of our faith. (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools)
- Sol tibi signa dabit - The sun will give you signs. (Sundial Motto)
- Sola Gratia - By Grace Alone. (Protestant Reformation)
- Soli Deo Gloria - Glory to God alone. (Protestant Reformation)
- Spem reduxit - He has restored hope. (New Brunswick)
- Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus - We hope for better things, it will rise from the ashes. (Detroit)
- Spiritus ubi vult spirat - The spirit spreads wherever it wants. (Cayetano Heredia University)
- Splendor sine occasu - Brightness without setting. (Splendour without diminishment) (British Columbia)
- Stamus Contra Malum - We fight against the evil. (Jungle Parol, The Phantom)
- Strenuis ardus cedunt - The heights yield to endeavour. (University of Southampton)
- Sua sponte - By its own accord. (U.S. Army Rangers)
- Sub Cruce Lumen - The light (of learning) under the (Southern) Cross. (University of Adelaide)
- Sub umbra floreo - Under the shade I flourish. (Belize)
- Super Ardua - Let us overcome our difficulties. (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)
- Surgam - I shall rise. (Columbia University's Philolexian Society)
- Suum cuique - To each his own. (Prussia)
- Technica impendi nationi - Technology impulses nations. (Technical University of Madrid)
- Tentanda via - The way must be tried. (York University)
- Terra Marique - By land and sea. (Newport)
- Terras Irradient - Let them give light to the world. (Amherst College)
- Tuebor - I will protect. (Michigan State)
- Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum - Support the faithful and serve the poor. (Knights Hospitaller)
- Ubertas et fidelitas - Fertility and faithfulness. (Tasmania)
- Ubicumque Felix - Always happy. (Napoleon, in times of despair and loss)
- Ubique - Everywhere. (The Royal Engineers and the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery)
- Unaquaeque optio exitum habet - Every choice has consequences. (Danish Motto)
- Urbs In Horto - City in a Garden. (Chicago)
- Ut Omnes Videant - So That All May See. (Royal College of Ophthalmologists)
- Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti - United for the common good. (Adelaide)
- Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - Loyal she began, and loyal she remains. (Ontario)
- Ut prosim - That I may serve. (Virginia State University)
- Ventis secundis - With a favourable wind. (H.M.S. Hood)
- Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum (VDMA) - The Word of the Lord Endures Forever. (Lutheran Reformation)
- Veritas Lux Mea - The truth enlightens me; The truth is my light. (Seoul National University)
- Veritas omnia vincit - Truth defeats all things. (Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario)
- Veritas unitas caritas - Truth, Unity, Love. (Villanova University)
- Veritas vos liberabit - The truth will set you free. (Bible) (Johns Hopkins University)
- Veritas, Christo et Ecclesiae - Truth for Christ and the Church. (Harvard University)
- Veritas - Truth. (Dominican Order)
- Victoria Concordia Crescit - Victory comes from harmony. (Arsenal FC)
- Vincat Scientia Morbos - Let knowledge conquer disease. (Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons)
- Vires acquirit eundo - We gather strength as we go. (Melbourne)
- Virtus sola nobilitat - Virtue alone ennobles. (Waverley College NSW)
- Virtus unita fortior - Strength united is stronger. (Andorra)
- Virtus unita fortis agit - United we act stronger. (Engineering College of the University of Porto (FEUP))
- Virtute et armis - By virtue and arms. (Mississippi)
- Vis unita maior nunc et semper - Unity is the biggest strength, now and forever. (Kingdom of Portugal)
- Vita donum dei - Life is the gift of God. (Royal College of Midwives)
- Vita, Veritas, Victoria - Life, Truth, Victory. (Derry/Londonderry)
- Vox clamantis in deserto - A voice crying in the wilderness. (Dartmouth College)
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May 16, 2013 at 10:45 PM
I just hope that you could also translate that to English. So everyone can understand. Thanks a lot. Looking forward on your next post. Have a nice day!