The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool

(Memorial University of Newfoundland) Quaecumque vera

Whatsoever things are true

(University of Alberta) Recti cultus pectora roborant

Sound learning strengthens the spirit

(Bishop's University, Québec) Rerum cognoscere caucas

To know the cause of things

(London School of Economics and Political Science) Sapienta et doctrina stabilis

Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times

(Queen's University, Ontario) Sidere mens eadem mutato

Although the constellations change the mind is constant

(University of Sydney) Timor domini initium sapientiae

Fear of the lecturer is the beginning of wisdom

(University of Aberdeen) Universa universis patavina libertas

Paduan freedom (is) complete

(University of Padova) Ut vitam habeant

Let them have life

(University of Leicester) Velut arbor aevo

As a tree in the passage of time

(Toronty University) Veritas

Truth

(Harvard University) Veritas et utilitas

Truth and usefulness

(University of Western Ontario) Veritas vos liberabit

The truth will set you free

(Johns Hopkins University) Veritate, scientia, labore

With truth, wisdom and labour

(Loughborough College, UK) Vox clamans in deserto

A voice crying in the wilderness

(Dartmouth College, UK) To Top

Military Mottoes Adde gubernandi studium: pervenit in astra - et pontum caelo coniunxit

Then to the pilot's care: the stars are scaled, and sky with ocean joined

(The United States Naval Observatory) Defensor fortis

Defender of the force

(The United States Air Force Security Force) De oppresso liber

To free the oppressed

(The United States Army Special Forces) Doctrinas bello aptare

Teaching the arts of war

(The Scuola di applicazione, School of Applied Military Studies, Italy) Ducimus

We lead

(The Royal Canadian Infantry) Per ardua ad astra

Through difficulties to the stars

(The Royal Airforce) Ex scientia tridens

From knowledge, sea power

(The United States Naval Academy) Fiat justitia

May there be justice

(The Judge Advocate General's Office of the Canadian Forces) In arduis fidelis

Faithful in adversity

(The Royal Army Medical Corps) In umbra, igitur, pugnabimus

In the shadows, therefore, we will fight

(The First Artillery Detachment of the United States Army) Primus eo

First there

(The United States Air Force Special Tactics Combat Controllers) Quo fas et gloria ducunt

Whither right and glory lead

(The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery) Semper fidelis

Always faithful

(The United States Marine Corps) Semper paratus

Always prepared

(The United States Coast Guard) Sic itur ad astra

Such is the pathway to the stars

(The Canadian Air Force) Ubique

Everywhere

(The Royal Engineers and the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery) Ut aliqui vivant

That others may live

(The United States Air Force Special Tactics Pararescue)

Personal Mottoes Beatus qui timet Dominum

Blessed is he who fears the Lord

(Gustav Vasa, Swedish king 1523-60) Benigno numine

With the benevolent deity

(William Pitt, Earl of Chatham) Coelitus sublima dantur

From the heavens is the highest given

(Sigismund, Swedish king 1592-99) Columna regni sapientia

Wisdom is the foundation of the state

(Kristina, Swedish queen 1632-54) Cor regis in manu Domini

The King's heart (is) in the Lord's hand

(Sigismund) Cum Deo et victricibus armis

With God and victorious arms

(Gustav II Adolf, Swedish king 1611-32) Deus dat cui vult.

God gives to whoever he wishes

(Erik XIV, Swedish king 1560-68)

Deus protector noster

God our protector

(Johan III, Swedish king 1568-92) Domini est terra et caelum

Heaven and earth are the Lord's

(Gustav Vasa) Esse potius quam haberi

Not being seen, but being.

(Tycho Brahe) Et gaudium vestrum impleatur

And that your joy might be full

(Christina Odenberg, first woman bishop of the Church of Sweden. From John 15:11.) Factus est Dominus protector meus

The Lord has been made my protector

(Karl XI, Swedish king 1660-97) Festina lente

Make haste slowly

(Emperor Augustus) Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.

Let there be justice, even if the world perishes.

(Emperor Ferdinand I) Gloria altissimo suorum refugio

Glory to God the Highest, the refuge of his people

(Gustav II Adolf; the motto has the same initials as the words Gustavus Adolphus, Rex Sueciae - Gustav Adolf, King of Sweden.) In Deo spes mea

In God my hope

(Ulrika Eleonora, Swedish queen 1719-20) In Jehova sors mea, ipse faciet

In God (is) my destiny, He will do it

(Karl X Gustav, Swedish king 1654-60) Jehova solatium meum

God (is) my solace

(Karl IX, Swedish king 1604-11) Omnis potestas a Deo est

All power is from God

(Gustav Vasa) Pro jure et populo

For the law and the people

(Sigismund) Salus publica salus mea

The good of the people is my good

(Adolf Fredrik, Swedish king 1751-71) Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos?

If God is for us, who can be against us?

(Gustav Vasa) Viribus unitis

By united efforts

(Emperor Franz Joseph) To Top

Miscellaneous Mottoes Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

To the greater glory of God.

(The Jesuit Order) Ars gratia artis

Art for the sake of art

(Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer) Benedicere, laudare, praedicare

To bless, to praise and to preach

(One of the mottoes of the Dominican Order) Citius, altius, fortius

Swifter, higher, stronger

(The Olympic motto) Contemplata aliis tradere

Handing on to others the fruit of our contemplation

(One of the mottoes of the Dominican Order) (De Moscova ad Melbournensem,) magna Europa est patria nostra!

(From Moscow to Melbourne,) the great Europe is our country!

(The Euro-American Student Union) Domino optimo maximo

To the Lord, the first and greatest

(The Benedictine Order) Dum vivimus, vivamus

While we live, let us live

(The Epicureans) Ex luna scientia

From the moon, knowledge

(The Apollo 13 expedition; a paraphrase on the motto of the US Navy) Hinc robur et securitas

Hence strength and security

(The Swedish National Bank) Gustibus mens dat incrementum

Knowledge enhances sensory perception

(The Wine Guild of England) Nemo me impune lacessit

Nobody insults me with impunity

(The Scottish Crown and all Scottish regiments) Nescit occasu

It (the North Star) does not know setting

(The Swedish Order of the Northern Star) Pro patria

For one's country

(The Swedish Order of the Sword, Svärdsorden) Quo fata ferunt

Wherever the wind blows.

(Bermuda) Trinitas in unitate

Trinity in unity

(Trinity House, a British association concerned with the licensing of pilots and the erection and maintenance of light- houses, among other things.) Veritas

Truth

(One of the mottoes of the Dominican Order)

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