PMAQ: University Mottoes

Amherst College motto

Terras irradient. (Let them illuminate the earth.)

Baylor University

Pro ecclesia, pro Texana (For church, for Texas)

Brooklyn College

Nil sine magno labore. (Nothing without great effort.)

Brown University

In Deo speramus. (In God we trust.)

Catholic University of America

Deus lux Mea (God is my light)

City College of NY

Respice, adspice, prospice. (Look back, look to the present, look to the future.)

Columbia University

In lumine tuo videbimus lumen. (In thy light, we shall see light.)

Dartmouth University

Vox clamantis in deserto. (A voice of one crying in the wilderness.)

Fordham University

Sapientia et doctrina. (Wisdom and knowledge.)

George Washington University

Deus nobis fiducia (God is our trust)

Harvard University

Veritas. (Truth.)

Hunter College

Mihi cura futuri. (My anxiety is for the future.)

Indiana University Bloomington

Lux et Veritas (Light and truth)

Johns Hopkins University

Veritas vos liberabit. (Truth will free you.)

Miami University of Ohio

Prodesse quam conspici. (To be productive rather than ornamental.)

New York University

Perstare et praestare. (To persevere and to excel.)

Northwestern University

Quaecum sunt vera (Whatever is true)

Notre Dame University

Crux spes unica (The cross is the only hope)

Oxford University

Dominus illuminatio mea (The Lord is my light)

Princeton University

Dei sub numine viget (It flourishes under the will of God)

The Jesuits

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam (For the greater glory of God)

Trinity College

Pro ecclesia et patria (For Church and country)

Tulane University

Non sibi, sed suis. (Not for herself, but for her own.)

Tufts University

Pax et Lux (Peace and light)

University of Florida

Civium in moribus rei publicae salus. (In the character of its citizens lies the welfare of the state.)

University of Chicago

Crescat scientia, vita excolatur (Let knowledge increase, let life be perfected)

University of California

Fiat lux (Let there be light)

University of Georgia

Et docere et rerum exquirere causas (Both to teach and to inquire into the causes of things)

University of Michigan

Artes, scientia, veritas. (The arts, knowledge, truth.)

University of Mississippi

Virtute et armis. (By valor and arms.)

University of Missouri

Salus populi. (The welfare of the people.)

University of Nebraska

Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus (Dedicated to letters and all the arts)

University of New Mexico

Lux hominum vita. (Light of the life of men.)

University of Oklahoma

Civi et rei publicae (For the citizen and the state)

University of Oregon

Mens agitat molem (Mind moves the mass)

University of Pennsylvania

Leges sine moribus vanae (Laws without morals are useless)

University of Texas

Disciplina praesidium civitatis (Training, the defense of the state)

University of the South (Sewanee)

Ecce quam bonam (Behold how good)

University of Vermont

Studiis et rebus honestis (By honorable pursuits and deeds)

University of Washington

Lux sit. (Let there be light.)

Wake Forest University

Pro Humanitate (For humanity)

Washington University

Per virtutem vis (Strength through virtue)

Yale University

Lux et veritas. (Light and truth.)