States and places

Ad astra per aspera

To the stars through difficulties - Kansas

Cedant arma togae

Let the arms yield to the toga (peace) - Wyoming

Crescit eundo

It grows as it goes - New Mexico

Dirigo

I point the way - Maine

Ditat Deus

God enriches - Arizona

Dum spiro, spero

While I breathe, I hope - South Carolina

Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem

With the sword she seeks calm peace under liberty - Massachusetts

Esse quam videri

To be rather than to seem - North Carolina

Esto perpetua

May she last forever - Idaho

Excelsior

Ever upward - New York

Iustitia omnibus

Justice for all - District of Columbia

Labor omnia vincit

Work conquers all - Oklahoma

Montani semper liberi

Mountaineers are always free - West Virginia

Nil sine numine

Nothing without divine guidance - Colorado

Qui transtulit sustinet

He who transplanted, sustains - Connecticut

Regnat populus

The people rule - Arkansas

Salus populi suprema lex esto

The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law - Missouri

Scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos

With the shield of Thy good will Thou hast covered us - Maryland

Sic semper tyrannis

Thus always to tyrants - Virginia

Annuit coeptis

He has smiled on our undertakings - The Great Seal of the United States

Novus ordo seclorum

A new order of the ages - The Great Seal of the United States

E pluribus unum

From many, one - United States

Fluctuat nec mergitur

She is tossed but does not sink - Paris

Domine dirige nos

Lord, direct us - London

Ad maiorem dei gloriam (A.M.D.G.)

To the greater glory of God - The Jesuits

Fidei Defensor (F.D.)

Defender of the Faith - Kings and Queens of England

Nemo me impune lacessit

No one provokes me with impunity - Kings of Scotland

Discessit sine prole (d.s.p.)

He died without offspring - Genealogy Term

Urbs in horto

A city in a garden - Chicago

Imperium in imperio

An empire in an empire - Ohio

Si quaeris paeninsulam amoenam circumspice

If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you - Michigan

Audemus iura nostra defendere

We dare to defend our rights - Alabama

Deo gratiam habeamus

Let us be grateful to God - Kentucky

Alis volat propriis

She flies with her own wings - Oregon

Stella quarta decima fulgeat

May the 14th star shine bright - Vermont

Ioannes est nomen eius

John is his name - Puerto Rico

Animis opibusque parati

Prepared in mind and resources - South Carolina

Nec spe, nec metu

Neither with hope, nor with fear - New York City

Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci

Seal of the City of New York - New York City

Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus

We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes - Detroit

Heroica, Constans, Misericors

Heroic, Determined, Merciful - Amsterdam

Nisi Dominus frustra

Without the Lord, all is in vain - Edinburgh

Eureka

I have found it - California

Semper Vigilans

Always Vigilant - San Diego

Arbor potestas

Tree power - US Forestry Service

Ephphatha

Be opened - Gallaudet University (City of D.C. context)

Sicut patribus, sit Deus nobis

As God was with our fathers, so may He be with us - Boston

En Avant

Forward - Minneapolis

De minimis maximis

From the smallest, the greatest - Atomic Energy Commission

Dieu et mon droit

God and my right - British Monarchy

Fatti maschii, parole femine

Strong deeds, gentle words - Maryland

Ars gratia artis

Art for art's sake - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Concordia salus

Salvation through harmony - Montrea