College/University Mottoes Flashcards

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Amherst College

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Terras irradient - Let them illuminate the lands

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Baylor University

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Pro ecclesia, Pro Texana - For the Church, for Texas

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3
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Brooklyn College

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Nil sine magno labore - Nothing without great labor

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4
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Brown University

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In Deo speramus - In God we trust

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5
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Cambridge University (UK)

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Hinc lucem et pocula sacra - Hence light and sacred draughts

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6
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Centenary College

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Labor omnia vincit - Labor overcomes all

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7
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City College of New York

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Respice, adspice, prospice - Look to the past, look to the present, look to the future

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Colgate University

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Deo ac veritati - For God and Truth

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9
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Columbia University

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In lumine tuo videbimus lumen - In thy light we shall see light

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10
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Dartmouth College

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Vox clamantis in deserto - The voice of one crying in the wilderness

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11
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Delaware College

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Scientia, sol mentis - Knowledge, the sun of the mind

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12
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Duke University

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Eruditio et religio - Learning and religion

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13
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Emory University

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Lux, lex - light, law

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14
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Florida State University

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Vires, artes, mores - Strength, arts, character

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15
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Fordham University

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Sapientia et doctrina - wisdom and teaching

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16
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Harvard University

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Veritas - Truth

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17
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Hunter College

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Mihi cura futuri - my concern is for the future

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18
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Johns Hopkins University

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Veritas vos liberabit - the truth will set you free

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19
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MIT

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Mens et manus - mind and hand

20
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New York University

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Perstare et praestare - To persevere and surpass

21
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Oxford University

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Dominus illuminatio mea - God, my illumination

22
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Princeton University

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Dei sub numine viget - He flourishes in the presence of God

23
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Queens College (SC)

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Non ministari sed ministrare - not to be served but to serve

24
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Southern Methodist University

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Veritas liverabit vos - The truth will set you free

25
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Trinity College

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Pro ecclesia et patria - For church and country

26
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Tulane University

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Non sibi, sed suis - not for herself, but for her own

27
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United States Naval Academy

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Ex scientia tridens - Out of knowledge, a trident

28
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University of California

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Fiat Lux - Let there be light

29
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University of Chicago

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Crescat scientia, vita excolatur - Let knowledge grow, let life be enriched

30
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University of Florida

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Civium in moribus rei publicae salus - In the character of its citizens lies the welfare of the state

31
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University of Georgia

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Et docere et rerum exquirere causas - both to teach and to inquire about the nature of things

32
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University of Miami

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Magna est veritas - Great is the truth

33
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University of Michigan

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Artes, scientia, veritas - Arts, knowledge, truth

34
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University of Mississippi

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Virtute et armis - by valor and arms

35
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University of Missouri

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Salus Populi - The welfare of the people

36
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University of Nebraska

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Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus - dedicated to letters and all the arts

37
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University of New Mexico

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Lux hominum vita - Light, the life of mankind

38
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University of North Dakota

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Lux et lex - Light and Law

39
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University of Notre Dame

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Crux spes unica - The cross, the only hope

40
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University of Oregon

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Mens agitat molem - The mind moves the mass

41
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University of Paris

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Hic et ubique terrarum - Here, there, and everywhere

42
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University of Texas

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Disciplina praesidium civitatis - Discipline, the defense of the state

43
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Univ. of the South (Sewanee)

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Ecce quam bonum - Behold how good

44
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University of Vermont

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Studiis et rebus honestis - through studies and honorable pursuits

45
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University of Washington

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Lux sit - let there be light

46
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Yale University

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Lux et veritas - Light and truth