What was your school motto?

[SqueakyPop]

Following on from a thread about latin phrases, I thought about how schools describe their values...

My school motto was Fortiter Vivamus - we live bravely.

What was yours?

isn't every catholic school something like "learning through faith"

puke

'Onwards' (and upwards, as we used to say.)

Habeo ut dem - I have that I may give

Labor Omnia Vincet- work conquers all.

Gaussgirl, did you go to South Wilts Grammar School?

Ad majorem dei gloriam - to the greater glory of god.

I can't remember. Maybe Doodle will.

at Primary school it was 'aim high', I don't think we had one at secondary, I'll google...

Strive to succeed (Had glass wine - spelling gone to pot! Or maybe that is the quality of my education) Note it isn't in latin!

"spes durat avorum" which means 'let the hopes of our forefathers endure' apparently

'Tuar goleuni' (toward the light).

"Knowledge is no longer a fountain sealed"

The utmost for the highest - can't remember what it was in Latin

Was unthinkingly going to put "dulce et decorum est"

Actually it's "Laeti Gratias Deo Agimus"
(Let us thank God joyfully)

Hmmm.

mine didn't have one (that I knew of?)

However the school I worked at in Zimbabwe (and where exH and I got married had)

Tot Facienda Parum Factum (so much to do so little done) - we had a photo taken underneath the arch that had it written on

"ludus supra praemium" - game before prize

wouldn't it be good to give the latin motto and then get Mumsnetters to give the English translation?

"Beyond the best there is a better".

Perge modo

No idea

Esse Quam Videre

Mitis et fortis - gentle and brave

or "soft and strong and very, very long", but only when out of earshot of the Latin mistress.

Don't what the latin is but it was "abandon hope all ye who enter"!!

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Serve and Obey... for Lapin and I. It was not in Latin, though... not quite sure why, given we all HAD to learn Latin whilst we were there.