Motto
A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
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Motto Quotations
Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.
Thomas Jefferson
Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.
Voltaire
Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.
Robert Baden-Powell
When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
Robert Baden-Powell
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
Honore de Balzac
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
Hank Aaron
Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
Andrew Carnegie
My new motto is: When you're through changing, you're through.
Martha Stewart
In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.'
Stephen Colbert
This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
Bette Davis
Motto Translations
motto in Dutch is leus, lijfspreuk, leuze, devies
motto in German is Sinnspruch
motto in Italian is divisa
motto in Spanish is lema
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