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Motto Quotes

A few words that decide how you move through the day.

A good motto compresses a whole approach to life into one memorable line, whether it's a rule about picking whatever genuinely catches your eye or a city's proud, half-sarcastic slogan printed on its license plates. These short phrases carry more weight than their length suggests.

I have the motto that says, 'Whatever you see in your closet that you like, pick it and wear it.' It's not just your closet, but just your life. Whatever catches your eye. Pick it.

Quotes by Willow Smith

Lagos is a fascinatingly infuriating place that its residents love - and love to hate. Licence plates on cars here proudly display the state motto, 'Centre of Excellence,' in what often seems a sarcastic swipe at the place we live...

Quotes by Uzodinma Iweala

'All In' is like the Giants motto, so I kind of took that, and I kind of used New York as the backdrop - how diehard New Yorkers are for their team. Me being a New Yorker, I just had...

Quotes by Travie McCoy

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.

Quotes by Thomas Browne

Always Quotes

I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.

Quotes by Susan B. Anthony

I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame.

Quotes by Steve Brown

I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society, meant both literally and figuratively, for hammers are the main tool of our trade: Frango ut patefaciam - I break in order to reveal.

Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould

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.'

Quotes by Stephen Colbert

'If you believe, you can achieve' - that's my motto!

Quotes by Sophie Turner

Day Quotes

We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of...

Quotes by Simon Winchester

Moses Montefiore loved Jerusalem, lived for Jerusalem, and even made it our family motto. A Zionist before the word was invented, he believed in the sacred idea of Jewish return as a religious Jew's duty, and in Jewish statehood.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

It's important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, 'Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,' then you...

Quotes by Sebastian Thrun

The suffragettes were women of action. Their motto was 'Deeds not Words,' and the film reflects that with a number of big set pieces, from the smashing of windows in central London to a riot at the Houses of Parliament.

Quotes by Sarah Gavron

As a Navy SEAL, our motto is obviously 'Never Quit,' and our only easy day was yesterday. Send in the Navy SEALS - I think it's time to send the Navy SEALS to Washington!

Quotes by Ryan Zinke

Life Quotes

My friends and I started that motto early in high school - that attitude, that mentality - from way back then: Want to go to Stanford? Why not? Want to play in the NBA? Why not?

Quotes by Russell Westbrook

The motto was 'Pax', but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Quotes by Rumer Godden

This was my motto: 'Don't come up with routine stuff.'

Quotes by Rudy Ray Moore

I had a teammate whose motto was, 'If I make a million dollars, I must spend a million dollars.' I was like, 'If I make a million dollars, I'm hoping I can keep a million dollars.'

Quotes by Robert Horry

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.

Quotes by Robert Baden-Powell

Live Quotes

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

Quotes by Robert Baden-Powell

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Motto quotes page cover?
It covers the short phrases people live by, from personal rules about style and choices to bold calls to take risks and speak up.
Why do cities or teams have their own mottos?
A shared motto, like a proud civic slogan, gives people a compact way to express identity and pride, even with a hint of self-aware humor.
Are these mottos always serious?
No, one entry treats a personal style rule almost playfully, applying the same logic to picking clothes as to bigger life choices.
Is there a motto here about taking risks?
Yes, one line frames risk-taking as essential to having any real voice, encouraging stepping outside familiar boundaries.
Where can I find more words to live by?
See our Live quotes for more short, guiding lines on how to approach each day.

A sports team's rallying cry can become deeply personal too, standing in for civic pride and hometown loyalty at once. For more words to Live by, or thoughts on facing each new Day, see these related collections.