Definition of Motto

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Definition of Motto

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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An, Canto, Chapter, Discourse, Essay, Expression, Forming, Guiding, Heraldic, Like, Matter, Maxim, Of, Or, Part, Phrase, Prefixed, Principle, Sentence, Short, Subject, Suggestive, The, To, Word

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

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
Bette Davis

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
Andrew Carnegie

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

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.
Susan B. Anthony

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.
Emma Goldman

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

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

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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