List of State Mottos (U.S.)
| State Name | State Code | State Motto | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | AL | Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere | We Dare Maintain Our Rights | Latin |
| Alaska | AK | North to the Future | ||
| Arizona | AZ | Ditat Deus | God enriches | Latin |
| Arkansas | AR | Regnat Populus | The people rule | Latin |
| California | CA | Eureka | I have found it | Greek |
| Colorado | CO | Nil Sine Numine | Nothing without providence | Latin |
| Connecticut | CT | Qui Transtulit Sustinet | He who transplanted still sustains | Latin |
| Delaware | DE | Liberty and independence | ||
| Florida | FL | In God we trust | ||
| Georgia | GA | Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation | ||
| Georgia | GA | Agriculture and Commerce | ||
| Hawaii | HI | Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono | The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness | Hawaiian |
| Idaho | ID | Esto Perpetua | It is perpetual | Latin |
| Illinois | IL | State sovereignty, national union | ||
| Indiana | IN | The crossroads of America | ||
| Iowa | IA | Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain | ||
| Kansas | KS | Ad Astra per Aspera | To the stars through difficulties | Latin |
| Kentucky | KY | United we stand, divided we shall fall | ||
| Kentucky | KY | Deo gratiam habeamus | Let Us Be Grateful to God | Latin |
| Louisiana | LA | Union, justice and confidence | ||
| Maine | ME | Dirigo | I direct | Latin |
| Maryland | MD | Fatti Maschii Parole Femine | Strong Deeds, Gentle Words | Italian |
| Massachusetts | MA | Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem | By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty | Latin |
| Michigan | MI | Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice | If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you | Latin |
| Minnesota | MN | L'Etoile du Nord | The star of the north | French |
| Mississippi | MS | Virtute et Armis | By valor and arms | Latin |
| Missouri | MO | Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto | The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law | Latin |
| Montana | MT | Oro y Plata | Gold and Silver | Spanish |
| Nebraska | NE | Equality before the law | ||
| Nevada | NV | All for our country | ||
| New Hampshire | NH | Live free or die | ||
| New Jersey | NJ | Liberty and Prosperity | ||
| New Mexico | NM | Crescit Eundo | It grows as it goes | Latin |
| New York | NY | Excelsior | Higher | Latin |
| North Carolina | NC | Esse Quam Videri | To be, rather than to seem | Latin |
| North Dakota | ND | Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable | ||
| Ohio | OH | With God, all things are possible | ||
| Oklahoma | OK | Labor Omnia Vincit | Labor conquers all things | Latin |
| Oregon | OR | Alis Volat Propriis | She flies with her own wings | Latin |
| Pennsylvania | PA | Virtue, liberty and independence | ||
| Rhode Island | RI | Hope | ||
| South Carolina | SC | Animis Opibusque Parati | Prepared in mind and resources | Latin |
| South Carolina | SC | Dum Spiro Spero | While I breathe, I hope | Latin |
| South Dakota | SD | Under God, the people rule | ||
| Tennessee | TN | Agriculture and commerce | ||
| Texas | TX | Friendship | ||
| Utah | UT | Industry | ||
| Vermont | VT | Freedom and unity | ||
| Virginia | VA | Sic Semper Tyrannis | Thus always to tyrants | Latin |
| Washington | WA | Al-ki | By and by | Native |
| West Virginia | WV | Montani Semper Liberi | Mountaineers always free | Latin |
| Wisconsin | WI | Forward | ||
| Wyoming | WY | Equal rights |