School mottos?

Death rather than dishonour,. a Convent school , still have hat band which my mother saved from uniform when I left in 1952.

Mine was pretty toe curling - I am, I can, I ought, I will, therefore I'm not, I can't, I shan't, I wont, ???

Fortitor fideliter feliciter
- bravely faithfully cheerfully.
I can remember being given the class prefect badge and being told,
"I give you this badge in trust and believe that you will serve the school bravely, faithfully and cheerfully."
I then had to clean it every few days with "duraglit".

We had a school song 'Forty Years On,' which we nicked from Harrow School.

These days the last verse brings tears to my eyes.

Grandmabatty

The school I taught in for most of my career has a school song. The memorable line is, 'for the school we do or die.' ?

My school would have chosen "School's out, school's been blown to pieces." (Alice Cooper.
Full of rebels!

Ours was 'Strive to Achieve' - if strive means to struggle I'd say that life at times has certainly been that. Sadly, not a huge amount of achievement.

The school I taught in for most of my career has a school song. The memorable line is, 'for the school we do or die.' ?

My husband always sings his school song, after a few drinks, with old school friends! How pompous to have a song!

I suppose school mottos became like the 1980s 'mission statements' which we all seemed to have to dream up after lengthy focus groups and meetings. I've forgotten them all but do remember the school motto.

Jane10

Awwww a public seal how nice. Your school must have had a pool then Calendargirl?
If I had a personal motto I think it would be the Nike one - 'Just do it'!

I never saw a seal when I was there, and he wasn’t swimming in the school swimming pool, sadly filled in nowadays as too expensive to maintain!

Seriously, the school opened in the 1500’s, and the seal must relate to that.

Ours was "Nord et Fier"

I like this thread. All these mottos seem very inspirational, rather than over heavy, which fits my view that pupils can be led to succeed but not driven to achieve.

Bien faire et laissez dire, Good work,less talk. Quite a good motto to follow but there was always lots of chatter going on between us girls and not so much hard work.

Ad Astra, to the stars. We missed out on the 'per ardua' bit - perhaps we didn't fancy hardship.

I don't remember my school having a motto but the theological college I attended had "Guard the Deposit" (i.e. of faith) stamped on all its historical (and no longer used) pottery, including, allegedly, the chamberpots. This may have been apocryphal.....

Rufus2 I am an absolute numpty!! ☺. I knew it was something Latin and that sounded familiar. What an idiot. I apologise to any in the RAF. My school motto, having had to check, is Optimum sequii. Follow the best.

The school I supply teach for has “sic itur ad Astra” which means “Thus one journeys to the stars” which I think is lovely.

Persta atque Obdura - Be Steadfast and Endure
Has popped into my mind a few times over the years when the proverbial hit the fan.

Sorry Alexa misread your post, no aristocrats, but a few with families who owned a lot of land.

Alexa actually there were a few, don’t know what they made of it! I don’t know that the encouragement to work particularly influenced me, I was more a “swot like mad the night before” sort of girl, who used up more than her fair share of luck whilst taking exams.

Greyduster, what a super motto!

My first school if |I remember right "They shall soar like eagles".

Our school didn’t have a motto, but our regimental motto when I was in the Army was “Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re”. Gentle in manner; resolute in deed. I have tried to live up to it.

"Without work nothing/ nothing without work"

No landed aristocrats there then!

"EL James (Fifty Shades of Grey) went to my school! grin" Was the motto "Love Conquers All" ?