motto

C109
concept

A motto is a short, memorable phrase that expresses the guiding principle, ideal, or purpose of a person, group, or organization.

All labels observed (129)

Label Occurrences
motto canonical 543
slogan 273
Latin motto 112

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: motto
Generated description
A motto is a short, memorable phrase that expresses the guiding principle, ideal, or purpose of a person, group, or organization.

Instances (1,375)

Instance Via concept surface
Veritas
Kūpono Ka Hana (Excellence in Action)
surface form: Kūpono Ka Hana
Todo por la Patria y la Religión political slogan
To be the man, you gotta beat the man
surface form: "To be the man, you gotta beat the man"
catchphrase
Audere est Facere club motto
To Dare Is To Do football club motto
A Ross clan motto
catchphrase "Esskeetit"
surface form: Esskeetit
catchphrase
catchphrase "Cash Me Ousside, How Bout Dat"
surface form: "Cash Me Ousside, How Bout Dat"
catchphrase
Blue Sky Coming brand slogan
Light Truth institutional motto
Soldier’s Creed military creed
« Université de toutes les intelligences »
surface form: Université de toutes les intelligences
Ordem e Progresso national motto
Light and liberty English-language motto
Clarke's three laws
surface form: First law of Clarke
aphorism
Sans changer heraldic motto
Let right be done.
surface form: Let right be done
quotation
Stories That Matter
The City That Works civic motto
M’m! M’m! Good!
surface form: "M’m! M’m! Good!"
advertising slogan
Voor Moed, Beleid en Trouw
Lumen in caelo papal motto
Jai Hind Indian national motto
Games Wide Open Olympic motto
Come Together in Lillehammer Olympic slogan
Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men political slogan
Independência ou Morte political slogan
Inquilab Zindabad political slogan
Aien Aristeuein
Semper Supra
“Makes All the Difference”
surface form: Makes All the Difference
institutional motto
The Heart of Screenland city motto
Unterwegs zuhause advertising slogan
Civium in moribus rei publicae salus Latin motto
The Place of Useful Learning
Light and Truth English motto
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows quotation
One Wish to Change the World
Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas Latin motto
In my end is my beginning.
surface form: In my end is my beginning
quotation
All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.
surface form: All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well
quotation
Vigilia Pretium Libertatis Latin motto
Climate Best by Government Test city motto
Onoare și Patrie
Honor and Fatherland military motto
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
Truth and Wisdom (Veritas et Sapientia) Latin motto
Ambition Can't Wait slogan
Unity in Diversity national motto