Noun
The word is derived from motto
of Motto
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhose lines are mottoes of the heart, Whose truths electrify the sage. Thomas Campbell
What troops Of generous boys in happiness thus bred - Saturnians through life's Tempe led, Went from the North and came from the South, With golden mottoes in the mouth, To lie down midway on a bloody bed. Herman Melville
One of my mottoes as a writer is a little jotting from Kafka's journals: ‘Never again psychology!' But alas, humankind is obsessed with its psychological workings, and since the novel can only treat of humankind... You see my predicament. John Banville
Given Lovell's Navy background, the logo also included the mottoes "Ex Luna, scientia" ("From the Moon, knowledge"), borrowed from the U.S. Naval Academy 's motto, "Ex scientia tridens" ("From knowledge, sea power"). Source: Internet
Starkey Elizabeth: Woman, 5. One of her mottoes was "video et taceo" ("I see but say nothing"). Source: Internet
East Asian seals usually bear the names of the people or organizations represented, but they can also bear poems or personal mottoes. Source: Internet