A motto is an important identity of a nation to know their history, ideology, society and culture.
In United States of America, all of 50 states have their own state motto. Here are the list of us state mottos.
| State | Motto | Language | English Translation | Date |
| Alabama | Audemus jura nostra defendere | Latin | We dare defend our rights | 1923 |
| Alaska | North to the future | English | 1967 | |
| Arizona | Ditat Deus | Latin | God enriches | 1863 |
| Arkansas | Regnat populus | Latin | The people rule | 1907 |
| California | Eureka | Greek | I have found it | 1849 |
| Colorado | Nil sine numine | Latin | Nothing without providence | 1861 |
| Connecticut | Qui transtulit sustinet | Latin | He who transplanted sustains | 1662 |
| Delaware | Liberty and Independence | English | 1847 | |
| Florida | In God We Trust | English | 1868 | |
| Georgia | Wisdom, Justice, Moderation | English | 1798 | |
| Hawaii | Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono | Hawaiian | The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness | 1843 |
| Idaho | Esto perpetua | Latin | Let it be perpetual | 1890 |
| Illinois | State sovereignty, national union | English | 1819 | |
| Indiana | The Crossroads of America | English | 1937 | |
| Iowa | Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain | English | 1847 | |
| Kansas | Ad astra per aspera | Latin | To the stars through difficulties | 1861 |
| Kentucky | United we stand, divided we fall | English | 1942 | |
| Louisiana | Union, justice, confidence | English | 1902 | |
| Maine | Dirigo | Latin | I lead | 1820 |
| Maryland | Fatti maschii, parole femine | Italian | Strong deeds, gentle words | 1874 |
| Massachusetts | Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem | Latin | By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty | 1775 |
| Michigan | Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice | Latin | If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you | 1835 |
| Minnesota | L’étoile du Nord | French | The star of the North | 1861 |
| Mississippi | Virtute et armis | Latin | By valor and arms | 1894 |
| Missouri | Salus populi suprema lex esto | Latin | Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law | 1822 |
| Montana | Oro y plata | Spanish | Gold and silver | 1865 |
| Nebraska | Equality before the law | English | 1867 | |
| Nevada | All For Our Country | English | 1866 | |
| New Hampshire | Live Free or Die | English | 1945 | |
| New Jersey | Liberty and prosperity | English | 1928 | |
| New Mexico | Crescit eundo | Latin | It grows as it goes | 1887 |
| New York | Excelsior | Latin | Ever upward | 1778 |
| North Carolina | Esse quam videri | Latin | To be, rather than to seem | 1893 |
| North Dakota | Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable | English | 1863 | |
| Ohio | With God, all things are possible | English | 1959 | |
| Oklahoma | Labor omnia vincit | Latin | Labor conquers all things | 1893 |
| Oregon | Alis volat propriis | Latin | She flies with her own wings | 1854 |
| Pennsylvania | Virtue, liberty, and independence | English | 1875 | |
| Rhode Island | Hope | English | 1664 | |
| South Carolina | Dum spiro spero Animis opibusque parati | Latin | While I breathe, I hope Ready in soul and resource | 1777 |
| South Dakota | Under God the people rule | English | 1885 | |
| Tennessee | Agriculture and Commerce | English | 1802 | |
| Texas | Friendship | English | 1930 | |
| Utah | Industry | English | 1896 | |
| Vermont | Freedom and Unity | English | 1779 | |
| Virginia | Sic semper tyrannis | Latin | Thus always to tyrants | 1776 |
| Washington | Al-ki or Alki | Chinook Jargon | By and by | |
| West Virginia | Montani semper liberi | Latin | Mountaineers are always free | 1863 |
| Wisconsin | Forward | English | 1851 | |
| Wyoming | Equal Rights | English | 1893 | |
| District of Columbia | Justitia Omnibus | Latin | Justice for All | 1871 |
