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| Clan name | Motto |
|---|---|
| Abercrombie | Tace |
| Agnew | Consilio non impetu |
| Akins | Time how short |
| Anderson | Stand sure |
| Arbuthnott | Laus deo |
| Armstrong | Invictus maneo |
| Baillie | Quid clarius astris |
| Bain | Et marte et arte |
| Baird | Dominus fecit |
| Balfour | Fordward |
| Barclay | Aut agere aut mor |
| Beaton | Debonnaire |
| Bell | I beir the bell |
| Bell | Nolite tradere |
| Blair | Amo probos |
| Borthwick | Qui conducit |
| Boyd | Confido |
| Brodie | Unite |
| Brown | Floreat majestas |
| Bruce | Fuimus |
| Buchan | Non inferiora secutus |
| Buchanan | Clarior hinc honos |
| Burnett | Virescit vulnere virtus |
| Cameron | Aonaibh ri cheile |
| Campbell (Argyll) | Ne obliviscaris |
| Campbell (Breadalbane) | Follow me |
| Campbell (Cawdor) | Be mindful |
| Campbell (Loudoun) | I byde my time |
| Carmichael | Tout jour prest |
| Carnegie | Dread god |
| Cathcart | I hope to speed |
| Cheyne | Patientia vincit |
| Chisholm | Feros ferio |
| Clan Chattan | Touch not the cat bot a glove |
| Clan Douglas | Forward |
| Clan Iain Mhoir | Toujours prest |
| Clelland | Non sibi |
| Cochrane | Virtute et labore |
| Cockburn | Accendit cantu |
| Colquhoun | Si je puis |
| Colville | Oublier ne puis |
| Cooper | Pro rege et patria |
| Craig | J’ai bonne esperance |
| Cranston | I desire not to want |
| Crawford | Tutum te robore reddam |
| Crichton | God send grace |
| Cumming | Courage |
| Cunningham | Over fork over |
| Dalrymple | Firm |
| Dalzell | I dar |
| Davidson | Sapienter si sincere |
| Douglas | Jamais arriere |
| Drummond | Gang warily |
| Dunbar | Sub spe |
| Duncan | Disce pati |
| Dundas | Essayez |
| Dunlop | Merito |
| Elliott | Fortiter et recte |
| Erskine | Je pense pius |
| Farquharson | Fide et fortitudine |
| Ferguson | Dulcius ex asperis |
| Fleming | Let the deed shaw |
| Fletcher | Recta pete |
| Forbes | Grace me guide |
| Forrester | Blaw hunter blaw thy horn |
| Forsythe | Instaurator ruinae |
| Fraser | Je suis prest |
| Fraser (Saltoun) | All my hope is in god |
| Galbraith | Ab obice suavior |
| Gayre | Sero sed serio |
| Gillespie | Tu certa salutis anchora |
| Gordon | Bydand |
| Gow | Touch not the cat bot a glove |
| Graham (Menteith) | Right and reason |
| Graham (Montrose) | Ne oublie |
| Grant | Stand fast |
| Gray | Anchor fast anchor |
| Gunn | Aut pax aut bellum |
| Guthrie | Sto pro veritate |
| Haig | Tyde what may |
| Haldane | Suffer |
| Hall | Vive ut vivas |
| Hamilton | Through |
| Hannay | Per ardua ad alta |
| Hay | Serva jugum |
| Henderson | Sola virtus nobilitat |
| Hepburn | In promptu |
| Hepburn | Keep trust |
| Home | A home a home a home |
| Hunter | Cursum perficio |
| Inglis | Nisi dominus frustra |
| Innes | Be traist |
| Irvine | Sub sole sub umbra virens |
| Jardine | Cave adsum |
| Johnston | Nunquam non paratus |
| Keith | Veritas vincit |
| Kennedy | Avise la fin |
| Kerr | Sero sed serio |
| Kilgour | Gradatim |
| Kincaid | I’ll defend |
| Kirkland | Pro aris et focis |
| Kirkpatrick | I mak sicker |
| Lamont | Ne parcas nec spernas |
| Lauder | Sub umbra alarum tuarum |
| Leask | Virtute cresco |
| Lennox | I’ll defend |
| Leslie | Grip fast |
| Lindsay | Endure fort |
| Little | Magnum in parvo |
| Livinston | Si je puis |
| Lockhart | Corda serata pando |
| Logan | Hoc majorum virtus |
| Lumsden | Beware in time |
| Lyle | An i may |
| MacAlpine | Cuinich bas alpin |
| MacAlister | Fortiter |
| MacArthur | Fide et opera |
| MacAulay | Dulce periculum |
| MacBain | Touch not the cat bot a targe |
| MacBeth | Conjuncta virtuti fortuna |
| MacCallum | In ardua tendit |
| MacColl | Justi ut sidera fulgent |
| MacCorquodale | Vivat rex |
| MacCubbins | Pro rege et patria |
| MacCulloch | Vi et animo |
| MacDonald (Clan Donald) | Per mare per terras |
| MacDonald (Clanranald) | My hope is constant in thee |
| MacDonald (Isles) | Per mare per terras |
| MacDonald (Sleat) | Per mare per terras |
| MacDonnell (Glengarry) | Creag an fhitich |
| MacDonnell (Keppoch) | Per mare per terras |
| MacDougall | Buaidh no bas |
| MacDowall | Vincere vel mori |
| MacDuff | Deus juvat |
| MacEwan | Reviresco |
| MacFadden | Lamh laidir an nachtar |
| MacFarlane | This i’ll defend |
| MacFie | Pro rege |
| MacGill | Sine fine |
| MacGillivray | Touch not this cat |
| MacGregor | S rioghal mo dhream |
| MacIain | In hope i byde |
| MacInnes | E labore dulcedo |
| MacInnes | Irid ghibht dhe agus an righ |
| MacIntosh | Touch not the cat bot a glove |
| MacIntyre | Per ardua |
| MacIver | Nunquam obliviscar |
| MacKay | Manu forti |
| MacKellar | Perseverando |
| MacKenzie | Luceo non uro |
| MacKenzie (seaforth) | Cuidich “n righ |
| MacKie | Labora |
| MacKindlay | Spernit humum |
| MacKinnon | Audentes fortuna juvat |
| MacLachlan | Fortis et fidus |
| MacLaine | Vincere vel mori |
| MacLaren | Creag an tuirc |
| MacLean | Virtue mine honour |
| MacLellan | Think on |
| MacLennan | Dum spiro spero |
| MacLeod | Hold fast |
| MacLeod (Lewis) | I birn quhil i se |
| MacMillan | Miseris succurrere disco |
| MacNab | Timor omnis abesto |
| MacNaughton | I hope in god |
| MacNeil (Barra) | Vincere vel mori |
| MacNeill (Gigha) | Vincere aut mori |
| MacPhail | Memor esto |
| MacPherson | Touch not the cat bot a glove |
| MacQuarrie | Turris fortis mihi deus |
| MacQueen | Constant and faithful |
| MacRae | Fortitudine |
| MacTavish | Non oblitus |
| MacThomas | Deo juvante invidiam superabo |
| Maitland | Consilio et animis |
| Majoribanks | Et custos et pugnax |
| Malcolm | In ardua petit |
| Matheson | Fac et spera |
| Maxwell | Reviresco |
| Melville | Denique coelum |
| Menzies | Vil god i zal |
| Mitchell | Favente deo supero |
| Moffat | Spero meliora |
| Moncreiffe | Sur esperance |
| Montgomery | Garde bien |
| Morrison | Teaghlach phabbay |
| Mowat | Monte alto |
| Muir | Durum patentia frango |
| Munro | Dread god |
| Murray | Tout pret |
| Murray (Athol) | Furth fortune and fill the fetters |
| Napier | Sans tache |
| Nicholson | Generositate |
| Nicholson | Sgorra bhreac |
| Nisbet | I byd it |
| Ogilvie | A fin |
| Oliphant | A tout pourvoir |
| Paterson | Huc tendimus omnes |
| Pollack | Audacter et strenue |
| Preston | Praesto ut praestem |
| Preston | Vive ut vivas |
| Pringle | Amicitia reddit honores |
| Ramsay | Ora et labora |
| Rattray | Super sidera votum |
| Robertson | Virtutis gloria merces |
| Rollo | La fortune passe partout |
| Rose | Constant and true |
| Ross | Spem successus alit |
| Russell | Virtus sine macula |
| Rutherford | Nec sorte nec fato |
| Ruthven | Deid shaw |
| Sandiland | Spero meliora |
| Scott | Amo |
| Scrimgeour | Dissipate |
| Sempill | Keep tryst |
| Seton | Hazard yet forward |
| Shaw | Fide et fortitudine |
| Sinclair | Commit thy work to god |
| Skene | Virtutis regia merces |
| Smith | Luceo non uro |
| Somerville | Fear god in life |
| Stewart | Virescit vulnere virtus |
| Stewart (Athol) | Furth fortune and fill the fetters |
| Stewart (Appin) | Quidder will zie |
| Stirling | Gang forward |
| Strachan | Non timeo sed caveo |
| Stuart | Nobilis est ira leonis |
| Sutherland | Sans peur |
| Trotter | In promptu |
| Turnbull | I saved the king |
| Tweedie | Thol and think |
| Urquhart | Meane weil speake weil doe weil |
| Wallace | Pro libertate |
| Wardlaw | Familias firmat pietas |
| Wedderburn | Non degener |
| Weir | Vero nihil verius |
| Wemyss | Je pense |
| Wilson | Semper vigilans |
| Wood | Defend |
| Young | Robore prudentia prastat |