Apparently All 50 states within the United States have a motto. The year shown is the year that the motto was adopted. In the case of no year being shown the adoption date is unknown; Alabama "Audemus jura nostra defendere" (We Dare Maintain Our Rights) or (We Dare Defend Our Rights) 1939 Alaska "North to the Future" 1967 Arizona "Ditat Deus" (God enriches) 1864 Arkansas "Regnat populus" (The people rule) 1907 California "Eureka" (I have found it) 1963 Colorado "Nil Sine Numine" (Nothing Without the Deity) 1877 Connecticut "Qui Transtulit Sustinet" (He Who Transplanted Still Sustains) 1784 Delaware "Liberty and Independence" 1847 Washington, DC "Justitia Omnibus" (Justice to all) 1871 Florida "In God We Trust" 1868 Georgia 1."Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation" 2. "Agriculture and commerce" 1799, 1914; 1776 Hawaii "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono" (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness) 1843 Idaho "Esto Perpetua" (Let it be Perpetual) 1891 Illinois "State Sovereignty; National Union" 1818; 1868 Indiana "The Crossroads of America" 1937 Iowa "Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain" 1847 Kansas "Ad astra per aspera" (To the Stars Through Difficulties) 1861 Kentucky 1. "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" 2. "Deo gratiam habeamus" (Let us be grateful to God) 1792; 2002 Louisiana "Union, Justice, and Confidence" Maine Dirigo (I lead) Maryland Fatti maschii parole femine (manly deeds, womanly words) or (strong deeds, gentle words) Massachusetts Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty) Michigan Si Quaeris Peninsulam (If you seek a pleasant peninsula) Amoenam Circumspice 
(look about you) Minnesota L'Etoile du nord (The star of the north) Mississippi Virtute et armis (By valor and arms) Missouri Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law) Montana Oro y Plata (gold and silver) Nebraska Equality before the law Nevada "All for Our Country" New Hampshire Live Free or Die 1809 New Jersey Liberty and Prosperity New Mexico Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) New York Excelsior North Carolina Esse quam videri (To be, rather than to seem) North Dakota "Liberty and Union Now and Forever; One and Inseparable" Ohio With God all things are possible 1959 Oklahoma Labor Omnia Vincit (Labor Conquers All Things) Oregon "She Flies with Her Own Wings" 1987 Pennsylvania Virtue, Liberty, and Independence Rhode Island Hope South Carolina Animis Opibusque Parati (Prepared in mind and resources) Dum Spiro Spero
(While I breathe, I hope) South Dakota Liberty and Union Now and Forever; One and Inseparable Tennessee Agriculture and Commerce 1987 Texas Friendship 1930 Utah Industry 1959 Vermont "Freedom and Unity" 1779 Virginia Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to Tyrants) Washington Al-ki or Alki (bye and bye) West Virginia Montani semper liberi Mountaineers are always free Wisconsin Forward Wyoming Equal Rights