TOP 10 Scottish Clan Mottos

My personal favourite clan mottos. No slight is intended against clans not included. All clan mottos are great and meaningful.

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[bigboaby]

it's not a motto, but I love the camerons war cry ' sons of the hounds come here and get flesh ' . pretty badass

[christopherallen]

I'd like whatever drink the person who wrote clan McPherson had: Touch not the cat but a glove.

[calgacusmaeatae]

Clan Donald-Per mare per terras ('by sea and by land')
Clan MacDougall-Buaidh no bàs (Victory or Death), also translated as "Conquer or Die".

[lowlandnobleman]

“Not by Art, but by Arms!”
My family slogan since the 13th century.

[beegee]

As a member of Clan Gunn, I agree! Great video as always.

[Dak]

Johnstone’s of Annandale: Aye Ready! Matches the crest of the Winged Spur perfectly.

[kevinroberts]

Vertutis Gloria Merces- Glory Through Valour (Robertson)

[Culloden-]

Pes Mortis Genu Vivo (It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees) Motto of the Lundie clan

[kadenelijah]

“Fortune favours the bold” Clan Mackinnon

[connarcomstock]

*VIRTUE MINE HONOUR*

Love how the MacLeans made it in right at the end

[MarcelGomesPan]

I really love the MacPherson ” Touch Not The Cat Bot A Glove”.
Right to the point. 🤣👍

[garytucker]

The Goodchild Motto +
Motto Translation: Truth conquers all things.

[rhuairidhmackenzie]

"Chlanna nan conn, thighibh an seo, is gheibh sibh feoil" is the war cry of Clan Cameron. It translates to "Sons of hounds, come hither, and you will get flesh". "Aonaibh ri cheile" is another war cry but their motto was "Mo righ's mo dhùthaich", which translates to "For King and country" (not in the later British context).

[Mike-In-Florida]

Manu Forti - "With Strong Hand" - Clan MacKay

[iojack]

Kirkpatrick : "I mak sikker" : I'll make sure. Sir Roger de Kirkpatrick's response to Robert the Bruce after the Bruce wounded John Comyn in Dumfries. The Bruce wounded Comyn and rushed to Kirkpatrick telling it he doubted he had mortally wounded Comyn. Kirkpatrick entered the church and killed the wounded Comyn. " I mak sikker" is Roger saying "i will make sure he dies". afterward this became the clan motto, and the Bruce allowed the crest to then also bear a bloody dagger; in reference to Kirkpatick's participation in the slaying. ( i am, through my mother's side, a kirkpatrick)

[danahegna]

The motto of my 'heidless' Clan Little (close ally of Clan Armstrong): CONCEDO NULLI! "I yield to no one!" (Never give up!) P.S. My ancestor married the sister of William Wallace, and was the father of Wallace's most trusted ally, his nephew, "Eduuard Litill, his sister sone so der."

[MrBigbadbob]

Johnstone - Nunquanum non paratus.

Never unprepared (to live or die)

[GreatSmithanon]

Clan Campbell's Motto is "Ne Obliviscarus", Never Forget. Which is suiting because we've suffered a lot of shit and done a lot of shit, and it's important to learn from the past.

[jerryguthrie]

Clan Guthrie: Sto Pro Veritate - I stand for truth.

[fionnswake]

My clan McDiarmid motto, "Grateful for kindness"