1、哈佛大学Harvard University

Let Plato be your friend, and Aristotle, but more let your friend be truth.

与亚里士多德为友,与柏拉图为友,更与真理为友.

2、杜尔大学Drew University

Freely have you received; freely give

自由地接受;自由地给予

3、夏威夷大学University of Hawaii

Above all nations is humanity

人性超越国界/人性超越种族

4、斯坦佛大学Stanford University

The wind of freedom blows

愿学术自由之风劲吹

5、约翰霍普金斯大学Johns Hopkins University

The truth shall make you free

真理必叫你们得以自由

这句话可追溯于新约圣经的约翰福音第八章32节“你们必晓得真理、真理必叫你们得以自由”英文是: “And ye (you) shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (King James version)。

6、利哈伊大学Lehigh University

Man, the servant and interpreter of nature

人类是大自然的理解者和仆人 或：理解自然;服务自然

7、北达科他大学University of North Dakota

Intelligence, the Basis of Civilization

才智是文明的基础

8、麻省理工学院MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Mind and Hand

既学会动脑，也学会动手

这真是工程院校的校训。反映了MIT的创建者的办学理想 - 教育的内容一定要有它的实践

意义。

9、华盛顿大学Washington University

Strength through Truth

力量借助于真理

10、康涅狄克大学University of Connecticut

He who transplants sustains

“He who transplants sustains” 也是康州的州训，它反映了当初北美的殖民者的信念：上帝(He) ，把他们从英格兰迁移(transplant) 到北美大陆，会继续帮助他们，供给(sustain) 他们。用一个长句子表达这句话，可以是：“God, who transplants us, sustain us.” Or “God, who the colonists believed had Transplanted them from England to the New World, where he continued to sustain