| Clan | Motto |
| Agnew | Consilio
non impetu |
| Anstruther | Periissem
ni periissem |
| Arbuthnott | Laus
Deo |
| Bannerman | Pro
Patria |
| Barclay | Aut
agere aut mori |
| Borthwick | Qui conducit |
| Boyd | Confido |
| Boyle | Dominus
providebit |
| Brodie | Unite |
| Bruce | Fuimus |
| Buchan | Non inferiora secutus |
| Buchanan | Clarior
hinc Honos |
| Burnett | Virescit vulnere virtus |
| Cameron | Aonaibh ri cheile |
| Campbell | Ne
obliviscaris |
| Carmichael | Tout jour prest |
| Carnegie | Dred God |
| Cathcart | I
hope to speed |
| Charteris | This is our charter |
| Clan Chattan | Touch
not the cat bot (without) a glove |
| Chisholm | Feros
ferio |
| Cochrane | Virtute et labore |
| Colquhoun | Si je puis |
| Cranstoun | Thou
shalt want ere I want |
| Crichton | God send grace |
| Cumming | Courage |
| Darroch | Be watchfull |
| Davidson | Sapienter
si sincere |
| Dewar | Quid non pro patria |
| Douglas | Jamais arriere |
| Drummond | Virtutem
coronat honos |
| Dunbar | In promptu |
| Dundas | Essayez |
| Durie | Confido |
| Eliott | Fortiter et recte |
| Erskine | Je
pense plus |
| Farquharson | Fide
et fortitudine |
| Fergusson | Dulcius
ex asperis |
| Forbes | Grace me guide |
| Forsyth | Instaurator ruinae |
| Fraser | All
my hope is in God |
| Fraser of Lovat | Je
suis prest |
| Gayre | Super astra spero |
| Gordon | Bydand |
| Graham | Ne
oublie |
| Grant | Stand
fast |
| Grierson | Hoc securior |
| Gunn | Aut
pax aut bellum |
| Haig | Tyde what may |
| Haldane | Suffer |
| Hamilton | Through |
| Hannay | Per ardua as alta |
| Hay | Serva
jugum |
| Henderson | Sola virtus nobilitat |
| Hunter | Cursum perficio |
| Innes | Be
traist |
| Irvine of Drum | Sub sole sub umbra virens |
| Jardine | Cave adsum |
| Johnstone | Nunquam
non paratus |
| Keith | Veritas
vincit |
| Kennedy | Avise
la fin |
| Kerr | Sero
sed serio |
| Kincaid | This I'll defend |
| Lamont | Ne parcas nec spernas |
| Leask | Virtute
cresco |
| Lennox | I'll defend |
| Leslie | Grip
fast |
| Lindsay | Endure fort |
| Lockhart | Corda
serrata pando |
| Lumsden | Amor patitur moras |
| MacAlester | Fortiter |
| McBain | |
| Malcolm (MacCallum) | In ardua petit |
| Macdonald | Per
mare per terras |
| MacDonald of Clanranald | My hope
is constant in thee |
| MacDonald of Sleat | Per mare
per terras |
| MacDonell
of Glengarry | Creag an Fhitich |
| MacDougall | Buaidh
no bas |
| MacDowall | Vincere vel mori |
| MacFarlane | This I'll Defend |
| MacGillivray | Touch
Not This Cat |
| MacGregor | 'S rioghal mo dhream |
| MacIntyre | Per ardua |
| MacKay | Manu
forti |
| MacKenzie | Luceo
non uro |
| MacKinnon | Audentes fortuna juvat |
| Mackintosh | Touch not the cat bot a glove |
| MacLachlan | Fortis et fidus |
| MacLaren | Creag
an Turie |
| Maclean | Virtue
mine honour |
| MacLennan | Dum spiro spero |
| MacLeod | Hold
fast |
| MacMillan | Miseris succurrere disco |
| Macnab | Timor omnis abesto |
| Macnaghten | I
hope in God |
| Macneacail | Sgorr-a-bhreac |
| MacNeil of Barra | Vincere
vel mori |
| Macpherson | Touch
not a cat bot a glove |
| MacRae | Fortitudine |
| MacThomas | Deo juvante invidiam superabo |
| Maitland | Consilio et animis |
| Makgill | Sine
fine |
| Mar | Pans Plus |
| Marjoribanks | Et
custos et pugnax |
| Matheson | Fac et spera |
| Menzies | Vill God I Zall |
| Moffat | Spero
meliora |
| Moncrieffe | Sur esperance |
| Montgomerie | Gardez bien |
| Morrison | Dun
Eistein |
| Munro | Dread God |
| Murray | Tout
prest |
| Nesbitt | I byd it |
| Nicolson | Generositate |
| Ogilvy | A fin |
| 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 |
| Ruthven | Deid schaw |
| Scott | Amo |
| Scrymgeour | Dissipate |
| Sempill | Keep
tryst |
| Shaw | Fide
et fortitudine |
| Sinclair | Commit thy work to God |
| Skene | Virtutis regia merces |
| Stirling | Gang
forward |
| Strange | Dulce quod utile |
| Sutherland | Sans peur |
| Swinton | J'espere |
| Trotter | In promptu |
| Urquhart | Meane
weil speak weil and doe weil |
| Wallace | Pro libertate |
| Wedderburn of that Ilk | Non degener |
| Wemyss | Je
pense |