Love and Honor

“Love and Honor” is the core guiding motto, value system, and signature phrase of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. It first appeared publicly in March 1908 in a student-written march and song called “Miami’s Night Song” (now part of the university’s fight song and alma mater), created by University President Guy Potter Benton and Professor Raymond H. Burke in order to build school spirit and start a men’s glee club.

Here is the phrase in various world languages: