Carolina Quick Fact - Motto and Slogan

Want to know a bit more about the state you’re planning to wed in? Here are the state motto(s) and slogans for North and South Carolina ... if you don’t already know them:

South Carolina
State Mottos (it has two):
Dum spiro spero -- “While I breathe, I hope”
Animis opibusque parati -- “Prepared in Mind and Resources”
State Slogan:
Smiling Faces Beautiful Places

North Carolina
State Motto:
Esse quam videri -- "To be, rather than to seem"