The Crest and Motto
The name: "Killara, an Aboriginal word meaning permanent"
The castle: A permanent place, shelter and reassurance, a means of maintaining that which is worthy of preservation, a storehouse of knowledge
The key: It is a symbol of progression, which opens doors of learning. It is also an emblem of growth and development into adulthood
The escutcheon: Provide protection against the unskilled, a pivoted keyhole cover
The motto: Latin: Conserva Progredere, symbolises preservation of the best of the past and continued development into the future
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Famous quotes containing the words crest and/or motto:
“The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough of the wave we find more or less complete anarchy; but the crest is not more or less complete Utopia, but only, at best, a tolerably humane, partially free and fairly just society that invariably carries within itself the seeds of its own decadence.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“My friend devotes himself to his life, whenever he can find the spare time. His motto is: ‘Don’t just sit there: live!’ So he’s too busy to stand, to walk, to do anything, except to live. He even refused to kiss a girl, when invited, on the grounds that it was time again to be living. Schedules are sacred to him.”
—Marvin Cohen, U.S. author and humorist. The Self-Devoted Friend, New Directions (1967)