Home>Information>Archives NCA&TSU Class Mottos: 1899 - 1922       From 1899 to 1923, graduating Aggies have coined endearing class mottos that exemplified the culmination of the academic experience. Class of 2009, what is your motto?   1899 “No steps backwards” 1900 “By our efforts we rise” 1901 “Fortune favors the braver” 1902 “After the contest victory” 1903 “More beyond” 1904 “Through the dust to the stars” 1905 “Thus ends our first lesson” 1906 “Our aim, victory” 1907 “Climb tho’ the rock be rugged” 1908 “Lifting as we climb” 1909 “Service, Our Mission” 1910 “Deeds, Not Words” 1911 “Life is What We Make It” 1912 “Conquering and to Conquer” 1913 “Labor Conquers All ” 1914 “For Home, for State, for Country” 1915 “Being, Not Seeming” 1916 “Not Wealth, but Service” 1917 “Blaze a Way” 1918 “Lifted as we lift” 1919 “Rising in spite of encumbrances” 1920 “Excelsior” 1921 “Not self but others” 1922 “Efficiency our standard” 1923 “Reality”