What is the english translation of the famous latin quote written on the One dollar banknote?

Question

Anuuite coeptis
Novus Ordo Seclorum
(written on the one dollar banknote)

And by the way..does anyone know how to translate:
"I will reach my goal"- in Latin???

Thanks alot!!!

Answer 1

Approval is given to what is begun.
A new order of worlds.

"Ad metam adveniam"

Answer 2

NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM – Origin and Meaning
of the Motto Beneath the American Pyramid
"Novus Ordo Seclorum" was the motto suggested in 1782 by Charles Thomson, the Founding Father chosen by the Continental Congress to come up with the final design for the Great Seal of the United States.

He put the motto at the bottom of the reverse side where its meaning ties into the imagery above it: the unfinished pyramid with the date MDCCLXXVI (1776).

Thomson did not provide an exact translation of the motto, but he explained its symbolism: Novus Ordo Seclorum signifies "the beginning of the new American Æra," which commences from 1776.

The farsighted founders of the United States thought in terms of ages. They looked back into history as well as forward, realizing their actions would have long-lasting consequences.
In January 1776, Thomas Paine inspired the Colonies with a vision of this new American Era. In Common Sense he wrote: "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind... 'Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest, and will be more or less affected, even to the end of time, by the proceedings now."

In his farewell letter to the Army (June 8, 1783), George Washington wrote: "The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period."


Check here: http://www.greatseal.com/mottoes/seclorum.html

Good luck!

Answer 3

I can't add to Luli's excellent explanation of Novus Ordo Seclorum, but "I will reach my goal" in Latin is "Ego meam metam adsequar." You can omit both the "ego" and "meam", which are both somewhat superfluous with the Latin, since "ego" is contained the the verb, "adsequar", and Latin often omitted personal pronouns not needed for clarification. John T's translation, though it generally uses the correct vocabulary, isn't declined correctly so isn't a good translation.

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annuit_coeptis "he favors [our] efforts."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novus_Ordo_Seclorum "A new order of [or for] the ages."

Don't know the Latin for the other....

Answer 5

EGO mos pervenio meus calx ( I will reach my goal)