"Not for ourselves only, but for the whole world"
http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3475/6/?spage=2&letter=L
Edit: variations:
"Not for ourselves, but for the whole world were we born"
"Not for ourselves but for the world we have been born into" (this sounds less convincing to me.)
I don't know if it can be in reference to Christ, as someone else has suggested, because if you google the phrase itself, there are numerous references to it in other contexts, such as the motto of a boys' school in Liverpool, etc.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Non+Nobis+Solum+Sed+Toti+Mundo+Nati%22&btnG=Search
"'Non nobis solum sed toti mundo nati.' 'Not for ourselves, but for the whole world. were we born'. The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Motto"
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2001/dodman.pdf
"As a boy, I grew up in Liverpool, and I went to a Catholic infant and primary school (St Oswald’s in Old Swan) and a state run Grammar school– founded in 1825 called the Liverpool Institute High School which, sadly, no longer exists as a secondary school, but, with the support of former pupils like Sir Paul McCartney has become LIPA, the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts.
"My motto from the school was 'Non Nobis Solum Sed Toti Mundo Nati' and the theme of this struck a note with Sir Paul McCartney in his autobiographical opera."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A4024531
And here's the school's homepage with the motto on it:
http://www.fredcrane.com/school/indext.html
2007-12-03 02:05:26
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answered by Donna in Rome 5
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"Non Nobis Solum Sed Toti Mundo Nati" translates as "Not for us alone but for the whole world". It was the motto for the best school in Liverpool, England, The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys. Perhaps the greatest influence on me. I was a student there 1947 - 1953. Nowadays best known as the alma mater of Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Roy Low
2016-10-22 04:14:11
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answered by Roy 1
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It is an adjectival phrase describing someone (give that it is latin and we are near Christmas, I would not be surprised if the reference is to Christ):
"born not for us alone, but for the whole world "
2007-12-03 02:45:24
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answered by Michael M 7
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idk latin..but it's deff somethign about the world
2007-12-03 02:04:43
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answered by Anonymous
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