Nil satis nisi optimum

Nil satis nisi optimum is a Latin phrase that means "nothing but the best is good enough".

This phrase is the motto of

• John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science, in Boston, Massachusetts
• Carlton le Willows Academy
• Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois .
• English football club Everton F.C. since 1878 . Evertonian internet users often use the abbreviation "nsno" to represent the full phrase. It is also the name of a popular Everton fans forum called www.nsno.co.uk
• Loughborough University, referring to its sporting and academic excellence. It is also the phrase used on the Royce Hall logo, one of the student accommodation halls on campus
• Rutlish High School (London, Merton) Combined Cadet Force C.C.F. also use this phrase; it is printed on their physical training kit.
• 967 (BAE Warton) Squadron Air Training Corps
• Strathcona Tweedsmuir Private School in Calgary Alberta
• G.O.Y.A. MS Recreational Athletic League, located in Philadelphia, MS. Their founder, Greg Hanks, is an avid football fan and combined Everton Football Club's crest and motto with Aussie Rules' side, Collingwood FC, to make the crest of his league
• Westerford High School in Western Cape, South Africa
• BPI Consultants
• It is the motto of the Hilton Cadets Varsity Ice Hockey team in Hilton, New York
• Dime City Cycles
• the Football team of the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario, UANL, en Monterrey, N.L.
• Wellington School Women's Lacrosse Team Upper Arlington, Ohio
• Rocky River Boys Varsity Hockey Team Rocky River, Ohio
• Clifton Hunter High School, Cayman Islands

Southbank School, Caterham, Surrey. The motto of Escondido Charter High School's academic league

External links

• 967 (BAE Warton) Squadron's website
• NSNO, an Everton fansite named after the common usage of the acronym among Evertonians