School motto is the guiding language for students stipulated by the school. It is a concise and extremely general expression of the school's talent training specifications. The determination of school motto is not only related to the nature and status of the school, but also closely related to the principal's school-running concept, which is often the concentrated embodiment of the principal's school-running concept. From the school motto, people can clearly understand the principal's school-running ideas and the specifications and requirements of talent training, and also grasp the school-running characteristics pursued by the school to a certain extent. Therefore, many school principals attach great importance to school motto.

Professor Guo Zeshen, the president of our college, deeply felt the importance of integrating and unifying teachers' and students' awareness of teaching on the basis of in-depth investigation and research on the present situation of our college, and clearly put forward that "development is the theme, academics are the foundation, quality is life, and characteristics are brand". At the same time, he believes that only by implementing the concept of running a school to the specifications and requirements of talent training can it become students' ideological and moral cultivation. The intermediary of this change is the proposal of "school motto". Only in this way, according to the general characteristics of normal colleges and the specific situation of our college, President Guo put forward the words "respecting morality, liberal arts, ambition and courage" as the school motto of our college, which not only transformed the school-running concept into concrete and operable evaluation standards, but also made students clear the requirements and norms of being a man and learning.

Normal colleges are the cradle of teachers, and the most important thing for teachers is to be teachers. The core of being a teacher is that teachers can be role models for students with noble character. Therefore, Dean Guo put "respecting morality" at the top of the school motto. Advocating morality is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation. As early as the chapter "History of Wu Cheng", there was a reference to "respecting morality and rewarding merit". Later, Confucius not only taught his disciples four subjects, such as virtue, but also answered Zhang's question of how to "respect virtue" with specific explanations of loyalty to the monarch and respect for virtue. Advocating morality means advocating and attaching importance to morality, and then improving one's moral quality. Morality can be divided into basic morality and noble morality. From the category, there are public ethics and professional ethics. As college students receiving higher education, they should not only have basic moral qualities, but also strive to pursue noble morality. We should not only abide by public morality, but also have noble professional ethics. For students in normal colleges, professional ethics is the teacher's morality. The basic contents of teachers' morality include dedication, dedication, strictness without violence, love without flow, generosity and elegance. The level of teachers' morality is the first prerequisite for becoming a qualified teacher. The ancients said, "When you teach people to be political, you should put honesty first." That's what it means. And "teachers are easy to find, but hard to find" shows from the opposite side that noble character is the most important quality of a teacher.

"Boya" refers to profound knowledge, elegant interests and elegant manners. As the disseminator of knowledge, teachers should first have the basic professional quality of profound knowledge, and at the same time, they should learn from others to meet the needs of both sides. When you solve problems, you can solve them with ease, so that you can win the respect and admiration of students. On the contrary, you can only recite the topic from the book. Without the book, you have nothing to say, or "it makes people dizzy and makes people shine at the moment". Even searching for poor hearts often fails to answer students' questions, obviously losing the title of teacher. As the saying goes, to give students a bowl of water, the teacher must have a bucket of water first. This is the experience of educational practice at home and abroad. It is worth pointing out that teachers should not only be knowledgeable teachers, but also be role models for students with elegant interests and elegant manners. Teaching and educating people is an extremely serious and noble behavior of human society. As the main body of behavior, teachers should behave in a civilized and elegant way, like a symmetrical tree, a loose chrysanthemum and a kind of spirit, so that students are subtly infected in their interactions with teachers and even change their temperament. There are many educational celebrities in history, whose erudition won the admiration of their disciples, but they conquered the hearts of students with elegant emotion and charm, and even influenced their lives.

"Ambition" means ambition and lofty ideals. A man without lofty aspirations is like a sparrow in a shed. He is happy to play among the elms, but he can't soar in the sky. The so-called "I don't know the sky without clouds" is the truth. On the other hand, "if there are four ambitions, where can I swim" can completely create a vigorous life. Therefore, the sages attached great importance to the establishment of ambition. Confucius taught students: "A scholar has a long way to go to strive for self-improvement." Wang Yangming's teaching to students is: "Nothing can be achieved without will." Lv Kun warned the younger generation to have such an ambition: "Be first-class, be first-class, speak first-class, and master first-class knowledge." In this sense, whether it is a wise man in "Talented Person" or a mortal with average intelligence; No matter whether you are in a prosperous time or a bumpy predicament, you must aim high. Needless to say, our college is located in a corner of western Guangdong on the border of the motherland, far from the political, economic and cultural centers, and is a newly-built undergraduate normal college. The conditions of running a school are quite different from those of famous universities, but because of this, we need to carry forward our ambitions and broaden our minds, rather than being impulsive and short-lived.

"Loyalty and courage" means being confident and honest with others, being brave in exploration and being the first. -Individuals have different endowments and abilities, but self-confidence is indispensable. A person without self-confidence is better than a plant without God. So most celebrities in ancient and modern times are confident. Li Bai, a writer, firmly believed that "I was born to be useful", and Mao Zedong, a great man, declared when he was young: "Life is 200 years, and self-confidence hits 3,000 miles." It is because of self-confidence that we have the heroic spirit of "being as strong as iron, and now striding from the beginning" and "counting romantic figures and looking forward to the present". Although our college belongs to normal colleges, we believe that we have the courage and talent to "try to compete with famous students". Self-confidence is indispensable, but as future people's teachers, the loyalty of college students should be our moral character. Pursuing the harmony of interpersonal relationship is our consistent goal, and the important foundation of interpersonal harmony is the loyalty between people. Therefore, Guan Zi put forward: "Honesty is the knot of the world." Feng Menglong believes: "Faith is the treasure of the country and the foundation of the people." Confucius sighed, "People who don't believe know nothing about it!" Since a teacher is a teacher, he should be honest and respectful, but he can't be irresponsible and treacherous. With a character of faith, you need a brave style. Exploring the mysteries of nature requires a brave spirit that is not afraid of failure; Seeking the truth of governing the country and leveling the world requires courage to contribute; It takes courage to face shame to change one's destiny, so Confucius said that "it is almost brave to know shame". Young people are full of energy, spirit and courage, and they will struggle and explore.

"Respect for morality" and "ambition" require students to attach importance to moral cultivation, be ambitious, be meticulous when facing major festivals, be more ambitious than others, and stress the character and ambition of being a human being. "liberal arts" and "loyalty and courage" require students to pursue knowledge, elegance and loyalty and courage; Learning to be rich and rewarding, learning to be honest and brave, is about the quality of knowledge and innovative spirit needed for success. There is a close relationship between the front and the back, and they have both ability and political integrity. Following this trip, talents and teachers can be expected.