Most people think Ohio's much-debated motto came from the Bible.
Jim Mastronardo can tell you, with a straight face, it came from his mother. Ohio picked it up from Jim. And Jim couldn't be happier that his mother's words of wisdom, words he helped turn into Ohio's motto decades ago, have been ruled fit to be set in stone. My mom would say them when we ate dinner together, when I was doing my homework, when I was talking with my parents and my sister. I was very lucky to grow up in a family like that.