Our Creed
by Shirley Kreason Strout
To realize that within our grasp, in
Zeta Tau Alpha, lies the opportunity
to learn those things which will
ever enrich and ennoble our lives;
to be true to ourselves, to those
within and without our circle; to
think in terms of all mankind and
our service to the world; to be
steadfast, strong, and clean of
heart and mind, remembering that
since the thought is father to the
deed, only that which we would have
manifested in our experience should
be entertained in thought; to find
satisfaction in being, rather than
seeming, thus strengthening in us
the higher qualities of the spirit;
to prepare for service and learn the
nobility of serving, thereby earning
the right to be served; to see
understanding that we might gain
true wisdom; to look for the good in
everyone; to see beauty with its
enriching influence; to be humber in
success and without bitterness in
defeat, to have the welfare and
harmony of the Fraternity at heart,
striving ever to make our lives a
symphony of high ideals, devotion to
the right, the good and the true,
without a discordant note;
remembering always that the
foundation precept of Zeta Tau Alpha
was love, "the greatest of all
things."