Creed of Zeta Tau Alpha

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, and 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 seek

understanding

that we might gain true wisdom;

to look for

the good in everyone;

to see

beauty, with its enriching influence;

to be

humble 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."