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The ZTA Creed follows below. Visit the national websites of each sorority on your campus and read their creed/mission statement. This is give you an idea of the type of woman in a particular 'national' sororoity.
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 in 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."
My favorite line is "to find satisfaction in being, rather than seeming". It says a lot to me - that I should be and act on all the good things in my heart, not just show a false face to the world. And that, by being that good person I aspire to be, I will find true satisfaction and love in my life.
Barbara
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