Sorority and Fraternity Creeds

[ThetaPhiAngel]

The Creed of Theta Phi Alpha

Justice to each fellow man
Wisdom in each deed and plan
Loyalty to every friend
Faith that sorrow can transcend
Truth to God and truth to self
Honor valued over wealth
This is the Creed that in us lies
The Creed of loyal Theta Phis.

The white rose for its purity
The sapphire blue for loyalty
The compass for its needle sure
That holds our course firm and secure
The silver for a precious faith
That knows no end, not even death
This is the Creed that in us lies
The Creed of loyal Theta Phis.

[AOIIalum]

Alpha Omicron Pi Mission Statement
Alpha Omicron Pi is an international women's fraternity promoting friendship for a lifetime, inspiring academic excellence and lifelong learning, and developing leadership skills through service to the fraternity and community.

The Object of Alpha Omicron Pi
The object of the Fraternity shall be to encourage a spirit of Fraternity and love among its members; to stand at all times for character, dignity, scholarship, and college loyalty; to strive for and support the best interest of the colleges and universities in which chapters are installed, and in no way to disregard, injure, or sacrifice those interests for the sake of prestige or advancement of the Fraternity or any of its chapters.

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The Purpose of Zeta Tau Alpha:

The purpose of Zeta Tau Alpha is to intensify friendship, promote happiness among its members, to perform such deeds, and to mould such opinions as will conduce to the building up of a purer and nobler womanhood in the world.


The 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, 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.” -- Shirley Kreasan Strout

[Cardinal026]

Chi Omega Symphony

To live constantly above snobbery of word or deed;
To place scholarship before social obligations and character before appearances;
To be, in the best sense, democratic rather than "exclusive" and lovable rather than "popular";
To work earnestly, to speak kindly, to act sincerely, to choose thoughtfully that course which occassion and conscience demand;
To be womanly always;
To be discouraged never;
In a word, to be loyal under any and all circumstances to my Fraternity and her highest teachings and to have her welfare ever at heart that she may be a symphony of high purpose and helpfulness in which there is no discordant note.

[James]

[color=dark-blue]"We the unwilling, led by the unknowing are doing the impossible for the ungrateful."[/color]

[Corsulian]

The Creed of Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity...


That all men are created free and equal.

That no society of men can flourish unless members ofthat society are endowed with the opportunities and privileges of freedom.

That freedom implies the elimination of prejudice.

That the elimination of prejudice means a better understanding 'twixt* men.

That it is incumbent upon me to fight for such freedom even with my life.

That it is incumbent upon me in my personal life to be devoted to the highest standards of honesty and justice.

That because my country is dedicated to the highest standards of freedom and justice for all men of all creeds I hereby pledge allegiance to my country, and to its national symbol.



["twixt" means between]

[CanadianZete]

Zeta Psi strives to be the premier international men's fraternal organization dedicated to forging academic excellence and life-long bonds of brotherhood. Through active chapter participation and continuing alumni outreach, Zeta Psi members are committed to the development of leadership, character and intellect and to the service of their brothers, their communities and mankind.

[DaffyKD]

Kappa Delta Purpose

The purpose of Kappa Delta Sorority is to promote true friendship among the college girls of our country by inculcating into their hearts and lives those principles of truth, of honor, of duty, without which there can be no true friendship.

Kappa Delta Object

The object of Kappa Delta Sorority is the formation and perpetuation of good fellowship, friendship and sisterly love among its members; the encouragement of literature and education; the promotion of social interest; and the furtherance of charitable and benevolent purposes.

Kappa Delta Creed

May We, Sisters in Kappa Delta, strive each day to seek more earnestly the honorable and beautiful things. May We each day through love of those within our circle, Learn to know and understand better those without our circle. May the diamond shield that guards our love find us each day Truer, Wiser, More Faithful, More Loving, and More Noble.

Kappa Delta Open Motto

Ta Kala Diokomen
Let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful and highest.

Kappa Delta Mission Statement

Kappa Delta is a national organization of women committed to a two-fold purpose: to provide a secure, stabilizing environment for personal growth to its collegiate members, and to provide a lifelong association of friendship and enrichment to its alumnae members.

Kappa Delta provides experience in group living and offers the opportunity to learn leadership and interpersonal skills that equip members to assume positions of responsibility in the world of career, community and society.

Kappa Delta encourages academic achievement, respect for learning and development of organizational skills that prepare college women for attaining their goals in life.

Kappa Delta teaches the value of altruism, belief in human dignity and concern for fellow human beings - timeless principles adopted by the sorority's founders in 1897.

Kappa Delta looks to the past for its convictions, the present for its opportunities and the future for its dreams.

DaffyKD

[Kevin]

To believe in the life of love,
To walk in the way of honor,
To serve in the light of truth,
This is the life, the way and the light of Sigma Nu,
This is the Creed of Our fraternity.

(That's the short creed, the long one is about a page and a half long).

[KSUViolet06]

Sigma Sigma Sigma exists to provide a lifelong sorority experience for women.

In conjunction with the formation of this Mission, we reaffirm our commitment to the Sigma Sigma Sigma Declaration of Principles. These Principles elaborate on three basic tenets, which are the reasons for our existence as a Sisterhood.


· To insure a perpetual bond of friendship
· To develop strong womanly character
· To promote high standards of conduct

[AlphaSigOU]

OUR REASON FOR BEING

The purposes for which this association is formed are:

To foster education, to maintain charity, to promote patriotism.
To encourage culture, to encourage high scholarship.
To assist in the building of character, to promote college loyalties,
To perpetuate friendships, to cement social ties within its membership.
And to foster the maintenance of college homes by chapters for their undergraduate members.

THE MISSION OF ALPHA SIGMA PHI FRATERNITY
To Create and to Perpetuate Brotherhood

Brotherhood is the development of lifelong human relationships based on respect, mutual love and support.

Alpha Sigma Phi provides opportunities for its members to experience Brotherhood through the creation and maintenance of Chapters.

By experiencing Brotherhood, the members of Alpha Sigma Phi grow stronger intellectually, emotionally, socially, physically and spiritually, thereby becoming more empowered to enrich society and to improve the quality of life.

The chaotic state of moral and ethical values within our society has prompted many of our members to urge Alpha Sigma Phi to expand and strengthen the Brotherhood experience. In addition, increasing numbers of men desiring membership have expressed their eagerness to experience Brotherhood.

In response, Alpha Sigma Phi will actively work to create the new chapters and to create an environment of respect, mutual love and support in each chapter. Further, in support of Our Reason for Being and our motto To Better The Man, Alpha Sigma Phi will provide programs and services that assist each member to:

• Pursue high scholarship.
• Seek a deeper awarness and understanding of self and others.
• Recognize the qualities that make self and others unique and
• needed.
• Demonstrate responsible leadership.
• Grow in relationship with the Supreme Being.
• Exemplify integrity, patriotism, and self-respect for the
• opinions, beliefs, and actions, cultures and principles of others.
• Serve others.
• Invite without prejudice men for membership.
• Possess self-confidence.
• Exercise autonomy.
• Demostrate behavior which exemplifies the Fraternity's Code of Conduct.

Alpha Sigma Phi will have succeeded when its members are successful in developing lifelong, meaningful relationships that enrich society and improve the quality of life.

CODE OF CONDUCT
[list=1][*]I will respect the dignity of all persons, and therefore, I will not physically, psychologically or sexually abuse another human being.[*]I will respect the rights of property both of others and my own, and therefore, I will not abuse private or community property.[*]I will be a financially responsible individual.[*]I will not use nor support the use of illegal drugs.[*]I will not abuse nor support the abuse of alcohol.[*]I acknowledge that a clean, safe and attractive environment is essential to both physical and mental health -- therefore I will do all in my power to see that the chapter is properly cleaned and maintained.[*]I will achieve academic excellence.[*]I will encourage and support my Brothers in pursuing the ideals of this Code of Conduct.[/list=1]

[ISUKappa]

The Mission Statement of Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma is an organization of women, which seeks for every member throughout her life bonds of friendship, mutual support, opportunities for self-growth, respect for intellectual development, and an understanding of and an allegiance to positive ethical principles.

The following are not an official creed or symphony but are beautiful to us nonetheless.
Kappa is...The contentment of friendships, but never the complacency of the clique. The encouragement of individual development, instead of strict conformity to the group. The curiosity to learn and to achieve, not limited to the quest for grades nor to a special time of life. The joy of serving others without the smugness of the do-gooder. The pride in a great heritage of a sound organization, but never the self-satisfaction of the status quo. Finally, Kappa is the ability to build on yesterday while doing today as a preparation for tomorrow. – The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1930

A Kappa Symphony
Thou Kappa Kappa Gamma live each day in all our hearts
And in our lives play most noble sympathetic parts
The parts of sister, second mother, counsellor, true friend
Of love's ideal to which we raise our eyes until the end

Until the end. I think when passed beyond this little sphere
We still shall see thy joyous shining light forever clear
And hear in all the skies thy call of perfeft womanhood
So God may say "on earth and here thou art a lasting Good"

[PhiPsiRuss]

I believe that Phi Kappa Psi is a brotherhood of honorable men, courteous and cultured, who pledge throughout their lives to be generous, compassionate, and loyal comrades;

I believe that I am honor bound to strive manfully for intellectual, moral, and spiritual excellence; to help and forgive my Brothers; to discharge promptly all just debts; to give aid and sympathy to all who are less fortunate;

I believe that I am honor bound to strengthen my character and deepen my integrity; to counsel and guide my Brothers who stray from their obligations; to respect and emulate my Brothers who practice moderation in their manners and morals; to be ever mindful that loyalty to my Fraternity should not weaken loyalty to my college, but rather increase devotion to it, to my country, and to my God;

I believe that to all I meet, wherever I go, I represent not only Phi Kappa Psi, but indeed the spirit of all fraternities; thus I must ever conduct myself so as to bring respect and honor not to myself alone, but also to my Fraternity;

To the fulfillment of these beliefs, of these ideals, in the noble perfection of Phi Kappa Psi, I pledge my life and my sacred honor.

Written by John Henry Frizzell, Massachusetts Alpha 1898, and Kent Christopher Owen, Indiana Beta 1958.
Adopted by the 1964 Grand Arch Council.

[valkyrie]

The Creed of Alpha Phi

I believe in my Fraternity.

I believe in the friendships formed
in the springtime of my youth.

I believe in its high ideals
which lift me up beyond myself.

I believe in its earnest drive for good scholarship,
moral character, and genuine culture.

I believe in it as a shrine of
international sisterhood wherein
I may find love and loyalty,
sympathy and understanding inspiration
and opportunity.

I believe in it as a creator of good citizenship,
helping me to do my work well,
to live in harmony with others, and
to serve my country and to trust in God.

I believe in my Fraternity.
I believe in Alpha Phi.

- Annette Holt Hitchcock, Pi 1912

Purpose

The objectives of our Fraternity are the promotion of growth in character; unity of feeling, sisterly affection, and social communion among our members. In all that we do, we try to obey God’s principles of justice and right. We have banded ourselves together to improve our minds and hearts, and we seek to aid each other through a constant watchcare always given in love. We believe ourselves to be sincere searchers for truth.

We seek the highest ideal of womanhood, and we try to gain this ideal by cultivating not only the power and passion for seeking intellectual development but, also, the spirit of love and charity. And we who are thus united are under a solemn pledge to lend a helping hand to one another.

- Constitution of Alpha Phi International Fraternity, Incorporated, Article II

[Xylochick216]

The Symphony of Alpha Chi Omega

To see beauty, even in the common things of life,
To shed the light of love and friendship round me,
To keep my life in tune with the world that I shall make no discords in the harmony of life,
To strike on the lyre of the universe only the notes of happiness, of joy, of peace,
To appreciate every little service rendered,
To see and appreciate all that is noble in another, be her bade what it may,
and to let my lyre send forth the cordsof love, unselfishness, sincerity.
This is to be my symphony

I love our symphony