credo

Its credo was “a rejection of powerlessness and the creation of conditions for civilized behavior. We are not overmatched by the problems we face.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

You also note that throughout the book you explore an eighth credo, the divide between "grace" and "nature" that "distinguishes and creates a hierarchy between humans and the rest of the planet."

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

The fifth Puritan credo that’s still with us is "hard work is holy, while idleness is a sin."

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

He gives the example of the space marines, who live by the credo "they shall know no fear".

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2024

By translating credo into the English first person plural, we believe, the Church no longer reminds the listener that he is alone.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Bronner inherited his verbosity and gumption from his grandfather, Emanuel Bronner, who originally crammed all-caps, feel-good credos onto the labels of his soap bottles in the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

But I felt it was most important to highlight the range of Puritan credos she discusses, which best convey the full power of her argument.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

There are credos that both teams have been oft-repeating for the last few days.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

“Less is more” was famously one of the composer Stephen Sondheim’s aesthetic credos.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

After all thy tonsures and chorales, thy credos and sackcloth, wilt thou admit the Evil One in the guise of a melody, in whose chromatic intervals lie dimpled cheek and sunny tress!

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James