With Vision MAY I ALWAYS BUILD.
I will open my mind to HUMILITY, that i may remember my debt
and strive to discharge it to those whom i teach.
Let me be always aware that my days are short, my work is long,
In Humility MAY I ALWAYS BUILD.
I will open my heart to PATIENCE, that those for whom I plan may not be denied their true answer
through any haste of mine or shallow expediency.
As my art grows in the building of man's shelter, so may my heart grow in the building of man's happiness.
Patiently MAY I ALWAYS BUILD.
I will open my hands to ARTISTRY, that i may skilfully turn point,
line and plane to the support and protection of man's body,
to the preservation of his culture.
Let my tools be adroit and ready weapons in his resistance to decay and his struggle to be free.
With Artistry MAY I ALWAYS BUILD.
Even if the whole world ravage and destroy,
Let my work go beyond creed and color and nation,
While the breath of the Great Architect is in me,
Gila....