Its message has been shouted by billboards, enshrined in bronze plaques, painted on the back of moving vans, and promoted over radio and television. But it was really intended to be taken to heart and to be expressed in life, in action, in relationships, in business transactions. Its purpose is to teach us how to think right in order that we can begin to act right. The final test is in the doing. At the heart of Rotary today is The Four Way Test - a call to moral excellence.
Human beings can grow together.
Modern business can be honest and trustworthy. People can be led to believe in one another. And in all of these areas the philosophy of The Four Way Test can help. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. Few things are needed more in our society than moral integrity.