<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62123]]></link><description><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a woman, for ever and ever, Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is grist that comes to the mill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50966]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is grist that comes to the mill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no easy way to bathe a hummingbird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39643]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no easy way to bathe a hummingbird.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8123]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continued from yesterday:  The result of all this is that the Christian is a free man. It is here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continued from yesterday:  The result of all this is that the Christian is a free man. It is here to be observed that the term "freedom" is ambiguous in common usage. It is sometimes used to imply that a man can do just as he likes, undetermined by any external force. To this the determinist replies that as a matter of fact this freedom is so limited by the laws which condition man's empirical existence as to be illusory. The rejoinder from the advocates of free will is that no external force can determine a man's moral conduct (and with mere automatism we are not concerned), unless it is presented in consciousness, and that in being so presented it becomes a desire, a temptation, or a motive. In suffering himself to be determined by these, the man is not submitting to external control, but to something which he has already made a part of himself, for good or ill. When, however, we have said that, we are faced with a further problem. Not all that is desired is desirable, and in being moved by my immediate desire I may be balking myself of that ultimate satisfaction which is the real object of all effort. If that is so, then to "do as I like" may well be no freedom at all. There is a law of our being which forbids satisfaction to be found along that line, as it is written, "He gave them their desire, and sent leanness into their souls." (Ps. 106:15) (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the twentieth century, the secularists, still living off the spiritual capital of Christianity, often pretended to chide Christians for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6308]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the twentieth century, the secularists, still living off the spiritual capital of Christianity, often pretended to chide Christians for having invented the term "secularist," a term which, they said, was devoid of meaning. Their leaders knew very well, however, that secularism, like any other parasite, derives its sustenance from the object on which it feeds, and so they were rather pleased when milquetoast Christians timidly offered, as a definition of secularism, "living as though God did not exist." What Christians should have called it was, rather, "a contemptibly fraudulent way of living on the cheap, by reaping the maximum fruits of Christian effort, while contributing the minimum effort of your own." When secularists accused Christians of "living in the past," the Christians ought to have retaliated by pointing out that secularists were "living off the past." By the time they got around to doing so, however, the majority of secularists had become morally incapable of seeing the point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11515]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just sitting on a room and taking a test like that, you don't know what to expect. It picks your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just sitting on a room and taking a test like that, you don't know what to expect. It picks your brain apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[from The Lathe of Heaven Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25856]]></link><description><![CDATA[from The Lathe of Heaven Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/They came./ He pushed them. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/They came./ He pushed them. And they flew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is out of my mind but forever in my heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25740]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is out of my mind but forever in my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The organization is great, I liked the sailing centre but the race conditions were very difficult. I am very happy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The organization is great, I liked the sailing centre but the race conditions were very difficult. I am very happy that I could cope with the wind and win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,  Thy naiad airs have brought me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23100]]></link><description><![CDATA[On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,  Thy naiad airs have brought me home   To the glory that was Greece    And the grandeur that was Rome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without faith, hope and trust, there is no promise for the future, and without a promising future, life has no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without faith, hope and trust, there is no promise for the future, and without a promising future, life has no direction, no meaning and no justification.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law is above the law, you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24277]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law is above the law, you know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58996]]></link><description><![CDATA[And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a dream, sweet child! a waking dream, A blissful certainty, a vision bright,  Of that rare happiness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60879]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a dream, sweet child! a waking dream, A blissful certainty, a vision bright,  Of that rare happiness, which even on earth   Heaven gives to those it loves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that blushes is not quite a brute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that blushes is not quite a brute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61731]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition to the costs of the software itself, organizations will encounter other up-front costs, including those resulting from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29662]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition to the costs of the software itself, organizations will encounter other up-front costs, including those resulting from the need for new hardware, administrator and end-user training, configuration and deployment of the new operating system, compatibility-testing, and possible re-engineering of application software,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christian musicians are certainly as talented as any performers in mainstream music. Yet, these Christian artists also have positive images ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christian musicians are certainly as talented as any performers in mainstream music. Yet, these Christian artists also have positive images and messages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, my sweet sir, news fitting to the night, Black, fearful, comfortless, and horrible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44473]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, my sweet sir, news fitting to the night, Black, fearful, comfortless, and horrible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50951]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What most we wish, with ease we fancy near. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61795]]></link><description><![CDATA[What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expenditure rises to meet income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expenditure rises to meet income.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10137]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow -- for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage. Indeed, I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be trusted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18584]]></link><description><![CDATA[She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever-unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge", not the Bible, save as leading to Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We generally have had a good feeling going into the third and fourth quarters because the economy is doing better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We generally have had a good feeling going into the third and fourth quarters because the economy is doing better than expected. Semiconductors are going to get a boost from seasonal trends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12737]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's really an impressive number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31318]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's really an impressive number.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10061]]></link><description><![CDATA[You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's many an artist that comes to Nashville in hopes of doing the same thing I'm doing right now, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37319]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's many an artist that comes to Nashville in hopes of doing the same thing I'm doing right now,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's some fatigue among the average Republican. They're tired of it all. They're tired of scandals. They're tired of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's some fatigue among the average Republican. They're tired of it all. They're tired of scandals. They're tired of the White House. They're ready for change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is found in unlikely places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is found in unlikely places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64599</guid></item></channel></rss>