<?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[Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool  Prelusive drops, let all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool  Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow   In large effusion, o'er the freshen'd world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5083]]></link><description><![CDATA[I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The self-sins... dwell too deep within us and are too much a part of our natures to come to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The self-sins... dwell too deep within us and are too much a part of our natures to come to our attention till the light of God is focused upon them. The grosser manifestations of these sins -- egotism, exhibitionism, self-promotion -- are strangely tolerated in Christian leaders, even in circles of impeccable orthodoxy. They are so much in evidence as actually, for many people, to become identified with the gospel. I trust it is not a cynical observation to say that they appear these days to be a requisite for popularity in some sections of the Church visible. Promoting self under the guise of promoting Christ is currently so common as to excite little notice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17217]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26362]]></link><description><![CDATA[To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9226]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frugality is the mother of all virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frugality is the mother of all virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mountaine and a river are good neighbours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49062]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the tyrants the world affords,Our own affections are the fiercest lords. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the tyrants the world affords,Our own affections are the fiercest lords.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insofar as theology is an attempt to define and clarify intellectual positions, it is apt to lead to discussion, to differences of opinion, even to controversy, and hence to be divisive. And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth comes but once in a lifetime ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth comes but once in a lifetime]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working with people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been a tendency of late to interpret alienation from faith in intellectual rather than experiential terms. Academically oriented ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6765]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been a tendency of late to interpret alienation from faith in intellectual rather than experiential terms. Academically oriented Christians especially tend to think that the barriers to faith should be removed by repackaging the content of the message in a way more congenial to the modern outlook. But it is quite possible that we are dealing not so much with a failure of intellect as with an alienation from the experiential roots of Christianity itself so amply attested in the New Testament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and dignity cannot share the same abode. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality was my staff and I had every intention of coming back. We thought we had a pretty decent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37639]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality was my staff and I had every intention of coming back. We thought we had a pretty decent season for a young team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities always look bigger going than coming ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities always look bigger going than coming]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real power comes out of a long rifle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real power comes out of a long rifle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2046]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings but also to refuse to get stuck in the negative ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or all the things He would have liked to do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or all the things He would have liked to do, but He did finish the work which Gad gave Him to do. The only alternative to frustration is to be sure that we are doing what God wants. Nothing substitutes for knowing that this day, this hour, in this place, we are doing the will of the Father. Then and only then can we think of all the other unfinished tasks with equanimity and leave them with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4187]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to wear out than to rust out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to wear out than to rust out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,  For the ashes of his fathers   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45796]]></link><description><![CDATA[And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds,  For the ashes of his fathers   And the temples of his gods?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56963]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. It behooves the well-intentioned, therefore, vigorously to watch the tendency of even their most highly prized institutions, since that which was established in the interests of the right, may so easily become the agent of the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47871]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970  Religion is the same that ever it was, only it suffers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970  Religion is the same that ever it was, only it suffers by them that make profession of it. Never was there less regard for the Person and offices of Christ, of His grace, and of the benefits of His mediation, among them that are called Christians, than is found among many at this day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have things in the yard that might blow away, bring them inside and trim trees and other vegetation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33956]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have things in the yard that might blow away, bring them inside and trim trees and other vegetation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we do know the sweet Roman hand. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55760]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we do know the sweet Roman hand. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fashion of the day has been to attempt to convert by insisting on conversion; to exhort men to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fashion of the day has been to attempt to convert by insisting on conversion; to exhort men to be converted; to tell them to be sure they look at Christ instead of simply holding up Christ; to tell them to have faith rather than to supply its object; to lead them to work up their minds, instead of impressing upon them the thought of Him who can savingly work in them; to bid them to be sure their faith is justifying, that it is not dead, formal, self-righteous, or merely moral, instead of delineating Him whose image, fully delineated, destroys deadness, formality, self-righteousness; to rely on words, vehemence, eloquence, and the like, rather than to aim at conveying the one great idea, whether in words or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is like manure: It's not worth anything unless you spread it around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is like manure: It's not worth anything unless you spread it around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has not wasting time impaired? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50383]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has not wasting time impaired?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride is the mask we make of our faults ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride is the mask we make of our faults]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue--agree with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1937]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue--agree with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1937</guid></item></channel></rss>