<?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[No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65915]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50089]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why most of us never got in trouble. We played all day. You'd only break to eat, if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37872]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why most of us never got in trouble. We played all day. You'd only break to eat, if you had the money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They think incentives will be leveling off. With all the new models being launched in next 12 to 18 months, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30627]]></link><description><![CDATA[They think incentives will be leveling off. With all the new models being launched in next 12 to 18 months, they will not need incentives to spur sales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what so tedious as a twice-told tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57921]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How it pours, pours, pours, In a never-ending sheet!  How it drives beneath the doors!   How it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52933]]></link><description><![CDATA[How it pours, pours, pours, In a never-ending sheet!  How it drives beneath the doors!   How it soaks the passer's feet!    How it rattles on the shutter!     How it rumples up the lawn!      How 'twill sigh, and moan, and mutter,       From darkness until dawn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ROME (This abridged paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans is continued from yesterday)  That concludes the present stage of my argument; but before I can proceed to final deductions, I must return to a difficulty already raised (Rom. 3:1-4). If there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, does all the great past of Israel go for nothing? Do all the promises of Scripture go for nothing? First, let me say how bitterly I regret the exclusion of the Jewish nation as a body from the new life. I would surrender all my Christian privileges if I could find a way to bring them in. But we must recognize facts; and the first fact is that the nation as a whole never was able to claim the promises; from the beginning, there was a process of selection. Of the sons of Abraham, Isaac alone was called; of the sons of Isaac, Jacob only. If we ask why, there is no answer save that God is bound by no natural or historical necessity, but intervenes according to His will. To question that will is as absurd as for the pot to arraign the potter. Then again, while some members of the Hebrew race have always fallen out, always God has declared His purpose ultimately to include others, not members of the Hebrew race--and that is just what is now happening. Now, as I said, I desire nothing more earnestly than that the whole nation should be saved. But the fact is that they have deliberately rejected the chance that was offered them. There is nothing remote or abstruse about the Christian message. It is a very simple thing: acknowledge Jesus as Lord, and believe that He is alive; that is all. And they cannot say that they have never heard the message, for Christ has His witnesses everywhere. It looks, then, as if God had rejected His people, as punishment for their obstinacy. I do not believe it. God's promises cannot go for nothing. In the first place, there has always been, and there still is, a faithful remnant of the Jewish people. And in the second place, as for the main body, their present rejection of the message is only a means in God's Providence for its extension to the Gentiles. The old olive-tree of Israel stands yet; many of its branches have been lopped off, and new branches of wild olive have been engrafted in their place. But God can engraft the lopped branches on again, if it be His will; and I believe it is His will, and that in the end the whole nation will return to Him and inherit the promises. And if the failure of Israel has meant such blessing to the world, how much greater blessing will its ultimate salvation bring! God's purpose, as I said at the beginning (Rom. 1:16), is universal: He has permitted the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike, to fall under sin, only in order that He may finally have mercy on the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike. How profound and unsearchable are His plans! (Rom. 9:1-11:36)  So now I can take up again my main argument. If this is the way of God's dealing with us, what ought to be our response? Can we do less than offer our entire selves to God as a sacrifice of thanksgiving? How will that work out? In a life lived as by members of one single body. Let each perform his part faithfully. Let love rule all your relations one to another, and to those outside, even to your enemies. Do not regard the Emperor as outside the scope of love, but obey his laws and pay his taxes. Yes, and pay all debts to every one. Love is, in fact, the one comprehensive debt of man to man. If you love your neighbour as yourself, you have fulfilled the whole moral law. But be in earnest about things, for the better day is already dawning. (Rom. 12:1-13:14)  I hear you have differences among yourselves about Sabbath-keeping and vegetarianism. Take this matter, then, as an example of what I mean by the application of brotherly love to all conduct. Remember that the Sabbatarian and the anti-Sabbatarian, the vegetarian and the meat-eater, are alike servants of one Master. Give each other credit for the best motives. Do not think of yourself alone; think of your Christian brother, and try to put yourself in his place. If he seems to you a weak-minded, over-scrupulous individual, remember that in any case he is your brother, and that Christ died for him as well as for you, and reverence his conscience. If through your example he should do an act which is harmless in you but sin to him, you have injured his conscience. Is it worth while so to imperil a soul for the sake of your liberty in such external matters? If the other man is weak-minded, and you strong-minded, all the more reason why you should help to bear his burden. Remember, Christ did not please Himself. In a word, Sabbatarian and anti-Sabbatarian, Jew and Gentile, treat one another as Christ has treated you, and God be with you. (Rom. 14:1-15:13)  Well, friends, I hardly think you needed this long exhortation from me. You are intelligent Christians, and well able to give one another good advice. Still, I thought I might venture to remind you of a few points ; for after all, I do feel a measure of responsibility for you, as missionary to the Gentiles. I have now accomplished my mission as far West as the Adriatic. Now I am going to Jerusalem to hand over the relief fund we have raised in Greece. After that I hope to start work in the West, and I propose to set out for Spain and take Rome on my way. Pray for me, that my errand to Jerusalem may be successful, so that I may be free to visit you. (Rom. 15:14-33)  I wish to introduce to you our friend Phoebe. She renders admirable service to our congregation at Cenchrea. Do all you can for her; she deserves it.  Kind regards to Priscilla and Aquila, Epaenetus, Mary, and all friends in Rome.   (P.S.--Beware of folk who make mischief. Be wise; be gentle; and all good be with you.)  Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, and all friends at Corinth send kind regards. (So do I--Tertius, amanuensis!)  Glory be to God!  With all good wishes,  Your brother,  PAUL, Missionary of Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's always room for improvement, you know-it's the biggest room in the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20678]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's always room for improvement, you know-it's the biggest room in the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos is a friend of mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos is a friend of mine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have been temporary successes, but always health care costs have bounced back with a vengeance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34068]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have been temporary successes, but always health care costs have bounced back with a vengeance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18397]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd, Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So little done, so much to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27772]]></link><description><![CDATA[So little done, so much to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The further you go in hockey the better the chance of getting your heart ripped out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32771]]></link><description><![CDATA[The further you go in hockey the better the chance of getting your heart ripped out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11749]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go thou, deceased, to this earth which is a mother, and spacious and kind. May her touch be soft like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go thou, deceased, to this earth which is a mother, and spacious and kind. May her touch be soft like that of wool, or a young woman, and may she protect thee from the depths of destruction. Rise above him, O Earth, do not press painfully on him, give him good things, give him consolation, as a mother covers her child with her cloth, cover thou him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15425]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's always pretty obvious to most of the public when something was done with heart and mind. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36839]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's always pretty obvious to most of the public when something was done with heart and mind. You can't fake it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44270]]></link><description><![CDATA[On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be illegal to apply this proposed definition to any federal contract. The minority small business community is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be illegal to apply this proposed definition to any federal contract. The minority small business community is not well served by a resolution that flies in the face of existing laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24608]]></link><description><![CDATA[He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The philosophy called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The philosophy called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we had one (prairie dog) die, it was right under the swing set - right there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28955]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we had one (prairie dog) die, it was right under the swing set - right there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Why not, why not, why not." "Why not?" and "Yeah." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24133]]></link><description><![CDATA["Why not, why not, why not." "Why not?" and "Yeah."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. American is not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. American is not a nationality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not failure, but low aim, is crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not failure, but low aim, is crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63323]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/578]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49118]]></link><description><![CDATA[An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3053]]></link><description><![CDATA[In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53670]]></link><description><![CDATA[No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13548]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1920]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1920</guid></item></channel></rss>