<?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[The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21738]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49925]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every ill man hath his ill day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every ill man hath his ill day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. [Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son habilete.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did the best he could. I actually have to thank him for that, because he did compete hurt. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39831]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did the best he could. I actually have to thank him for that, because he did compete hurt. He was never 100 percent for about three-quarters of the season. He had high expectations for himself and he does everything at 100 percent. He really wanted to be a state wrestling champion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43107]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beggarly people, A church and no steeple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8681]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beggarly people, A church and no steeple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47498]]></link><description><![CDATA[We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain. [Lat., Sit mihi quod nunc est, etiam minus et mihi vivam  Quod superest aevi--si quid superesse volunt di.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56021]]></link><description><![CDATA[My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are keen to get our photograph on the wall. It will be there forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37013]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are keen to get our photograph on the wall. It will be there forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have been monitoring large-scale deforestation in the Amazon with satellites for more than two decades, but selective logging has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36181]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have been monitoring large-scale deforestation in the Amazon with satellites for more than two decades, but selective logging has been mostly invisible until now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm thrilled. I personally hope that this is just the tip of the iceberg. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm thrilled. I personally hope that this is just the tip of the iceberg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was unbelievable, really. You come out of nowhere to go to the Pro Bowl, that's a great achievement. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30374]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was unbelievable, really. You come out of nowhere to go to the Pro Bowl, that's a great achievement. That says a lot about him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16843]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to approach each game the same, just with a blue-collar mentality, and sometimes I get into foul trouble. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37030]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to approach each game the same, just with a blue-collar mentality, and sometimes I get into foul trouble. Sometimes I don't [get into foul trouble], and tonight I didn't, and I was able to stay on the floor. I was able to do what I do, which is grab boards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47973]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43659</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[Like men condemned to thunderbolts, Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like men condemned to thunderbolts, Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is above the law, and no man is below it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14119]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is above the law, and no man is below it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63843]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea is the only level which moves the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9405]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea is the only level which moves the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53083]]></link><description><![CDATA["I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,  Seems nowhere to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,  Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air   Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,    And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.     The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet      Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit       Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed        In a tumultuous privacy of storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And my brother-in-law took this great video I just had to share with the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40507]]></link><description><![CDATA[And my brother-in-law took this great video I just had to share with the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. [Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8725]]></link><description><![CDATA[The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. [Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21238]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty,  And ate into itself for lack  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45872]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty,  And ate into itself for lack   Of somebody to hew and hack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words pay no debts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words pay no debts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6750]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor the zealous Paul, Who for their friends abandoned soul and all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who attacks must vanquish. He who defends must merely survive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15646]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who attacks must vanquish. He who defends must merely survive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that lives well sees a farre off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49375]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that lives well sees a farre off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can directly measure water ice, and then we can fly right through the plume. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32593]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can directly measure water ice, and then we can fly right through the plume.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32593</guid></item></channel></rss>