<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Joy was characteristic of the Christian community so long as it was growing, expanding, and creating healthfully. The time came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy was characteristic of the Christian community so long as it was growing, expanding, and creating healthfully. The time came when the Church had ceased to grow, except externally in wealth, power, and prestige; and these are mere outward adornments, or hampering burdens, very likely. They do not imply growth or creativeness. The time came when dogmatism, tyranny, and ignorance strangled the free intellectual activity of the Church, and worldliness destroyed its moral fruitfulness. Then joy spread her wings and flew away. The Christian graces care nothing for names and labels; where the Spirit of the Lord is, there they abide, but not in great Churches that have forgotten Him. How little of joy there is in the character of the religious bigot or fanatic, or in the prudent ecclesiastical statesman! A show of cheerfulness they may cultivate, as they often do; but it is like the crackling of thorns under a pot: we cannot mistake it for the joy of the Lord which is the strength of the true Christian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19319]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand!  Amidst their tall ancestral trees,   O'er all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19627]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand!  Amidst their tall ancestral trees,   O'er all the pleasant land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a good eye, uncle; I can see a church by day-light. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55423]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a good eye, uncle; I can see a church by day-light. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My quest these days is to find my long lost inner Luke (child), but I'm afraid if I do, I'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46205]]></link><description><![CDATA[My quest these days is to find my long lost inner Luke (child), but I'm afraid if I do, I'll end up with food in my hair and way too in love with the cats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10734]]></link><description><![CDATA[But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-trust is the essence of heroism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-trust is the essence of heroism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arguments with furniture are rarely productive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arguments with furniture are rarely productive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never expected this type of game in a mid-week contest with Cumberland. Trent pitched an outstanding game and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never expected this type of game in a mid-week contest with Cumberland. Trent pitched an outstanding game and I just hate to see him lose with this type of effort. I don't know if this defeat will help or hurt going into our Southern States Athletic Conference series with Reinhardt this weekend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2689]]></link><description><![CDATA[My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whinning about for years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.  Let them sail for Porto Rique,   Far-off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.  Let them sail for Porto Rique,   Far-off heats through seas to seek.    I will follow thee alone,     Thou animated torrid-zone!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades! Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades! Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wasted a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wasted a lot of chances and one has to say that Pagliuca was really good today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick as a humming bird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers--  She darts so eagerly, swiftly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quick as a humming bird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers--  She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly   Dipping into the flowers of my heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sit in your place and none can make you rise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sit in your place and none can make you rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47473]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will sever the hands that attempt to touch any ballot box in order to sabotage the vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will sever the hands that attempt to touch any ballot box in order to sabotage the vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apollo does not always bend his bow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apollo does not always bend his bow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44167]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24746]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forgotten that Vietnam, and Iraqresent being invaded and know the ground better than we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60636]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forgotten that Vietnam, and Iraqresent being invaded and know the ground better than we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never met a man I didn't like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1645]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never met a man I didn't like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The numbers were right on target, but you got [the price of] oil taking off, approaching $26 a barrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30767]]></link><description><![CDATA[The numbers were right on target, but you got [the price of] oil taking off, approaching $26 a barrel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be firm or mild as the occasion may require. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1773]]></link><description><![CDATA[A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, after all, are the world's deepest problems? They are what they always have been, the individual's problems -- the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6345]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, after all, are the world's deepest problems? They are what they always have been, the individual's problems -- the meaning of life and death, the mastery of self, the quest for value and worth-whileness and freedom within, the transcending of loneliness, the longing for love and a sense of significance, and for peace. Society's problems are deep, but the individual's problems go deeper; Solzhenitsyn, Dostoyevsky, or Shakespeare will show us that, if we hesitate to take it from the Bible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37936]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash and would I please help him do it, ... I thought, 'How is that a show?' And then I thought if I were to do this it would be far too weird and borderline sci-fi and he'd never want to do it. But his response was no, I love that idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12477]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63367]]></link><description><![CDATA[If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The radical failure in so-called religion is that its way is from man to God. Starting with man, it seeks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The radical failure in so-called religion is that its way is from man to God. Starting with man, it seeks to rise to God; and there is no road that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[no doubt the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine will soon wipe off this disgraceful blot from the face of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41319]]></link><description><![CDATA[no doubt the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine will soon wipe off this disgraceful blot from the face of the Islamic world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41319</guid></item></channel></rss>