<?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[But when once Christ had called him, Peter had no alternative he must leave the ship and come to Him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8598]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when once Christ had called him, Peter had no alternative he must leave the ship and come to Him. In the end, the first step of obedience proves to be an act of faith in the word of Christ. But we should completely misunderstand the nature of grace if we were to suppose that there was no need to take the first-step, because faith was already there. Against that, we must boldly assert that the step of obedience must be taken before faith can be possible. Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883  When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883  When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on this earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5747]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's heavy, but also it's sort of the philosophy of Hospice that it's not about death. It's about life. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's heavy, but also it's sort of the philosophy of Hospice that it's not about death. It's about life. When you're able to confront the realities of death, you're able to live life as long as you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rob me the exchequer. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rob me the exchequer. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have asked (commission economists) to give me interim forecasts twice a year as well as the standard forecasts that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37998]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have asked (commission economists) to give me interim forecasts twice a year as well as the standard forecasts that we get twice a year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of substantial psychiatric problems are actually starting and are identifiable much earlier than we ever thought, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28459]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of substantial psychiatric problems are actually starting and are identifiable much earlier than we ever thought,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8915]]></link><description><![CDATA[If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24244]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very diverse. As well as a challenge, it's also an opportunity. I believe we all benefit from each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31258]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very diverse. As well as a challenge, it's also an opportunity. I believe we all benefit from each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking forward to the next step in the process, and it's a process that will go on over a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38241]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking forward to the next step in the process, and it's a process that will go on over a period of months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's now a phasing issue. They're doing the parking lot and once they get that out of the way, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38871]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's now a phasing issue. They're doing the parking lot and once they get that out of the way, they will start the foundation and the footing for the new hospital.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64634]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His conduct still right with his argument wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3051]]></link><description><![CDATA[His conduct still right with his argument wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate ingratitude more in man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,  Or any taint of vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51529]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate ingratitude more in man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,  Or any taint of vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52819]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is,  But (as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is,  But (as you know me all) a plain blunt man   That love my friend; and that they know full well    That gave me public leave to speak of him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a statute that says we're exempt from impact fees. Period. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33438]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a statute that says we're exempt from impact fees. Period.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a leap of faith. The agreement is under 10 pages long and we could have signed 100 pages, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41940]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a leap of faith. The agreement is under 10 pages long and we could have signed 100 pages, but what counts is not words but deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15655]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you cannot help getting a liking for him whether he deserves it or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59979]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the first place, we have to stop giving up so many fouls. But we have to be tougher on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31577]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the first place, we have to stop giving up so many fouls. But we have to be tougher on our marking. We can't be pushed around, we have to get that first punch in and we have to grab and hold. If they call a penalty so be it, but we have stop giving up goals on free kicks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28686]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60632]]></link><description><![CDATA[This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war thrust upon us and we cannot yield to tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47983]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world around you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13586]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's guid to be merry and wise, It's guid to be honest and true,  It's guid to support Caledonia's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54888]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's guid to be merry and wise, It's guid to be honest and true,  It's guid to support Caledonia's cause,   And bide by the buff and the blue!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot from the hands promiscuously applied, Round the slight waist, or down the glowing side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hot from the hands promiscuously applied, Round the slight waist, or down the glowing side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church isn’t where you meet. Church isn’t a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Church isn’t where you meet. Church isn’t a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts are stubborn things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts are stubborn things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They do make really good pets just because they're affectionate and playful and they honestly don't take a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39514]]></link><description><![CDATA[They do make really good pets just because they're affectionate and playful and they honestly don't take a lot of care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/611]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a character. He's a real crack up, just a goofy wrestler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28350]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a character. He's a real crack up, just a goofy wrestler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906   Only those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906   Only those who try to live near God and have formed the habit of faithfulness to Him in the small things of our daily life, can hope in times of need for that special light which shows us our path. To do as well as we can the job immediately before us, is the way to learn what we ought to do next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8038</guid></item></channel></rss>