<?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[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678   One might think that, with the Bible as the center of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678   One might think that, with the Bible as the center of Christianity, the unity of Christians could be easily realized. But unfortunately this has not proved true, though we can consider it fortunate indeed that, as this inability to unify proves, the letter of the Bible cannot really replace the living Christ as the center of our faith. The Bible is the expression of the life and work of God, and since life is greater than its expression, it cannot be expressed completely in any logical or theological form. Therefore, the Bible itself cannot escape being understood in many different ways. Thus we see how in the wisdom of God it is impossible in practice to make the Scriptures the end or final authority to those who live in fellowship with the Spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16795]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate now knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twenty-seven points is a lot to give up in a half, not to mention in one quarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Twenty-seven points is a lot to give up in a half, not to mention in one quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you should go skatingOn the thin ice of modern lifeDragging behind you the silent reproachOf a million tear-stained eyesDon't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15475]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you should go skatingOn the thin ice of modern lifeDragging behind you the silent reproachOf a million tear-stained eyesDon't be surprised when a crack in the iceAppears under your feet.You slip out of your depth and out of your mindWith your fear flowing out behind youAs you claw the thin ice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31296]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked to play a tough, physical game and the officials let us play that way tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're better than Belgium ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41157]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're better than Belgium]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear  The trumpet of contention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear  The trumpet of contention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate;  Armies won battles when he spoke,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate;  Armies won battles when he spoke,   And out of Chaos sprang the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wear a Sardonyx or for thee No conjugal felicity.  The August-born without this stone   'Tis said must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wear a Sardonyx or for thee No conjugal felicity.  The August-born without this stone   'Tis said must live unloved and lone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53761]]></link><description><![CDATA[For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that the president will listen to what Senator Frist has to say. I'm not saying he's going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that the president will listen to what Senator Frist has to say. I'm not saying he's going to agree with it. But what Senator Frist has had to say is weighty, and I think may bring us all together on this issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29840]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3243]]></link><description><![CDATA[For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is credit due? to the designer of the camera? To the finger on the button? tso the law of averages?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When danger approaches, sing to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29551]]></link><description><![CDATA[When danger approaches, sing to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24733]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield? -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55349]]></link><description><![CDATA[O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield? -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude is the essence of vileness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she eagerly sought she soon tires of and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50189]]></link><description><![CDATA[As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21746]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54271]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it stays at this level for about six months or so, you will see the prices of other products ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it stays at this level for about six months or so, you will see the prices of other products and services increase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the province of the mind, what one believes to be trueeither is true or becomes true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22380]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the province of the mind, what one believes to be trueeither is true or becomes true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have resigned from MSG (Madison Square Garden Network) and have been let go from NBC. I fully understand the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41961]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have resigned from MSG (Madison Square Garden Network) and have been let go from NBC. I fully understand the position in which the networks found themselves due to my very painful situation. In the interest of my family, my friends and my many supporters, I step aside with deep humility and seek to reconstruct my personal and professional life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew we were in for a game. It's elimination time. But when the home run came, it kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40572]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew we were in for a game. It's elimination time. But when the home run came, it kind of gave us some relief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CANI! - (pronounced kuhn-EYE) stands for Constant And Never-endingImprovement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21266]]></link><description><![CDATA[CANI! - (pronounced kuhn-EYE) stands for Constant And Never-endingImprovement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oftfalling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oftfalling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MUFFLED CADENCEThe sound of shot.The roar of gun.Thy will be doneblares the drum.The sudden shock.The news farflung.Thy will be donebeats ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11281]]></link><description><![CDATA[MUFFLED CADENCEThe sound of shot.The roar of gun.Thy will be doneblares the drum.The sudden shock.The news farflung.Thy will be donebeats the drum.The hour of grief.The darkened sun.Thy will be donerolls the drum.The sound of shot.The grave begun.Thy will be donemourns the drum.**by N Marshall Bertsch(N Marshall Bertsch is a Republican who was profoundlygriefstricken by the assassination of John F Kennedy).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been an interesting group. Most days we start seven or eight freshmen. They've handled situations pretty well, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31553]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been an interesting group. Most days we start seven or eight freshmen. They've handled situations pretty well, and we also have pretty good leadership from our sophomore class.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65850]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mary is already a winner, with a free trip to Las Vegas worth a few grand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mary is already a winner, with a free trip to Las Vegas worth a few grand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure. [To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49991]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure. [To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, leave the gay and festive scenes, The halls of dazzling light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, leave the gay and festive scenes, The halls of dazzling light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common good comes before the private good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common good comes before the private good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow the Romany Patteran Sheer to the Austral light,  Where the bosom of God is the wild west wind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow the Romany Patteran Sheer to the Austral light,  Where the bosom of God is the wild west wind,   Sweeping the sea floors white.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is well paid that is well satisfied, And I delivering you am satisfied,  And therein do account myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54732]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is well paid that is well satisfied, And I delivering you am satisfied,  And therein do account myself well paid;   My mind was never yet more mercenary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In other words, business travelers are behaving like leisure travelers to qualify for a better price. That puts the airlines, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42418]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In other words, business travelers are behaving like leisure travelers to qualify for a better price. That puts the airlines, particularly the ailing network airlines, in a tight spot.] Profits are elusive, ... Airlines either need to raise fares, or the price of oil has to come down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42418</guid></item></channel></rss>