<?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[Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story the Leavers have been enacting for the past three million years isn’t a story of conquest and rule. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The story the Leavers have been enacting for the past three million years isn’t a story of conquest and rule. Enacting it doesn’t give them power. Enacting it gives them lives that are satisfying and meaningful to them. This is what you’ll find if you go among them. They’re not seething with discontent and rebellion, not incessantly wrangling over what should be allowed and what forbidden, not forever accusing each other of not living the right way, not living in terror of each other not going crazy because their lives seem empty and pointless, not having to stupefy themselves with drugs to get through the days, not having a new religion every week to give them something to hold on to, not forever searching for something to do or something to believe in that will make lives worth living. And – I repeat – this is not because they live close to nature or have no formal government or because they’re innately noble. This is simply because they’re enacting a story that works well for people – a story that worked well for three million years and that still works well where the Takers haven’t yet managed to stamp it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54938]]></link><description><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43969]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, sorrow! Why dost borrow  Heart's lightness from the merriment of May? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57255]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, sorrow! Why dost borrow  Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is notone's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is notone's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet onhis ideas, to take a calculated risk-and to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15076]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54170]]></link><description><![CDATA[No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43791]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49025]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War will cease when men refuse to fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27657]]></link><description><![CDATA[War will cease when men refuse to fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14897]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don't get all the facts, it can't be right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11750]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64705]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64491]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and electricity are one in the same, my dear.... if you do not feel the jolt in your soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and electricity are one in the same, my dear.... if you do not feel the jolt in your soul every time a kiss is shared, a whisper is spoken, a touch is felt, then you're not really in love at all....]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet,  . . . .   Leave the chaff, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet,  . . . .   Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are extremely excited about our opportunity in Indianapolis. You can see why anyone in the banking business would be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are extremely excited about our opportunity in Indianapolis. You can see why anyone in the banking business would be. Our sweet spot in business is really small- and mid-market-type business lending in addition to retail banking. Indianapolis has seen a lot of growth in small businesses. That's where our growth will come from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8235]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43534]]></link><description><![CDATA[We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith makes all things possible.... love makes all things easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith makes all things possible.... love makes all things easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53132]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is but the fate of place, and the rough brake That virtue must go through. -King Henry VIII. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56032]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is but the fate of place, and the rough brake That virtue must go through. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to win now, because this one didn't help. I was really happy with her effort on the mound. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39837]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to win now, because this one didn't help. I was really happy with her effort on the mound. The girls tried to battle back, but it was a real bummer of a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Goodwin was an actor-man, Old Drury's pride and boast,  In all the light and spritely parts,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Goodwin was an actor-man, Old Drury's pride and boast,  In all the light and spritely parts,   Especially the ghost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20474]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Props to Camille. She came into the game, she knew her role, got the touch on the ball and deflected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Props to Camille. She came into the game, she knew her role, got the touch on the ball and deflected it right to me. I just picked it up and put it in the basket. Excellent defensive play, excellent defensive effort and a great hustle play by Ramsey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4168]]></link><description><![CDATA[[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your dad is running around in jeans and a T-shirt, you want to look different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35657]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your dad is running around in jeans and a T-shirt, you want to look different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody's interested in sweetness and light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66138]]></link><description><![CDATA[A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52203]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Head Start plays a big role. We start at a younger age to cut the barriers of culture, but education ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Head Start plays a big role. We start at a younger age to cut the barriers of culture, but education I think that's more important than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833 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)  Now I come to a difficulty. I have heard people say, "If human sin gives play to God's graciousness, let us go on sinning to give Him a better chance. Why not do evil that good may come?" (Rom. 3:8) What nonsense! To be saved through Christ is to be a dead man so far as sin is concerned. Think of the symbolism of Baptism. You go down into the water: that is like being buried with Christ. You come up out of the water: that is like rising with Christ from the tomb. It means, therefore, a new life, a life which comes by union with the living Christ. You will admit that, once a man is dead, there is no more claim against him for any wrong he may have committed. He is like a slave set free from all claims on the part of his late master. Think, then, of yourselves as dead. When you remember the death of Christ, think that you--i.e., your old bad selves--were crucified with Him. And when you remember His resurrection, think of yourselves as living with Him, a new life. And above all, bear in mind that Christ, once risen, does not die again: and so you, living the new life in Him, need not die again. I mean, the sin that once dominated you need not any longer control you; do not let it! You are freed slaves; do not sell yourselves into slavery again. Or, if you like to put it so, you are now slaves, not of Sin, but of Righteousness (a very crude way of putting it, but I want to help you out). Just as once you were the property of Sin, and all your faculties were instruments of wrong, so now you are the property of Righteousness, and every faculty you have must be an instrument of right. Freed from sin, you are slaves of God; that is what I mean. The wages your old master paid was death. Your new Master makes you a present of life. (Rom. 6:1-23)  Or take another illustration. You know that by law a woman is bound to her husband while he lives; when he is dead she is free; she can marry again if she likes and the law has no claim against her. So you may think of yourselves as having been married to Sin, or to Law. Death has now released you from that marriage bond, though here the illustration halts, for it is Christ's death that has freed you! Well, anyhow, you are free--free, shall I say, to marry Christ. You had a numerous progeny of evil deeds by your first marriage; you must now produce an offspring of good deeds to Christ. I mean, of course, you must serve God in Christ's spirit. (Rom. 7:1-6)  Now I admit that all this sounds as though I identified law with sin. That is not my meaning. But surely it is clear that the function of law is to bring consciousness of sin; e.g., I should never have known what covetousness was but that the law said, "Thou shalt not covet." Such is the perversity of human nature under the dominion of sin that the very prohibition provokes me to covet. There was a time when I knew nothing of Law, and lived my own life. Then Law came, sin awakened in me, and life became death for me. Of course, Law is good, but Sin took advantage of it, to my cost. I am only flesh and blood, and flesh and blood is prone to sin. I can see what is good, and desire it, but I cannot practice it; i.e., my reason recognizes the law, and yet I break it through moral perversity. If you like to put it so, there is one law for my reason, the Law of God, and another for my outward conduct, the law of sin and death. It is like a living man chained to a dead body. It is perfect misery. But, thank God, the chain is broken! The law of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ has set me free from the law of sin and death. Christ entered into this human nature of flesh and blood which is under the dominion of Sin. Sin put in its claim to be His master; but Christ won His case; Sin was non-suited, its claim disallowed, and human nature was free. The result is that all the Law stood for of righteousness, holiness, and goodness is fulfilled in those who live by Christ's Spirit. There are two possible forms of human life: there is the life of the lower nature of flesh and blood, of which I have spoken; and there is the life of the spirit. We have Christ's Spirit, and so we can live the life of the spirit. And in the end that Spirit will give new life to the whole human organism. (Rom. 7:7-8:11)  You see, then, that the flesh-and-blood nature has no claim upon us. We belong to the Spirit. Those who are actuated by that Spirit are sons of God. I used a while back the expression, "slaves of God "; but really we are not slaves but sons---sons and heirs of God, like Christ; and when we come into our inheritance, how glorious it will be! (Rom. 8:12-18)  This, however, is still in the future. At the present time the whole universe is in misery, and in its misery it waits for the revelation of God's sons. Now all existence seems futile in its transience; and even we still share creation's pangs. But we have hope; and the ground of that hope is the possession of God's Spirit--in a first installment only, but enough to reckon upon. The fact is that every prayer we utter--yes, even an inarticulate prayer--is the utterance of the Spirit within us. We know that all through God is working with us. His purpose is behind the whole process, and He is on our side. If He gave His Son, we can trust Him to give us everything else. He loves us, and nothing in the world or out of it can separate us from His love. (Rom. 8:18-39) (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took some precautions in case the court would want to visualize the real situation on the ground. Before the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31007]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took some precautions in case the court would want to visualize the real situation on the ground. Before the demolition, we took video footages and pictures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By her who in this month is born, No gems save Garnets should be worn;  They will insure her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23248]]></link><description><![CDATA[By her who in this month is born, No gems save Garnets should be worn;  They will insure her constancy,   True friendship and fidelity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the shoppers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64536]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240   We are building may splendid churches in this country, but we are not providing leaders to run them. I would rather have a wooden church with a splendid parson, than a splendid church with a wooden parson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7988</guid></item></channel></rss>