<?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[A gift much expected is paid, not given. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49026]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift much expected is paid, not given.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the documents he inadvertently left behind was a draft of a document proclaiming himself as president once again, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35866]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the documents he inadvertently left behind was a draft of a document proclaiming himself as president once again,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These evils I deserve, and more . . . .  Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16511]]></link><description><![CDATA[These evils I deserve, and more . . . .  Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon,   Whose ear is ever open, and his eye    Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What used to seem inappropriate has become commonplace. The question is: Is Discovery going to make clear about whether Disney ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32181]]></link><description><![CDATA[What used to seem inappropriate has become commonplace. The question is: Is Discovery going to make clear about whether Disney funded the programs or provided any services? Essentially, if it's nothing more than an infomercial, will it be presented as such? Or will it be presented as an independent production that's separate from promoting a theme park?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49658]]></link><description><![CDATA[None is a foole alwaies, everyone sometimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16480]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, a god. When the physician first comes and announces the safety of the patient, then the sick man says: "Behold a God or a guardian angel!" [Lat., Intrantis medici facies tres esse videntur  Aegrotanti; hominis, Daemonis, atque Dei.   Cum primum accessit medicus dixitque salutem,    En Deus aut custos angelus, aeger ait.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53750]]></link><description><![CDATA[And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of our stuff is there. We were planning to sell this house as quick as we can and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of our stuff is there. We were planning to sell this house as quick as we can and move there, and now we understand, the best reports we're getting that our house there is underwater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is the soul's consciousness of its Divine relationship and exalted destiny. It is the recognition by man's higher nature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is the soul's consciousness of its Divine relationship and exalted destiny. It is the recognition by man's higher nature of sources of comfort and hope beyond anything that sense-knowledge discloses. It is the consciousness of a Divine Father toward Whom goes out all that is in affection and highest in moral aspiration; it is the premonition of a future life of which the best attainment here is but the twilight promise. In our day, the sudden and vast revelation of material wonders unsteadies and dims for the moment the spiritual sight; but the stars will shine clear again.  The truth-seeking spirit and the spirit of faith, instead of being opposed, are in the deepest harmony. The man whose faith is most genuine is most willing to have its assertions tested by the severest scrutiny. And the passion for truth has underlying it a profound conviction that what is real is best; that when we get to the heart of things we shall find there what we most need. Faith is false to itself when it dreads truth, and the desire for truth is prompted by an inner voice of faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each person must live their life as a model for others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each person must live their life as a model for others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48013]]></link><description><![CDATA[A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is a sacred communion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is a sacred communion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25977]]></link><description><![CDATA[One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good cloth give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good cloth give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;   Their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25083]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light,  Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer;   Their pure breath sanctifies the air,    As its fragrance fills the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did a thing on Malcolm in the Middle which I loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did a thing on Malcolm in the Middle which I loved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some rougher realities about being a writer in Montana, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40107]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some rougher realities about being a writer in Montana,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57762]]></link><description><![CDATA[I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He pares his apple that will cleanly feed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13199]]></link><description><![CDATA[He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19328]]></link><description><![CDATA[History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16960]]></link><description><![CDATA[False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll take any trophy. I don't care what it says on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3576]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll take any trophy. I don't care what it says on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17300]]></link><description><![CDATA[As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Anon -Allan K. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Anon -Allan K. Chalmers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a good product would be "Baby Duck Hat". It's a fake baby duck, which you strap on top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11696]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a good product would be "Baby Duck Hat". It's a fake baby duck, which you strap on top of your head. Then you go swimming underwater until you find a mommy duck and her babies, and you join them. Then, all of a sudden, you stand up out of the water and roar like Godzilla. Man, those ducks really take off! Also, Baby Duck Hat is good for parties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the ref blows his whistle, I yell out, 'That's a terrible call' and then I start booing with everybody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the ref blows his whistle, I yell out, 'That's a terrible call' and then I start booing with everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . th' approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59930]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . th' approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade,   And the low sun had lengthen'd ev'ry shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title  Hang loose about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title  Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe   Upon a dwarfish thief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2434]]></link><description><![CDATA[America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My classes are really challenging. I didn't think senior year would be so tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40311]]></link><description><![CDATA[My classes are really challenging. I didn't think senior year would be so tough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11502]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59826]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Senior Rob Hudson sustained his good form with a 3-under par 33 to earn medalist honors for the varsity boys, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28795]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Senior Rob Hudson sustained his good form with a 3-under par 33 to earn medalist honors for the varsity boys, causing Adams to extoll Hudsons consistency.] Hes really worked hard to make himself a Division I golfer, ... Hes gone from his bad rounds being 38 or 39 to being even par. [FCC] is a short course, but hes been able to put up those numbers at every course weve played on. Im real tickled for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on the Bible:  Never was a book so full of incredible sayings -- everywhere the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on the Bible:  Never was a book so full of incredible sayings -- everywhere the sense of mystery dominates; unless you feel that mystery, all becomes prosaic -- nothing about God is prosaic.   ... The Notebooks of Florence Allshorn  August 26, 2000 Continuing a short series on the Bible:   Have you noticed this? Whatever need or trouble you are in, there is always something to help you in your Bible, if only you go on reading till you come to the word God specially has for you. I have noticed this often. Sometimes the special word is in the portion you would naturally read, or in the Psalm for the day, ... but you must go on till you find it, for it is always somewhere. You will know it the moment you come to it, for it will rest your heart.   ... Amy Carmichael, Edges of His Ways  August 27, 2000 Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.   ... Martin Luther August 28, 2000 Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  Too late came I to love thee, O thou Beauty so ancient and so fresh, yea too late came I to love thee. And behold, thou wert within me, and I out of myself, where I made search for thee: I ugly rushed headlong upon those beautiful things thou hast made. Thou indeed wert with me; but I was not with thee: these beauties kept me far enough from thee: even those, which unless they were in thee, should not be at all.  ... St. Augustine, Confessions August 29, 2000 The Divine Perfections. How shall I praise th' eternal God,  That Infinite Unknown? Who can ascend his high abode,   Or venture near his throne? The great invisible! He dwells  Conceal'd in dazzling light: But his all-searching eye reveals  The secrets of the night. Those watchful eyes that never sleep,  Survey the world around; His wisdom is the boundless deep,  Where all our thoughts are drown'd.  He knows no shadow of a change,  Nor alters his decrees; Firm as a rock his truth remains,   To guard his promises.  Justice, upon a dreadful throne,  Maintains the rights of God; While mercy sends her pardons down,  Bought with a Saviour's blood. Now to my soul immortal King,   Speak some forgiving word; Then `twill be double joy to sing  The glories of my Lord.   ... Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, #166  August 30, 2000  As for what the Church thinks and says, what influence does that have on the handling of American politics, the conduct of American education, the regulation of marriage and divorce, on sex and drink, on how industrial disputes are settled, on how we carry on business? As a plain matter of fact, religion in this country is generally regarded as a tolerated pastime for such people as happen to like to indulge in occasional godly exercises -- as a strictly private matter in an increasingly close-knit and socially acting society -- in other words, as something that does not count. I should like to see the Church recognize that it has been pushed into the realm of the non-essentials, and to persuade it to fight like fury for the right and the duty to bring every act of America and Americans before the bar of God's judgment. [Christian leaders] are making valiant claim to such a right and duty; but the great mass of Church members are content to regard the Church as a conglomerate of private culture clubs, nice for christenings, weddings and funerals. Most Church members readily agree with the unchurched majority that it is not the proper business of the Church to criticize America or Americans.  ... Bernard Iddings Bell, God is Not Dead August 31, 2000 Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688   Christians are like the flowers in a garden, that have each of them the dew of Heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other's roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52896]]></link><description><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52896</guid></item></channel></rss>