<?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[If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27094]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're taking a group of congregations together. One group may not be able to do much on their own. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39902]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're taking a group of congregations together. One group may not be able to do much on their own. But let's spread the burden; let's work together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27158]]></link><description><![CDATA[He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60243]]></link><description><![CDATA[’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for the fact that you are the University authorities . . .']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our capital will be Jerusalem, and our state will not contain settlements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our capital will be Jerusalem, and our state will not contain settlements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[England] a soil whose air is deemed too pure for slaves to breathe in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56595]]></link><description><![CDATA[[England] a soil whose air is deemed too pure for slaves to breathe in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwing on the side doesn't equate to spring training. There's just not the same intensity. There's nobody with a bat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throwing on the side doesn't equate to spring training. There's just not the same intensity. There's nobody with a bat in his hands telling you that you just made a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body is a machine which winds its own springs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe me, lords, my tender years can tell Civil dissension is a viperous worm  That gnaws the bowels of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe me, lords, my tender years can tell Civil dissension is a viperous worm  That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade  And keeps that palace of the soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade  And keeps that palace of the soul serene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859 Continuing a short series of verse on Christ: From Thee all skill and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859 Continuing a short series of verse on Christ: From Thee all skill and science flow,  All pity, care and love,  All calm and courage, faith and hope;  O pour them from above. And part them, Lord, to each and all,  As each and all shall need, To rise like incense, each to Thee,  In noble thought and deed. And hasten, Lord, that perfect day  When pain and death shall cease, And Thy just rule shall fill the earth  With health and light and peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul that is within me no man can degrade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2290]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul that is within me no man can degrade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends:  Faithful friends! It lies I know  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11166]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends:  Faithful friends! It lies I know   Pale and white and cold as snow;    And ye say, "Abdallah's dead!"     Weeping at the feet and head.      I can see your falling tears,       I can hear your sighs and prayers;        Yet I smile and whisper this:         I am not the thing you kiss.          Cease your tears and let it lie;           It was mine--it is not I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's a health to the glow-worm, Death's sober lamplighter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's a health to the glow-worm, Death's sober lamplighter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29704]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in the country I could not go to college, because I am a black person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, there was one fellow that wanted to give me a good swift kick in the rear end for not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, there was one fellow that wanted to give me a good swift kick in the rear end for not getting our work done,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gas was pouring out of the truck like a roof drain in a storm, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gas was pouring out of the truck like a roof drain in a storm,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66882]]></link><description><![CDATA[For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26523]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face;  Young beauties force ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3556]]></link><description><![CDATA[No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face;  Young beauties force our love, and that's a rape;   This doth but counsel, yet you cannot scape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We saw a tremendous outpouring of goodwill in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but we also know that con artists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35980]]></link><description><![CDATA[We saw a tremendous outpouring of goodwill in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but we also know that con artists will take every opportunity to exploit and profit from those who have experienced great loss,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't need to have the pitchers ranked 1-2-3. We're going to go out there, and the guy who has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28443]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't need to have the pitchers ranked 1-2-3. We're going to go out there, and the guy who has the fresh arm is going to throw. It's good to have that much depth on the pitching staff, because we can use guys in certain situations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13779]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was established originally as a living monument to the World War One veterans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30193]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was established originally as a living monument to the World War One veterans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll get some and take some home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33002]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll get some and take some home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never despair, keep pushing on! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never despair, keep pushing on!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born To Be Alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born To Be Alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40470]]></link><description><![CDATA[An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50061]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60178]]></link><description><![CDATA[We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business who can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business who can do it. I feel grateful the university has been so good to me and my family. I have a chancellor that has been very supportive of me, and his cooperation on what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it. I think that is very unique to have a situation like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A-four and a-three and a-two and a-one... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15208]]></link><description><![CDATA[A-four and a-three and a-two and a-one...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13096]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it is in Utopia- that is, nowhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46082]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are. -C. S. Lewis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as the French we conquer'd once, Now give us laws for pantaloons,  The length of breeches and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15340]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as the French we conquer'd once, Now give us laws for pantaloons,  The length of breeches and the gathers   Port-cannons, periwigs, and feathers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 A LETTER FROM PAUL THE MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIANS IN ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970 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)  That concludes the present stage of my argument; but before I can proceed to final deductions, I must return to a difficulty already raised (Rom. 3:1-4). If there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, does all the great past of Israel go for nothing? Do all the promises of Scripture go for nothing? First, let me say how bitterly I regret the exclusion of the Jewish nation as a body from the new life. I would surrender all my Christian privileges if I could find a way to bring them in. But we must recognize facts; and the first fact is that the nation as a whole never was able to claim the promises; from the beginning, there was a process of selection. Of the sons of Abraham, Isaac alone was called; of the sons of Isaac, Jacob only. If we ask why, there is no answer save that God is bound by no natural or historical necessity, but intervenes according to His will. To question that will is as absurd as for the pot to arraign the potter. Then again, while some members of the Hebrew race have always fallen out, always God has declared His purpose ultimately to include others, not members of the Hebrew race--and that is just what is now happening. Now, as I said, I desire nothing more earnestly than that the whole nation should be saved. But the fact is that they have deliberately rejected the chance that was offered them. There is nothing remote or abstruse about the Christian message. It is a very simple thing: acknowledge Jesus as Lord, and believe that He is alive; that is all. And they cannot say that they have never heard the message, for Christ has His witnesses everywhere. It looks, then, as if God had rejected His people, as punishment for their obstinacy. I do not believe it. God's promises cannot go for nothing. In the first place, there has always been, and there still is, a faithful remnant of the Jewish people. And in the second place, as for the main body, their present rejection of the message is only a means in God's Providence for its extension to the Gentiles. The old olive-tree of Israel stands yet; many of its branches have been lopped off, and new branches of wild olive have been engrafted in their place. But God can engraft the lopped branches on again, if it be His will; and I believe it is His will, and that in the end the whole nation will return to Him and inherit the promises. And if the failure of Israel has meant such blessing to the world, how much greater blessing will its ultimate salvation bring! God's purpose, as I said at the beginning (Rom. 1:16), is universal: He has permitted the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike, to fall under sin, only in order that He may finally have mercy on the whole of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike. How profound and unsearchable are His plans! (Rom. 9:1-11:36)  So now I can take up again my main argument. If this is the way of God's dealing with us, what ought to be our response? Can we do less than offer our entire selves to God as a sacrifice of thanksgiving? How will that work out? In a life lived as by members of one single body. Let each perform his part faithfully. Let love rule all your relations one to another, and to those outside, even to your enemies. Do not regard the Emperor as outside the scope of love, but obey his laws and pay his taxes. Yes, and pay all debts to every one. Love is, in fact, the one comprehensive debt of man to man. If you love your neighbour as yourself, you have fulfilled the whole moral law. But be in earnest about things, for the better day is already dawning. (Rom. 12:1-13:14)  I hear you have differences among yourselves about Sabbath-keeping and vegetarianism. Take this matter, then, as an example of what I mean by the application of brotherly love to all conduct. Remember that the Sabbatarian and the anti-Sabbatarian, the vegetarian and the meat-eater, are alike servants of one Master. Give each other credit for the best motives. Do not think of yourself alone; think of your Christian brother, and try to put yourself in his place. If he seems to you a weak-minded, over-scrupulous individual, remember that in any case he is your brother, and that Christ died for him as well as for you, and reverence his conscience. If through your example he should do an act which is harmless in you but sin to him, you have injured his conscience. Is it worth while so to imperil a soul for the sake of your liberty in such external matters? If the other man is weak-minded, and you strong-minded, all the more reason why you should help to bear his burden. Remember, Christ did not please Himself. In a word, Sabbatarian and anti-Sabbatarian, Jew and Gentile, treat one another as Christ has treated you, and God be with you. (Rom. 14:1-15:13)  Well, friends, I hardly think you needed this long exhortation from me. You are intelligent Christians, and well able to give one another good advice. Still, I thought I might venture to remind you of a few points ; for after all, I do feel a measure of responsibility for you, as missionary to the Gentiles. I have now accomplished my mission as far West as the Adriatic. Now I am going to Jerusalem to hand over the relief fund we have raised in Greece. After that I hope to start work in the West, and I propose to set out for Spain and take Rome on my way. Pray for me, that my errand to Jerusalem may be successful, so that I may be free to visit you. (Rom. 15:14-33)  I wish to introduce to you our friend Phoebe. She renders admirable service to our congregation at Cenchrea. Do all you can for her; she deserves it.  Kind regards to Priscilla and Aquila, Epaenetus, Mary, and all friends in Rome.   (P.S.--Beware of folk who make mischief. Be wise; be gentle; and all good be with you.)  Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, and all friends at Corinth send kind regards. (So do I--Tertius, amanuensis!)  Glory be to God!  With all good wishes,  Your brother,  PAUL, Missionary of Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are taking sure, steady steps to a place where the state of Israel will no longer be a democracy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29088]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are taking sure, steady steps to a place where the state of Israel will no longer be a democracy and a home for the Jewish people,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ali Ansari, an Iran expert at St. Andrews University in Scotland, said the president would have to make concessions.] I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28947]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ali Ansari, an Iran expert at St. Andrews University in Scotland, said the president would have to make concessions.] I do not think it is fatal, ... but he is going to have to take some drastic action to realize that politics is the art of compromise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I can do is what I think is right. I've always tried to build relationships with people on campus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38134]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I can do is what I think is right. I've always tried to build relationships with people on campus, and I think they know what kind of person I am. ... I think I feel as secure as I can be, given the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him that would move the world first move himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him that would move the world first move himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22529</guid></item></channel></rss>