<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed without prayer; the daily act of prayer itself hurried over, or gone through without heart: these are the kind of downward steps by which many a Christian descends to a condition of spiritual palsy, or reaches the point where God allows them to have a tremendous fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4054]]></link><description><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48230]]></link><description><![CDATA[The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money makes the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money makes the man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an absence of rush, time for the mind and imagination to float ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52110]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an absence of rush, time for the mind and imagination to float and wander and roam, time for the individual to descend into the depths of his or her psyche, to be available to barely audible signals rustling for attention. Long periods of time may pass in which nothing seems to be happening. But we know that kind of space must be created if the mind is to leap out of its accustomed ruts, to part from the mechanical, the known, the familiar, the standard, and generate a leap into the new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[very optimistic for the strong momentum we have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35145]]></link><description><![CDATA[very optimistic for the strong momentum we have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25625]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After that first goal, they came pretty quick. We just had some trouble getting going, but once we did, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30554]]></link><description><![CDATA[After that first goal, they came pretty quick. We just had some trouble getting going, but once we did, we played well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he that once is good, is ever great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18262]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he that once is good, is ever great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it Cry 'No recovery.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48205]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it Cry 'No recovery.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest creatures: yet still the same reason gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10193]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest creatures: yet still the same reason gives it: for Optima corrupta pessima: the best things corrupted become the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 7th Congressional District will be one of the most competitive in the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 7th Congressional District will be one of the most competitive in the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622  Our business is to love what God would have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622  Our business is to love what God would have us do. He wills our vocation as it is: let us love that, and not trifle away our time in hankering after other people's vocation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a wise child that knows his own father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5993]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a wise child that knows his own father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57564]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral. (on the career dedication of her husband, the Miami Dolphins' coach)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future shock [is] the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Future shock [is] the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great art picks up where nature ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great art picks up where nature ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63479]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dress up in my costume, and I do the laundry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29203]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dress up in my costume, and I do the laundry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy to say, not easy to achieve, ... But together we have achieved great things, and this is a red-letter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easy to say, not easy to achieve, ... But together we have achieved great things, and this is a red-letter day. All of us here today will never forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[been given an opportunity and a chance and I intend to make a whole-hearted effort to not go down that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36306]]></link><description><![CDATA[been given an opportunity and a chance and I intend to make a whole-hearted effort to not go down that path. It scares me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and financial opportunities. Other high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1196]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and financial opportunities. Other high stakes will be missed by people if they don't master and connect information.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53972]]></link><description><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The comforters head never akes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The comforters head never akes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24374]]></link><description><![CDATA[God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You take a triple crown guy off your team, you're going to feel the effects. Conversely, I think we'll be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32145]]></link><description><![CDATA[You take a triple crown guy off your team, you're going to feel the effects. Conversely, I think we'll be stronger throughout the lineup this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49347]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year finances are on people's mind. And this is the time to think about that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39604]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year finances are on people's mind. And this is the time to think about that and make small changes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The introverted church is one which puts its own survival before its mission, its own identity above its task, its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The introverted church is one which puts its own survival before its mission, its own identity above its task, its internal concerns before its apostolate, its rituals before its ministry. Undue emphasis on the static structure of the Church has led to the disappearance of a significant lay ministry in denominational Protestantism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57480]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5088]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5088</guid></item></channel></rss>