<?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[We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35301]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're happy to support organizations like the YMCA that support great programs in the communities that we serve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're happy to support organizations like the YMCA that support great programs in the communities that we serve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49142]]></link><description><![CDATA[At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say we did well is an understatement. We really dominated the tournament. The champions we had ? not just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42147]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say we did well is an understatement. We really dominated the tournament. The champions we had ? not just from Mount Sinai ? I think are going to represent Division II at the tournament in a very positive fashion. We have some very tough kids and I think we're going to do well in the states.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, under tokens, of our very selves and all our substance; that they may be transformed, quickened, and devoted to the interests of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48239]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cellsthey occupied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cellsthey occupied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only are these fine wines presented in eco-friendly packaging, these smaller formats will give consumers the convenience and versatility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only are these fine wines presented in eco-friendly packaging, these smaller formats will give consumers the convenience and versatility in their wine drinking occasions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280   Where, then, does happiness lie? In forgetfulness, not indulgence, of the self. In escape from sensual appetites, not in their satisfaction We live in a dark, self-enclosed prison, which is all we see or know if our glance is fixed ever downward. To lift it upward, becoming aware of the wide, luminous universe outside -- this alone is happiness. At its highest level, such happiness is the ecstasy that mystics have inadequately described At more humdrum levels, it is human love; the delights and beauties of our dear earth, its colors and shapes and sounds; the enchantment of understanding and laughing, and all other exercise of such faculties as we possess; the marvel of the meaning of everything, fitfully glimpsed, inadequately expounded, but ever present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's room in the decision for an appeal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29215]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's room in the decision for an appeal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do they rate a movie "R" for "adult language?" The only people I hear using that language are teenagers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do they rate a movie "R" for "adult language?" The only people I hear using that language are teenagers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44150]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, Concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13816]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew it was the end of the game and that's what you have to do to win. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew it was the end of the game and that's what you have to do to win. You don't stop playing until there are zeros on the clock. It was an effort play and I know that's a big thing around here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness hates the timid! So does science! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness hates the timid! So does science!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39589]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we this way and not some other? What does it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we this way and not some other? What does it mean to be human? Are we capable, if need be, of fundamental change, or do the dead hands of forgotten ancestors impel us in some direction, indiscriminately for good or ill, and beyond our control? Can we alter our character? Can we improve our societies? Can we leave our children a world better than the one that was left to us? Can we free them from the demons that torment us and haunt our civilization? In the long run, are we wise enough to know what changes to make? Can we be trusted with our own future?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2089]]></link><description><![CDATA[I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head. [On her beauty pageant days].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hind that would be mated by the lion Must die for love. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55714]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hind that would be mated by the lion Must die for love. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16352]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We keep going back, stronger, not weaker, because we will not allow rejection to beat us down. It will only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53253]]></link><description><![CDATA[We keep going back, stronger, not weaker, because we will not allow rejection to beat us down. It will only strengthen our resolve. To be successful there is no other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She didn't seem to get flustered or frustrated about the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42013]]></link><description><![CDATA[She didn't seem to get flustered or frustrated about the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! vainest of all things Is the gratitude of kings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! vainest of all things Is the gratitude of kings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To build castles in Spain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20520]]></link><description><![CDATA[To build castles in Spain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no-one dreams of questioning. And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt. It is a curious fact that historians have often been much readier to trust the New Testament than have many theologians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10306]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of your life is the quality of your communication. (withyourself as well as with others). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of your life is the quality of your communication. (withyourself as well as with others).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated need but to be seen;  Yet seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated need but to be seen;  Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,   We first endure, then pity, then embrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know it hit his arm below the fence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30332]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know it hit his arm below the fence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're awful glad that the taxpayers and the voters will have an opportunity to vote on this. I think they'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41991]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're awful glad that the taxpayers and the voters will have an opportunity to vote on this. I think they'll grab it just like a drowning man would grab a flotation ring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to your mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. [Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. [Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need to know how to ask the right questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33171]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need to know how to ask the right questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19199]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt good (Saturday), ... The line gave me time, and our receivers made plays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34106]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt good (Saturday), ... The line gave me time, and our receivers made plays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hole and the patch should be commensurate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hole and the patch should be commensurate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hers was one of the first applications we accepted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hers was one of the first applications we accepted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44518</guid></item></channel></rss>