<?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[A pot clashes with its lidIn someones hurried kitchenA telephone boils off the hook.Outside, a car doorAn airplane pulls a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46061]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pot clashes with its lidIn someones hurried kitchenA telephone boils off the hook.Outside, a car doorAn airplane pulls a drag of cloud.muffled thunder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long;  So instead of getting to heaven at last, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48082]]></link><description><![CDATA[God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long;  So instead of getting to heaven at last,   I'm going all along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24391]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible. Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God.  ... James Houston, The Transforming Power of Prayer July 23, 2000 Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   Christ came, not so much to preach the Gospel, as that there might be a Gospel to preach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/741</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/20930]]></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/20930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53467]]></link><description><![CDATA[People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion . . . "What religion?" . . . the Earl said, "Men of sense never tell it."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not arrested or detained anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41362]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not arrested or detained anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26240]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just gave up on acting for a couple of years until Good Will Hunting came around, and since it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31162]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just gave up on acting for a couple of years until Good Will Hunting came around, and since it was Gus, it was hard to say no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the recovery takes hold, the vulnerability we have surrounding these issues will diminish and they won't be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40339]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the recovery takes hold, the vulnerability we have surrounding these issues will diminish and they won't be able to impact the overall economy. And then investors will focus on the good news.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The Moon, their Mistress, had expired before;  The winds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The Moon, their Mistress, had expired before;  The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air,   And the clouds perish'd; darkness had no need    Of aid from them--she was the Universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they will find we (the blacks) are turned to hating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plus, you'll have higher metal exports because of rising metal prices around the world, driven by Chinese growth ... and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plus, you'll have higher metal exports because of rising metal prices around the world, driven by Chinese growth ... and by the reconstruction of (typhoon affected) areas in the US.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10734]]></link><description><![CDATA[But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probably, they anticipate that down the line there will be a point that confrontation will be inevitable. Therefore, they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably, they anticipate that down the line there will be a point that confrontation will be inevitable. Therefore, they are just indicating that in case they come under any military pressure or any threat then they can properly defend themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really haven't had much time for it to hit me hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really haven't had much time for it to hit me hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63143]]></link><description><![CDATA[You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very pleased with the way the team played, especially they way they hustled and dove on defense. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42121]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very pleased with the way the team played, especially they way they hustled and dove on defense. You can't ask for anything more. Sometimes the breaks don't go your way. We still have a chance to make the playoffs. We just have to win out from here. It's going to be a good test for the team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4016]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44652]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanely applied advertising could remake the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sanely applied advertising could remake the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing a poem is discovering ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing a poem is discovering]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For while the treason I detest, The traitor still I love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59647]]></link><description><![CDATA[For while the treason I detest, The traitor still I love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63853]]></link><description><![CDATA[All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the ship carrying living memories to the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19372]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Figures won't lie, but liars will figure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Figures won't lie, but liars will figure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusty, but as wide as eye  Could reach, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25451]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusty, but as wide as eye  Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping   In sight, then lost amidst the forestry    Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping     On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy;      A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown       On a fool's head--and there is London Town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. [Fr., L'exemple est un dangereux leurre; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. [Fr., L'exemple est un dangereux leurre;  Ou la guepe a passe, le moucheron demeure.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sent chills down my spine. It was recognition of a student-athlete who did it right, but it was something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37585]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sent chills down my spine. It was recognition of a student-athlete who did it right, but it was something more. I just don't know of any other conference where something like that would happen. For me, that's the moment I 'got' it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone knows programming isn't a core competency at Microsoft. Marketing is the only core competency here. By next year, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone knows programming isn't a core competency at Microsoft. Marketing is the only core competency here. By next year, the marketers just might have this whole place to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61353]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you candream it, you can become it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22692]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you candream it, you can become it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make no judgments where you have no compassion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make no judgments where you have no compassion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier for a camel to pass through they eye of the needle than for a rich man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53757]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier for a camel to pass through they eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thick skin is a gift from God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21220]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thick skin is a gift from God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That law provides for competition and allows local communities to have a say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39452]]></link><description><![CDATA[That law provides for competition and allows local communities to have a say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother About one vice and fall into another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50931]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother About one vice and fall into another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was a big part of the team. It was tough on the girls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38649]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was a big part of the team. It was tough on the girls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38649</guid></item></channel></rss>