<?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[There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26776]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only want people around me who can do the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only want people around me who can do the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rainbows apologize for angry skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rainbows apologize for angry skies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger should never appear in awarding punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's villainous news abroad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44469]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's villainous news abroad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51186]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,   Plying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23941]]></link><description><![CDATA[With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,   Plying her needle and thread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make haste slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make haste slowly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do the Yankees always win? ... The other team can't stop looking at the pinstripes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do the Yankees always win? ... The other team can't stop looking at the pinstripes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I fell in love with my wife, Julie, and I felt it was important to provide properly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41381]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I fell in love with my wife, Julie, and I felt it was important to provide properly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17559]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19841]]></link><description><![CDATA[An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This earth that bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55898]]></link><description><![CDATA[This earth that bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32018]]></link><description><![CDATA[A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He loved God, and he loved the community, and he couldn't leave one for the other. He saw that neighborhood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39989]]></link><description><![CDATA[He loved God, and he loved the community, and he couldn't leave one for the other. He saw that neighborhood as holy ground. For him, that meant staying in it and cultivating its talents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mark the Evangelist  To love another as oneself is only the halfway house to Heaven, though it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mark the Evangelist  To love another as oneself is only the halfway house to Heaven, though it seems as far as it was prudent to bid man go. The "greater love than this" of which our Lord speaks, though He does not command it, is to give oneself for one's friends. And when one does this, or is ready to do this, prayer even for "us" seems too selfish -- and it is unnecessary, for we then possess all that God Himself can give us. The easy renunciation of self for the Beloved becomes the very breath of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we're telling people to expect at least a half-hour delay if you're going to try to use the Homestead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we're telling people to expect at least a half-hour delay if you're going to try to use the Homestead Grays bridge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. [Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist Wahreits-Liebe.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're not to be contiguous to metro areas, because those [towns] are different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39919]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're not to be contiguous to metro areas, because those [towns] are different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5820]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61060]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is really good news. I compliment our staff, the leadership teams in the schools, the students and parents everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34179]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is really good news. I compliment our staff, the leadership teams in the schools, the students and parents everyone who had a part in that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being named outstanding wrestler talks about his character as well as his wrestling skills. When coaches talk about David, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being named outstanding wrestler talks about his character as well as his wrestling skills. When coaches talk about David, they always talk about what a great person he is first and that means more to me than anything because that's what will take him a long way in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My figure ... never felt like an asset until I started dancing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32613]]></link><description><![CDATA[My figure ... never felt like an asset until I started dancing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman's love is writ in water, Woman's faith is traced in sand.   - Sir Robert Aytoun (Ayton) of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman's love is writ in water, Woman's faith is traced in sand.   - Sir Robert Aytoun (Ayton) of Kincaldie,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn while you're young', he often said, 'there is much to enjoy, down here below, life for the living, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn while you're young', he often said, 'there is much to enjoy, down here below, life for the living, and rest for the dead!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4619]]></link><description><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3584]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what a man thinks you do not have worry about what he will do. If you can make a man believe that he is inferior, you don’t have to compel him to seek an inferior status, he will do so without being told and if you can make a man believe that he is justly an outcast, you don’t have to order him to the back door, he will go to the back door on his own and if there is no back door, the very nature of the man will demand that you build one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no body will go to hell for company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49954]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no body will go to hell for company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should wait patiently until tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28841]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should wait patiently until tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A multinational company operating in Canada will have to have dozens and dozens of contracts with everybody who supplies them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32867]]></link><description><![CDATA[A multinational company operating in Canada will have to have dozens and dozens of contracts with everybody who supplies them with any personal information, including their own subsidiaries,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first wealth is health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18909]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first wealth is health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill . . . called a guy who was a towering figure and he totally defanged him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bill . . . called a guy who was a towering figure and he totally defanged him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47427]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52316]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1654]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement, which only he can change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65810]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome. [Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15494]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome. [Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew a very wise man that believed that . . . if a man were permitted to make all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3696]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew a very wise man that believed that . . . if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.   - Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (2),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55333]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55333</guid></item></channel></rss>