<?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[Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two hands to clap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2914]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two hands to clap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help thy brother's boat across, and Lo! Thine own has reached the shore ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Help thy brother's boat across, and Lo! Thine own has reached the shore]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love that is not madness is not love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love that is not madness is not love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just want to see how long I can keep this thing going. The easiest thing is dying. Living is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16123]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just want to see how long I can keep this thing going. The easiest thing is dying. Living is a a pain in the butt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27178]]></link><description><![CDATA[In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When anyone tells me I can't do anything. I'm just not listening any more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20666]]></link><description><![CDATA[When anyone tells me I can't do anything. I'm just not listening any more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyrant, step from the throne, and give place to thy master. [Fr., Tyran, descends du trone et fais place a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyrant, step from the throne, and give place to thy master. [Fr., Tyran, descends du trone et fais place a ton maitre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62861]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail,  And give her to the God of storms, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail,  And give her to the God of storms,   The lightning and the gale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   Christ was common to all in love, in teaching, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866   Christ was common to all in love, in teaching, in tender consolation, in generous gifts, in merciful forgiveness. His soul and his body, his life and his death and his ministry were, and are, common to all. His sacraments and his gifts are common to all. Christ never took any food or drink, nor anything that his body needed, without intending by it the common good of all those who shall be saved, even unto the last day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seven works of bodily mercy be these: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7884]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seven works of bodily mercy be these: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked and the needy, harbour the houseless, comfort the sick, visit prisoners, bury the dead. The seven works of spiritual mercy be these: teach men the truth, counsel men to hold with Christ's law, chastise sinners by moderate reproving in charity, comfort sorrowful men by Christ's passion, forgive wrongs, suffer meekly reproofs for the right of God's law, pray heartily for friend and for foe.   ... Middle English Sermons  September 6, 2001 Commemoration of Allen Gardiner, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851 Commemoration of Albert Schweitzer, Teacher, Physician, Missionary, 1965   Of the access for us, at any rate, to the spirit of life -- us who were born in Christendom, and are in touch, conscious or unconscious, with Christianity -- this is the true account. Questions over which the churches spend so much labour and time -- questions about the Trinity, about the godhead of Christ, about the procession of the Holy Ghost -- are not vital; what is vital is the doctrine of access to the spirit of life through Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41062]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. -The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. -The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18761]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless we remember we cannot understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless we remember we cannot understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first time in the history of Lebanon, the Lebanese feel that they have the power to decide their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34381]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first time in the history of Lebanon, the Lebanese feel that they have the power to decide their fate,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47436]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe  Your crisped smiles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe  Your crisped smiles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27778]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  The Servant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  The Servant Messiah carries out his ministry in the lives of his ministers. His life is reproduced in their lives, so they also are servants. But this ministry is exercised in and towards the Church, so as to enable the Church itself to carry out the ministry of the Servant. The Messiah came as a Servant; his ministers are servants; and the Church he created is a Servant-Church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bart [Simpson] gets away with doing the things we all wish we could get away with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bart [Simpson] gets away with doing the things we all wish we could get away with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're a horse, and someone gets on you, and falls off, and then gets right back on you, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11736]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a horse, and someone gets on you, and falls off, and then gets right back on you, I think you should buck him off right away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll probably grow pretty dramatically in the next 12 months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31456]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll probably grow pretty dramatically in the next 12 months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike my subject, I will make my song. It shall be witty, and it shan't be long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike my subject, I will make my song. It shall be witty, and it shan't be long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I checked with our infectious disease specialist and we've not had any cases here yet. So far so good I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38818]]></link><description><![CDATA[I checked with our infectious disease specialist and we've not had any cases here yet. So far so good I guess. We've had a number of people tested who came in with symptoms, but none of those were positive for flu.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,  Feed on her damask cheek. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51525]]></link><description><![CDATA[She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,  Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;   And, with a green and yellow melancholy,    She sat like Patience on a monument,     Smiling at grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16682]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The school district is pleased that a national publication recognizes that you can be an excellent school district without spending ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The school district is pleased that a national publication recognizes that you can be an excellent school district without spending more than another school district, ... We have one of the lower per pupil costs in Delaware County. Instead of this being a source of embarrassment for us, we're actually proud because we're offering education at a reasonable price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire:   Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have 11 shows this year, which is the most in a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39228]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have 11 shows this year, which is the most in a long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said,  This is my own, my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said,  This is my own, my native land!   Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,    As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,     From wandering on a foreign strand!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53445]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12604]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those sopranos in nightgowns dying in Act 2. So what do I have in my first opera? A soprano in a nightgown dying in Act 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Handmaiden of the Sciences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Handmaiden of the Sciences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're just as good as we are. They look like West Point, just not as many of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33453]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're just as good as we are. They look like West Point, just not as many of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, he has at the level of resistance that we need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41162]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, he has at the level of resistance that we need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61033]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2165</guid></item></channel></rss>