<?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 take the headache out of searching for and obtaining a loan. Our one-stop shopping marketplace allows consumers to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33960]]></link><description><![CDATA[We take the headache out of searching for and obtaining a loan. Our one-stop shopping marketplace allows consumers to find and apply for any type of loan they may need, free of charge. We've taken a task that was once very time-consuming, and have greatly simplified the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive  Whether I blush or no. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive  Whether I blush or no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person to do anything loses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as there is life there is danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11058]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as there is life there is danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43710]]></link><description><![CDATA[No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now you who rhyme, and I who rhyme, Have not we sworn it, many a time,  That we no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now you who rhyme, and I who rhyme, Have not we sworn it, many a time,  That we no more our verse would scrawl,   For Shakespeare he had said it all!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66729]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64218]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criticism is easy, and art is difficult. [Fr., La critique est aisee, et l'art est difficile.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Criticism is easy, and art is difficult. [Fr., La critique est aisee, et l'art est difficile.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525  God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525  God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight through hardship. But He leads! And amidst the hardship, He is nearer to them than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 ft/sec, is a cow that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 ft/sec, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their only labour was to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe,  They sit, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their only labour was to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe,  They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme,   Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go,    Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and slow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I draw most of my religious beliefs from Star Wars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4087]]></link><description><![CDATA[I draw most of my religious beliefs from Star Wars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. [Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. [Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12525]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spirit that I have seen May be a devil, and the devil hath power  T' assume a pleasing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12166]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spirit that I have seen May be a devil, and the devil hath power  T' assume a pleasing shape, yea, and perhaps   Out of my weakness and my melancholy,    As he is very potent with such spirits,     Abuses me to damn me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far out at sea,--the sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail,  We saw a snow-white ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far out at sea,--the sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail,  We saw a snow-white butterfly   Dancing before the fitful gale,    Far out at sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting -- it has been found demanding, and not tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we suppose a sufficient righteousness and intelligence in men to produce presently, from the tremendous lessons of history, an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62239]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we suppose a sufficient righteousness and intelligence in men to produce presently, from the tremendous lessons of history, an effective will for a world peace--that is to say, an effective will for a world law under a world government--for in no other fashion is a secure world peace conceivable--in what manner may we expect things to move towards this end? . . . It is an educational task, and its very essence is to bring to the minds of all men everywhere, as a necessary basis for world cooperation, a new telling and interpretation, a common interpretation, of history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour, She stood as a marble would stand,  Then the Saviour bent down, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5705]]></link><description><![CDATA[All crush'd and stone-cast in behaviour, She stood as a marble would stand,  Then the Saviour bent down, and the Saviour   In silence wrote on in the sand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22488]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is one of the real visionaries in the intelligence community. She leapt over a couple people in the organization ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30196]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is one of the real visionaries in the intelligence community. She leapt over a couple people in the organization to get where she is now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds  In loveliness of perfect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6142]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds  In loveliness of perfect deeds,   More strong than all poetic thoughts;    Which he may read that binds the sheaf,     Or builds the house, or digs the grave,      And those wild eyes that watch the waves       In roarings round the coral reef.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our construction teams and customer service representatives are among the best in the business. Our goal has always been to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our construction teams and customer service representatives are among the best in the business. Our goal has always been to deliver a zero-defect home, withstanding the test of time from the day folks move in and far into the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8482]]></link><description><![CDATA[To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1490]]></link><description><![CDATA[For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got the job, we had some good veteran players. Recruiting slipped for a couple of classes, but now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35392]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got the job, we had some good veteran players. Recruiting slipped for a couple of classes, but now we hope we have things going again. We hope to consistently be in the top 10.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58066]]></link><description><![CDATA[With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To illustrate the difference between the innovator and the dull crowd of routinists who cannot even imagine that any improvement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52022]]></link><description><![CDATA[To illustrate the difference between the innovator and the dull crowd of routinists who cannot even imagine that any improvement is possible, we need only refer to a passage in Engel's most famous book. Here, in 1878, Engels apodictically announced that military weapons are "now so perfected that no further progress of any revolutionizing influence is any longer possible." Henceforth "all further [technological] progress is by and large indifferent for land warfare. The age of evolution is in this regard essentially closed." This complacent conclusion shows in what the achievement of the innovator consists: he accomplishes what other people believe to be unthinkable and unfeasible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck is the residue of design. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is the residue of design.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can confirm that a 28-year-old New Zealand man was today charged by Norfolk Island police with murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can confirm that a 28-year-old New Zealand man was today charged by Norfolk Island police with murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who treads softly goes far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21372]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who treads softly goes far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O blithe New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice;  O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10818]]></link><description><![CDATA[O blithe New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice;  O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird,   Or but a wandering Voice?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all labour there is profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48646]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all labour there is profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48646</guid></item></channel></rss>