<?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[The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice  Of one, who from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice  Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims   Tidings of good to Zion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rumor forthwith flies abroad, dispersed throughout the small town. [Lat., Fama volat parvam subito vulgata per urbem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rumor forthwith flies abroad, dispersed throughout the small town. [Lat., Fama volat parvam subito vulgata per urbem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63900]]></link><description><![CDATA[The relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really psyched for O.A.R. They'll certainly be a hell of a lot better than Sonic Youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36844]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really psyched for O.A.R. They'll certainly be a hell of a lot better than Sonic Youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly not cowed in covering the aftermath of Katrina.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Describing an opposing team: Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Describing an opposing team: Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UPS now flies to more points in China than any other US airline, freight or passenger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32891]]></link><description><![CDATA[UPS now flies to more points in China than any other US airline, freight or passenger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12865]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36859]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get as far as we did (in 2004). I don't like being the only one upset after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get as far as we did (in 2004). I don't like being the only one upset after a loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coast was clear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coast was clear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17448]]></link><description><![CDATA[In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5250]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula for success and happiness as the world provides. One of the fortunate aspects of this formula is that, granted the right career has been found, the hard work takes care of itself. Then hard work is not hard work at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never thought that you could obtain the extremely clumpy, heterogeneous universe we have today, strongly affected by plasma ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36278]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never thought that you could obtain the extremely clumpy, heterogeneous universe we have today, strongly affected by plasma processes, from the smooth, homogeneous one of the Big Bang, dominated by gravitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book might be written on the injustice of the just. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4574]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book might be written on the injustice of the just.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25825]]></link><description><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But scandal's my aversion--I protest Against all evil speaking, even in jest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48723]]></link><description><![CDATA[But scandal's my aversion--I protest Against all evil speaking, even in jest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25989]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61707]]></link><description><![CDATA[And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms. . . . For summer being done, all things stand upon them with a weather-beaten face, and the whole country, full of woods and thickets, represented a wild and savage hue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is to be feared lest our long quarrels about the manner of His presence cause the matter of His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7705]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is to be feared lest our long quarrels about the manner of His presence cause the matter of His absence, for our want of charity to receive Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes themselves had fallen behind! --Whene'er he went before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes themselves had fallen behind! --Whene'er he went before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no point in staying around when you can get a bike ride in at the rink. Then if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32789]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no point in staying around when you can get a bike ride in at the rink. Then if we don't fly out until tomorrow we'll not have gone 48 hours without moving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63339]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24212]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers tell your children 'Be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder and love is never wrong.' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers tell your children 'Be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder and love is never wrong.' Remember how they taught you; how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down: The legacy stops here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no hard matter to adhere to God while you are in the enjoyment of His comforts and consolations; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6559]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no hard matter to adhere to God while you are in the enjoyment of His comforts and consolations; but if you would prove your fidelity to Him, you must be willing to follow Him through the paths of dryness and desertion. The truth of a friend is not known while he is receiving favours and benefits from us; but if he remain faithful to us when we treat him with coldness and neglect, it will be a proof of the sincerity of his attachment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49130]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20289]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man finds he has been wrong at every preceding stage of his career, only to deduce the astonishing conclusion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62459]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man finds he has been wrong at every preceding stage of his career, only to deduce the astonishing conclusion that he is at last entirely right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A generation of Christians reared among push buttons and automatic machines is impatient of slower and less direct methods of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6950]]></link><description><![CDATA[A generation of Christians reared among push buttons and automatic machines is impatient of slower and less direct methods of reaching their goals. We have been trying to apply machine-age methods to our relations with God. We read our chapter, have our short devotions, and rush away, hoping to make up for our deep inward bankruptcy by attending another gospel meeting or listening to another thrilling story told by a religious adventurer lately returned from afar. The tragic results of this spirit are all about us. Shallow lives, hollow religious philosophies, the preponderance of the element of fun in gospel meetings, the glorification of men, trust in religious externalities, quasi-religious fellowships, salesmanship methods, the mistaking of dynamic personality for the power of the Spirit; these and such as these are the symptoms of an evil disease, a deep and serious malady of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The major concrete achievement of the women's movement of the 1970's was the Dutch treat. -Nora Ephron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The major concrete achievement of the women's movement of the 1970's was the Dutch treat. -Nora Ephron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research and communication skills to be able to succeed in the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research and communication skills to be able to succeed in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, butyour dream will not. Responsibilities need not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, butyour dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need notobscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40349]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up here, and we don't have to pay any attention it to at all. We do what we want to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53307]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed this His universe to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not disturb the sleeping dog. [It., Non stuzzicare il can che dorme.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not disturb the sleeping dog. [It., Non stuzzicare il can che dorme.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future will be better tomorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17113]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future will be better tomorrow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only is he scoring, he's also become very important for the team. And I think he can even still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only is he scoring, he's also become very important for the team. And I think he can even still improve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40185</guid></item></channel></rss>