<?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[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845  Trials ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845  Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. Kim, Age 11 -Seneca. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57987]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. Kim, Age 11 -Seneca.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18687]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17032]]></link><description><![CDATA[You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51182]]></link><description><![CDATA[So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike assumed the role, with a young team, that he had to assume. He was sensational on both ends. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mike assumed the role, with a young team, that he had to assume. He was sensational on both ends. I think some of these younger kids will play better Saturday night after getting a taste of playoff action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2054]]></link><description><![CDATA[As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is apparently some connection between dissatisfaction with oneself and proneness to credulity. The urge to escape our real self ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52286]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is apparently some connection between dissatisfaction with oneself and proneness to credulity. The urge to escape our real self is also an urge to escape the rational and the obvious. The refusal to see ourselves as we are develops a distaste for facts and cold logic. There is no hope for the frustrated in the actual and the possible. Salvation can come to them only from the miraculous, which seeps through a crack in the iron wall of inexorable reality. They asked to be deceived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School is a building which has fours walls with tomorrow inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22779]]></link><description><![CDATA[School is a building which has fours walls with tomorrow inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52045]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60152]]></link><description><![CDATA[What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just earning my minutes, I knew I had the capabilities to play here, and it was just a matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37597]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just earning my minutes, I knew I had the capabilities to play here, and it was just a matter of going out and doing it. Finally I'm doing it and I'm even more hungry to do even more, there are more things I can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They knew how to handle every double-team, they passed out of it great and then they made open shots. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29634]]></link><description><![CDATA[They knew how to handle every double-team, they passed out of it great and then they made open shots. They didn't turn the ball over. Everything our defense is designed to do, they were able to go against that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; What's genuine, shall posterity inherit.  [Ger., Was glanzt ist fur den ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47840]]></link><description><![CDATA[What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; What's genuine, shall posterity inherit.  [Ger., Was glanzt ist fur den Augenblick geboren;   Das Aechte bleibt der Nachwelt unverloren.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do we make it through this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33210]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do we make it through this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they are expensive and have very high expectations for fast promotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33151]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they are expensive and have very high expectations for fast promotions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual experience is the sense of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual experience is the sense of justice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will give the devil his due. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12168]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will give the devil his due.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a very big size advantage. We really turned our defense up [in the fourth quarter], which we really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40554]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a very big size advantage. We really turned our defense up [in the fourth quarter], which we really should have been doing the whole game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always fascinated by India. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35304]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always fascinated by India.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48888]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15975]]></link><description><![CDATA[The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63599]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14172]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,    And, in this upshot, purposes mistook     Fall'n on th' inventors' heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn your scars into stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn your scars into stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27476]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10331]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4332]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing is always thinking of titles for records, with some reason behind them, and she just came out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing is always thinking of titles for records, with some reason behind them, and she just came out with the word, which she thought was a good word, a hard word, and since then we've sort of attached loads of meaning to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lately coach has been telling me to be more aggressive and want the ball more. He tells me that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lately coach has been telling me to be more aggressive and want the ball more. He tells me that he can't just tell the guys that. I have to do it with my body language. I was trying to be active today and keep moving, looking for the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft: Protestantism, in its corresponding decay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5293]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft: Protestantism, in its corresponding decay, becomes a vague mist of ethical platitudes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do I want one (a state title)? Dang right, but I'm not gonna sell my soul for one. I'm a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do I want one (a state title)? Dang right, but I'm not gonna sell my soul for one. I'm a purist. There are a lot of different championships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a question of putting into the text the language of our accord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32872]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a question of putting into the text the language of our accord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32872</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[The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone;  I wish to have none other books   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone;  I wish to have none other books   To read or look upon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is what you are in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is what you are in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13612</guid></item></channel></rss>