<?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[All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21371]]></link><description><![CDATA[All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16714]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great fish [eat] the small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16052]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great fish [eat] the small.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/653]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that a normal adult never stops to think about problems of space and time. These are things which he has thought about as a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mad fellow met me on the way and told me I had unloaded all the gibbets and pressed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55892]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mad fellow met me on the way and told me I had unloaded all the gibbets and pressed the dead bodies. No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I 'll not march through Coventry with them, that 's flat: nay, and the villains march wide betwixt the legs, as if they had gyves on; for indeed I had the most of them out of prison. There 's but a shirt and a half in all my company; and the half-shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like an herald's coat without sleeves. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think nought a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,  And trifles life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think nought a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,  And trifles life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17637]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- you don't have enough goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. [Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. [Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are one another's angels ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2514]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are one another's angels]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But innocence has nothing to dread. [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20959]]></link><description><![CDATA[But innocence has nothing to dread. [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot give thee less, to be called grateful. Thou thought'st to help me, and such thanks I give  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot give thee less, to be called grateful. Thou thought'st to help me, and such thanks I give  As one near death to those that wish him live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was it for this the clay grew tall? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was it for this the clay grew tall?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone  (A very plain brown stone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone  (A very plain brown stone will do),   That I may call my own;    And close at hand is such a one     In yonder street that fronts the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must come home with me and be my guest; You will give joy to me, and I will do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18436]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must come home with me and be my guest; You will give joy to me, and I will do  All that is in my power to honour you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48901]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen Spielberg at a breast cancer benefit and he explained that he’d seen me on Saturday Night Live and thought I was ready for a movie. He said, ‘You go to the ledge and are unafraid to jump off.’ That was the biggest compliment to me because he was saying I was free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19299]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big round tears Coursed one another down his innocent nose In piteous chase. -As You Like It. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55635]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big round tears Coursed one another down his innocent nose In piteous chase. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Founded by vocalist Amy Lee and guitarist-songwriter Ben Moody in the late '90s, the band has only gained momentum since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29978]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Founded by vocalist Amy Lee and guitarist-songwriter Ben Moody in the late '90s, the band has only gained momentum since its song] Bring Me To Life ... Daredevil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom. It is the accumulated indignation against organized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60695]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom. It is the accumulated indignation against organized wrong, organized crime, organized injustice, which drives the political offender to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Sampson) recruited me for Oklahoma, but he hasn't called about Indiana. I don't know about going way out to Indiana. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32709]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Sampson) recruited me for Oklahoma, but he hasn't called about Indiana. I don't know about going way out to Indiana. That's pretty far from home. I probably wouldn't have gone there even if Mike Davis was there. It's really far, and I'm trying to stay closer to my family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a common thing we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37786]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a common thing we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God of earth and altar,  Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter,  Our people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7854]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God of earth and altar,  Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter,  Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us,  The swords of scorn divide; Take not Thy thunder from us,  But take away our pride. From all that terror teaches,  From lies of tongue and pen; From all the easy speeches  That comfort cruel men; From sale and profanation  Of honor and the sword; From sleep and from damnation,  Deliver us, good Lord! Tie in a living tether  The prince and priest and thrall; Bind all our lives together,  Smite us and save us all; In ire and exultation  Aflame with faith, and free, Lift up a living nation,  A single sword to Thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have a good chance to do well again. We have a lot of depth this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have a good chance to do well again. We have a lot of depth this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59081]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bull I would have drawn didn't buck; it just ran. When it runs, you can't hold on, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39164]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bull I would have drawn didn't buck; it just ran. When it runs, you can't hold on,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was King Bradmond's palace, Was never none richer, the story says:  For all the windows and the walls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was King Bradmond's palace, Was never none richer, the story says:  For all the windows and the walls   Were painted with gold, both towers and halls;    Pillars and doors all were of brass;     Windows of latten were set with glass;      It was so rich in many wise,       That it was like a paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail;  The body should always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14082]]></link><description><![CDATA[The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail;  The body should always be little and sweet,   And a sting should be felt in its tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then press my lips, where plays a flame of bliss,-- A pure and holy love-light,--and forsake  The angel for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then press my lips, where plays a flame of bliss,-- A pure and holy love-light,--and forsake  The angel for the woman in a kiss,   At once I wis,    My soul will wake!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How chang'd since last her speaking eye Glanc'd gladness round the glitt'ring room,  Where high-born men were proud to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5513]]></link><description><![CDATA[How chang'd since last her speaking eye Glanc'd gladness round the glitt'ring room,  Where high-born men were proud to wait--   Where Beauty watched to imitate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, we have injected uranium hexafluoride gas into a limited number of centrifuge machines, but it is even less than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, we have injected uranium hexafluoride gas into a limited number of centrifuge machines, but it is even less than is needed for a pilot project.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So here hath been dawning Another blue day;  Think, wilt thou let it   Slip useless away?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11132]]></link><description><![CDATA[So here hath been dawning Another blue day;  Think, wilt thou let it   Slip useless away?    Out of eternity     This new day is born,      Into eternity       At night will return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11132</guid></item></channel></rss>