<?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[Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. [Vulgate Lat., Pax huic domui.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45866]]></link><description><![CDATA[And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. [Vulgate Lat., Pax huic domui.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing BellSouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19243]]></link><description><![CDATA[How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lehigh Valley economy in 2005 is a lot healthier than it has been in a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39399]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lehigh Valley economy in 2005 is a lot healthier than it has been in a long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58686]]></link><description><![CDATA[With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed" or "gouging" — not even when they bulldoze people's homes in order to turn the land over to businesses that will pay more taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was so surprised. I was hoping (he'd propose) sometime in the future, but not in February. I had just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was so surprised. I was hoping (he'd propose) sometime in the future, but not in February. I had just moved a few months ago, so I wasn't thinking he'd propose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23229]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55014]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calculation never made a hero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calculation never made a hero.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51905]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is action and passion; therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is action and passion; therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And grant that when I face the grisly Thing, My song may trumptet down the gray Perhaps  Let me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57222]]></link><description><![CDATA[And grant that when I face the grisly Thing, My song may trumptet down the gray Perhaps  Let me be as a tune-swept fiddlestring   That feels the Master Melody--and snaps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37988]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's but a span, or a tale, or a word, That in a trice, or suddaine, is rehearsed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's but a span, or a tale, or a word, That in a trice, or suddaine, is rehearsed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can be seen through your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can be seen through your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not the robe or garment I affect; For who would marry with a suit of clothes? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58564]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not the robe or garment I affect; For who would marry with a suit of clothes?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought (Scottsbluff) was getting used to the zone and we thought we could pressure their guards into turning it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32373]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought (Scottsbluff) was getting used to the zone and we thought we could pressure their guards into turning it over a little bit. We forced them to take some poor shots in the third quarter. That gave us an opportunity to get up the floor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask ten goths what 'goth' means, and you'll get eleven different answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask ten goths what 'goth' means, and you'll get eleven different answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30322]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The frivolous work of polished idleness.   - Sir James Mackintosh, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The frivolous work of polished idleness.   - Sir James Mackintosh,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any solution to a problem changes the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any solution to a problem changes the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't need strength to let go of something. What you reallyneed is understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21751]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't need strength to let go of something. What you reallyneed is understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6114]]></link><description><![CDATA[All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58969]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preferment goes by letter and affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preferment goes by letter and affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2739]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men need applause too ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men need applause too]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The only way actors could breathe on the sound stage was through an air regulator.] You couldn't get out, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29601]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The only way actors could breathe on the sound stage was through an air regulator.] You couldn't get out, ... because the camera crew was literally bolted in. You can't get out; you can't go up or down. It really brought home the visceral feeling of what those men were willing to put themselves through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gives them an incentive to market the film aggressively to their constituents. Then they can use the festival not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39224]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gives them an incentive to market the film aggressively to their constituents. Then they can use the festival not only as a promotional opportunity, but as a fundraising opportunity as well. Generating an audience has always been very difficult for film festivals, but this formula has been very successful. Generally, most of the screenings are sold out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46997]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61158]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto,  And putting us to ignorance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57277]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto,  And putting us to ignorance again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A whisper can be stronger, as an atom is stronger, than a whole mountain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A whisper can be stronger, as an atom is stronger, than a whole mountain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death and taxes are inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death and taxes are inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11791]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22815</guid></item></channel></rss>