<?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 only pass when the opportunity rises. Everyone knows we do most of our work on the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29192]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only pass when the opportunity rises. Everyone knows we do most of our work on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is such a thing as taking ourselves and the world too seriously, or at any rate too anxiously. Half ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7647]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is such a thing as taking ourselves and the world too seriously, or at any rate too anxiously. Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain idea that every man is bound to be a critic of life, and to let no day pass without finding some fault with the general order of things, or projecting some plan for its general improvement. And the other half comes from the greedy notion that a man's life does consist, after all, in the abundance of things that he possesseth, and that it is, somehow or other, more respectable and pious to be always at work trying to make a larger living, than it is to lie on your back in the green pastures and beside the still waters, and thank God that you are alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a lot of courage- -to move in the opposite direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2227]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and never ever try to understand her !.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53526]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through standalone DSL furthers this goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678  The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to God is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678  The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to God is filled with His own Peace; and inasmuch as we are prone to grow like that to which we are closely united, the closer we draw to our God, so much the stronger and more steadfast and more tranquil shall we become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36772]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit the action to the word, the word to the action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known. They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,  'Tis the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known. They that love mirth, let them heartily drink,  'Tis the only receipt to make sorrow sink.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17666]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not seeking 100 percent consensus -- the most important thing is that the people of Iraq accept (the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37414]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not seeking 100 percent consensus -- the most important thing is that the people of Iraq accept (the constitution) in a referendum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I so enjoyed working with Jessica on our Rushmore project. Sharing the art is important to both of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I so enjoyed working with Jessica on our Rushmore project. Sharing the art is important to both of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the virtue of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the virtue of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see the right and not to do it is cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10467]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46330]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose good things and good things will choose you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose good things and good things will choose you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be vice as long as there are men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60524]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be vice as long as there are men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61246]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column: In the pentameter aye falling in melody back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46750]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column: In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's never been here and she doesn't realize that it will come down to her. She's about to puke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33415]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's never been here and she doesn't realize that it will come down to her. She's about to puke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a high explosive bomb but at this stage we are still investigating the type of bomb, whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29536]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a high explosive bomb but at this stage we are still investigating the type of bomb, whether it was homemade or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have a little than nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44680]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have a little than nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64906]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the investigation implicates Syria, are we going to wage war on it? And if it acquits it, are we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42609]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the investigation implicates Syria, are we going to wage war on it? And if it acquits it, are we going to invite Syria back here again?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale,  And every tale condemns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51520]]></link><description><![CDATA[My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale,  And every tale condemns me for a villain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quiet mind cureth all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quiet mind cureth all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children have more need of models than critics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children have more need of models than critics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[He has had only one close call, when he got his thumb stuck in the spokes of his mom's wheelchair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30217]]></link><description><![CDATA[[He has had only one close call, when he got his thumb stuck in the spokes of his mom's wheelchair and it caused an under-the-nail blood blister. The injury occurred in the post-Photoshop era, but even so, the resulting lag in work could have cost him trusted clients.] I thought Photoshop was the end of my career, ... I thought they'd be able to get any ol' pair of hands in there. But what most people don't realize is there's a brain that comes connected to these hands. You need to know the tricks of the trade. It's just like fashion modeling: You can get a pretty woman to put on an outfit, but once you send her down the runway, does she know what to do?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62331]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But every thyng which schyneth as the gold, Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2812]]></link><description><![CDATA[But every thyng which schyneth as the gold, Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63406]]></link><description><![CDATA[For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatched in the same nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatched in the same nest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somalis themselves feel that they are under some sort of what they call psychological warfare. They know that at last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somalis themselves feel that they are under some sort of what they call psychological warfare. They know that at last the word is out that Somalia may be a next likely target.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the long run, the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60080]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the long run, the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words walked right out of my mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words walked right out of my mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AVID changes how public schools teach. It provides struggling students, kids in the middle with intensive tutoring and shows them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40502]]></link><description><![CDATA[AVID changes how public schools teach. It provides struggling students, kids in the middle with intensive tutoring and shows them how to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41409]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41409</guid></item></channel></rss>