<?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[Happiness is not a reward; it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment ; it is a result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not a reward; it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment ; it is a result.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54867]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoy-day! What a sweep of vanity comes this way! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hoy-day! What a sweep of vanity comes this way!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great for New England golf fans that the PGA Tour has made Labor Day weekend an annual end-of-summer destination ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30249]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great for New England golf fans that the PGA Tour has made Labor Day weekend an annual end-of-summer destination at the TPC.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care  Each minute and unseen part;   For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3027]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care  Each minute and unseen part;   For the gods see everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11269]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45867]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun,  Singing in soothing tones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun,  Singing in soothing tones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been campaigning against controls on the Internet in China for many years now. We've been particularly concerned about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41748]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been campaigning against controls on the Internet in China for many years now. We've been particularly concerned about the number of people who have been put in prison just for expressing their opinion on the Internet, or for accessing certain information that the government finds threatening or embarrassing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59096]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's in Spam?nostrils brains?and eyesintestinal linings and uteri?anything swept from the slaughterhouse floor?except the blood already out the doorSpam comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61354]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's in Spam?nostrils brains?and eyesintestinal linings and uteri?anything swept from the slaughterhouse floor?except the blood already out the doorSpam comes from offalSpam smells... awfulfrom murdering pigs Hormel makes Spamfrom butchering pigs Hormel makes ham.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym and out there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57722]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you know the less you need to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56317]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you know the less you need to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have anything against anyone personally. But I think it's important to keep that definition straightforward, and not muddle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have anything against anyone personally. But I think it's important to keep that definition straightforward, and not muddle it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and rained on for nine months before they get a chance to sit in it. Moisture is the largest enemy of construction. Once moisture gets into the material, it starts to shrink and mold even before it goes to production.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going to do something, you will see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28745]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going to do something, you will see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used it quite a bit today. It worked pretty good. I was happy with it. I threw it for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29932]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used it quite a bit today. It worked pretty good. I was happy with it. I threw it for my third strike for those first three batters I struck out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57547]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47819]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40942]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274  It is clear that he does not pray, who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274  It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good housewives all the winter's rage despise, Defended by the riding-hood's disguise;  Or, underneath the umbrella's oily shade,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good housewives all the winter's rage despise, Defended by the riding-hood's disguise;  Or, underneath the umbrella's oily shade,   Safe through the wet on clinking pattens tread,    Let Persian dames the unbrella's ribs display,     To guard their beauties from the sunny ray;      Or sweating slaves support the shady load,       When eastern monarchs show their state abroad;        Britain in winter only knows its aid,         To guard from chilling showers the walking maid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're kind of groping their way forward to understand how they can make the pope as available as possible to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38497]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're kind of groping their way forward to understand how they can make the pope as available as possible to his followers while at the same time protecting his health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know and believe in yourself, and what others think won't disturb you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know and believe in yourself, and what others think won't disturb you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was obvious while shooting 'Anchorman' that Steve was stealing many a scene. So being a wily producer, I asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39255]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was obvious while shooting 'Anchorman' that Steve was stealing many a scene. So being a wily producer, I asked him if he had any ideas for movies that he could star in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17642]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go ahead, make my day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go ahead, make my day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59238]]></link><description><![CDATA[One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are cold at night, let the promise of my love cover you like a warm blanket ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48389]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are cold at night, let the promise of my love cover you like a warm blanket]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once they got to her house, he asked to come in and use the bathroom. She allowed him to come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once they got to her house, he asked to come in and use the bathroom. She allowed him to come in the house and once they were in the house, he reached over and grabbed her breast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The still small voice of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18155]]></link><description><![CDATA[The still small voice of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52316]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In doing nothing men learn to do evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48805]]></link><description><![CDATA[In doing nothing men learn to do evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should come from them. It affects them. It's their baby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29297]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should come from them. It affects them. It's their baby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915  No one who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915  No one who is fit to live need fear to die. Poor, timorous, faithless souls that we are! How we shall smile at our vain alarms, when the worst has happened! To us here, death is the most terrible word we know. But when we have tasted its reality, it will mean to us birth, deliverance, a new creation of ourselves. It will be what health is to the sick man. It will be what home is to the exile. It will be what the loved one given back is to the bereaved. As we draw near to it, a great solemn gladness should fill our hearts. It is God's great morning lighting up the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues Baseball, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues Baseball,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280  If He hath promised to make us happy, though He hath not particularly declared to us wherein this happiness shall consist, yet we may trust Him that made us, to find out ways to make us happy, and may believe that He who made us, without our knowledge or desire, is able to make us happy beyond them both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17366]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature acts without masters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature acts without masters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57076</guid></item></channel></rss>