<?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[You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13852]]></link><description><![CDATA[You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may delay, but time will not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48299]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may delay, but time will not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1748]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is wrong to suppose that for Paul faith is a meritorious act on man's part, which wins salvation, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7859]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is wrong to suppose that for Paul faith is a meritorious act on man's part, which wins salvation, or even, in a more modern way of speech, a creative moral principle in itself. Paul does not, in fact, speak (when he is using the language strictly) of "justification by faith", but of "justification by grace through faith," or "on the grounds of faith." This is not mere verbal subtlety. It means that the "righteousness of God" becomes ours, not by the assertion of the individual will as such, but by the willingness to let God work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, that's a fluke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, that's a fluke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail of a calf. [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail of a calf. [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia retroversus crescit tanquam coda vituli.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45649]]></link><description><![CDATA[He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is that "Tomorrow" for which all our lives are spent waiting!Man is constantly building the "Image."It is an Edifice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is that "Tomorrow" for which all our lives are spent waiting!Man is constantly building the "Image."It is an Edifice for the entombment of bones!Best to "Realize" the temporal nature of thingsand simply "Do and Die!1973]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10920]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power concedes nothing without a demand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power concedes nothing without a demand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear  That which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62362]]></link><description><![CDATA[What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear  That which disfigures it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47374]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27400]]></link><description><![CDATA[True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4651]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16996]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28468]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I was skating 25-30 minutes a night. I was more than happy to keep doing that. It sure makes a difference when you have the coach's confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61225]]></link><description><![CDATA[War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He without fear is king of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44206]]></link><description><![CDATA[He without fear is king of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46720]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom and dad have been to the birth of my children as well as all my sisters' (children), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37772]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom and dad have been to the birth of my children as well as all my sisters' (children),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were very wrong in October. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were very wrong in October.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is when you read the find print; experience is what you get when you don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is when you read the find print; experience is what you get when you don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go then merrily to Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go then merrily to Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted person in another person's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted person in another person's life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30233]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Byron is a great person to work with and I look forward to coaching him this season. On the field, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Byron is a great person to work with and I look forward to coaching him this season. On the field, he provides a very serious scoring threat every time he touches the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police were told the group was armed and they had made political demands, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Police were told the group was armed and they had made political demands,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We proved we can also win on penalties. We dealt with that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33646]]></link><description><![CDATA[We proved we can also win on penalties. We dealt with that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. -Pearl S. Buck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan understands the dynamics of what goes on here in athletics. He also relates well to the kids. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dan understands the dynamics of what goes on here in athletics. He also relates well to the kids.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television. •Anonymous  Given a choice between two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6096]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television. •Anonymous  Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or stars of morning, dew-drops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or stars of morning, dew-drops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5584]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination. -John Schaar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was going to be somebody's day, and I knew that one of us was going to have that day. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40270]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was going to be somebody's day, and I knew that one of us was going to have that day. We're all really strong riders and we're all really fit, but to have that podium ride or world championship everything has to come together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Construed as turf, home just seems a provisional claim, a designation you make upon a place, not one it makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Construed as turf, home just seems a provisional claim, a designation you make upon a place, not one it makes on you. A certain set of buildings, a glimpsed, smudged window-view across a schoolyard, a musty aroma sniffed behind a garage when you were a child, all of which come crowding in upon your latter-day senses -- those are pungent things and vivid, even consoling. But to me they are also inert and nostalgic and unlikely to connect you to the real, to that essence art can sometimes achieve, which is permanence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a situation of chaos in the military line of command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40297]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a situation of chaos in the military line of command.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel the pressure, but we felt that at the world championships last year, when no American team had ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29991]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel the pressure, but we felt that at the world championships last year, when no American team had ever won silver. We came through there, and we think we can do it again at the Olympics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29991</guid></item></channel></rss>