<?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[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   The Church knew what the Psalmist knew: music praises God. Music ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   The Church knew what the Psalmist knew: music praises God. Music is as well, or better, able to praise Him than the building of a church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds think alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds think alike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so upon this wise I prayed,-- Great Spirit, give to me  A heaven not so large as yours ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19089]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so upon this wise I prayed,-- Great Spirit, give to me  A heaven not so large as yours   But large enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variable pay is designed to help employees concentrate on company goals and objectives, while eliminating 'entitlement' issues that often arise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variable pay is designed to help employees concentrate on company goals and objectives, while eliminating 'entitlement' issues that often arise with a holiday bonus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23548]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/918]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9305]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a roomalone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21686]]></link><description><![CDATA[All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a roomalone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme  In misery; such joy ambition finds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50663]]></link><description><![CDATA[With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme  In misery; such joy ambition finds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55506]]></link><description><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one should be left behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34205]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one should be left behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How his eyes languish! how his thoughts adore That painted coat, which Joseph never wore!  He shows, on holidays, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2772]]></link><description><![CDATA[How his eyes languish! how his thoughts adore That painted coat, which Joseph never wore!  He shows, on holidays, a sacred pin,   That touch'd the ruff, that touched Queen Bess' chin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58770]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act honestly, and answer boldly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act honestly, and answer boldly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of options with stripes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34621]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of options with stripes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/992]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The river past, and God forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49909]]></link><description><![CDATA[The river past, and God forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47162]]></link><description><![CDATA[When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37993]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he walked up to me and he said, 'I just shot and killed two people, and you need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29514]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he walked up to me and he said, 'I just shot and killed two people, and you need to call 911,' and I just thought, OK, whatever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26663]]></link><description><![CDATA[We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're essentially running a campaign without reporting who their contributors are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39624]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're essentially running a campaign without reporting who their contributors are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that thinks amiss, concludes worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49404]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53363]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slow rises worth by poverty depressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we knocked the bastard off! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we knocked the bastard off!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do nothing twice over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do nothing twice over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We declare war with the wages system, which demoralizes alike the hirer and the hired, cheats both, and enslaves the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61059]]></link><description><![CDATA[We declare war with the wages system, which demoralizes alike the hirer and the hired, cheats both, and enslaves the workingman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they should aim at. It is a science of the means to be applied for attainment of ends chosen, not, to be sure, a science of the choosing of ends. Ultimate decisions, the valuations and the choosing of ends, are beyond the scope of any science. Science never tells a man how he should act; it merely shows how a man must act if he wants to attain definite ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are used to a clergy take very lightly those who do not have a formal divinity degree: like Paul and Peter and James and John.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905</guid></item></channel></rss>