<?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[I'm a firm believer in the power of negative advertising. And they've been in the enviable position of doing nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a firm believer in the power of negative advertising. And they've been in the enviable position of doing nothing but negative advertising.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44752]]></link><description><![CDATA[We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we do know the sweet Roman hand. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55760]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we do know the sweet Roman hand. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are shifting further and further to the higher end of the weight spectrum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41069]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are shifting further and further to the higher end of the weight spectrum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this or that danger. The last and highest result of prayer is the knowledge of God -- the knowledge which is eternal life -- and by that knowledge, the transformation of human character, and of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god, He made the barren waste his lone abode,  And oft on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god, He made the barren waste his lone abode,  And oft on soaring pinions hover'd o'er   The lofty palace then his own no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ant and the Dove AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, andbeing carried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ant and the Dove AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, andbeing carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point ofdrowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water pluckeda leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her. The Antclimbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank. Shortlyafterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laidhis lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant,perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain thebirdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dovetake wing.One good turn deserves another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8013]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? - The Color Purple, 1982.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5044]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, win the trick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12752]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, win the trick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Lay had better not think he has it any easier. At the end of the day you go into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38290]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Lay had better not think he has it any easier. At the end of the day you go into a case like this as a defendant six feet under, and you have to continually claw your way out of that hole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14304]]></link><description><![CDATA[All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27999]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. [Fr., La ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. [Fr., La force est la reine du monde, et non pas l'opinion; mais l'opinion est celle qui use de la force.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11337]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This technology is the heart of the next wave of innovation. The leaders that do this well are able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34612]]></link><description><![CDATA[This technology is the heart of the next wave of innovation. The leaders that do this well are able to rapidly change the way their current businesses work to meet the ever-changing demands of their customers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our suppliers have access to what's moving and what our customers are doing, this is to their advantage. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31377]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our suppliers have access to what's moving and what our customers are doing, this is to their advantage. They can anticipate demand a lot better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guns ARE evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guns ARE evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've that within for which there are no plasters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've that within for which there are no plasters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some preparations are now in progress to assure the smooth organization of the meeting, and 'Management of Migratory Flows' has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some preparations are now in progress to assure the smooth organization of the meeting, and 'Management of Migratory Flows' has been selected theme of the meeting,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is getting along on the road to wisdom when he begins to realize that his opinion is just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is getting along on the road to wisdom when he begins to realize that his opinion is just an opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some politicians hold that the only way to make a revolutionary safe is to give him a seat in Parliament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some politicians hold that the only way to make a revolutionary safe is to give him a seat in Parliament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apparently there was some bad blood between the two because of an incident which took place three to four years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apparently there was some bad blood between the two because of an incident which took place three to four years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64002]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933   [In nineteenth-century America] religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933   [In nineteenth-century America] religion became a matter of conduct, of good deeds, of works, with only a vague background of faith. It became highly functional, highly pragmatic; it became a guarantee of success, moral and material. "The proper study of mankind is man," was the evasion by which many American divines escaped the necessity for thought about God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was great to have B.J. back. We certainly hope we can have him back at full strength by tournament ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33053]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was great to have B.J. back. We certainly hope we can have him back at full strength by tournament time. If so, I really like our chances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence shows this is not true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence shows this is not true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're relying on him to have a good year. He worked hard in the off-season. He didn't play basketball. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35537]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're relying on him to have a good year. He worked hard in the off-season. He didn't play basketball. He's throwing the ball harder and is in better shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51444</guid></item></channel></rss>