<?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 have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has set in the midst of you, as the ever present witness and figure of heaven, His holy House ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6185]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has set in the midst of you, as the ever present witness and figure of heaven, His holy House of Prayer. There it stands, built for no earthly purpose, different in shape, and in all things belonging to it, from earthly habitations; speaking only of heaven, and heavenly uses, and heavenly gifts, and heavenly blessings; the gate of heaven when we are brought into it as little children to Christ; the gate of heaven, if so God grant us, when we are brought to it, and pass through it the last time on our way to our grave beside it. And here we meet our God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31296]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked to play a tough, physical game and the officials let us play that way tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really loved my daughter, I loved her so much. I thanked God every day I had her. She was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29450]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really loved my daughter, I loved her so much. I thanked God every day I had her. She was my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,  Ingratitude, more strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20899]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,  Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arms,   Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart;    And in his mantle muffling up his face,     Even at the base of Pompey's statue      (Which all the while ran blood) great Caesar fell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7036]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests that by nature we are prone to take and make to our souls. He pressed us to take special heed that we took not up any truth upon trust -- as from this or that, or any other man or men -- but to cry mightily to God that He would convince us of the reality thereof, and set us down therein by his own Spirit in the holy word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate all children of precocious talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate all children of precocious talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2934]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22261]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, qui jamais autoir pu dire  Que ce petit nez retrousse   Changerait les lois d'un empire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If someone listens, or strectches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55243]]></link><description><![CDATA[If someone listens, or strectches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen. -Loretta Girzartis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17939]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health food makes me sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health food makes me sick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's significantly faster than the first mile, the coach should have raised eyebrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41795]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's significantly faster than the first mile, the coach should have raised eyebrows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a confession of pain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a confession of pain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15730]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59888]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. -Martin Luther King.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof, lest, instead of sucking milk, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof, lest, instead of sucking milk, I squeeze blood out of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll warrant him heart-whole. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll warrant him heart-whole. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethnic origin and religious beliefs are not so important criteria for the future premier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethnic origin and religious beliefs are not so important criteria for the future premier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11395]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, but to create something that will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65402]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, but to create something that will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3995]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22412]]></link><description><![CDATA[A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11818]]></link><description><![CDATA[But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything we do in emergency services is a calculated risk, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything we do in emergency services is a calculated risk,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's about consciously creating the second half of our lives, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40829]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's about consciously creating the second half of our lives,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326    If one could talk absolutely humanly about Christ, one would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326    If one could talk absolutely humanly about Christ, one would have to say that the words: "my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" are impatient and untrue. They can only be true if God says them, and consequently also when the God-Man says them. And indeed since it is true, it is the very limit of suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3688]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to take any chances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29307]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to take any chances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BT's 2Q 05/06 results would appear at first glance to be bang in line with our below-consensus expectations. But slightly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31601]]></link><description><![CDATA[BT's 2Q 05/06 results would appear at first glance to be bang in line with our below-consensus expectations. But slightly more-than-expected margin weakness and lower cash flow is unlikely to be taken well. Our sell rating is maintained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52442]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14697]]></link><description><![CDATA[One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25312]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Orthodoxy, my Lord,: said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper,--"orthodoxy is my doxy,--heterodoxy is another man's doxy." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12638]]></link><description><![CDATA["Orthodoxy, my Lord,: said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper,--"orthodoxy is my doxy,--heterodoxy is another man's doxy."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital rooms seemt to have vastly more ceiling than any rooms people live in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hospital rooms seemt to have vastly more ceiling than any rooms people live in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seemed to me that he was there for her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seemed to me that he was there for her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Lord to You we give thanksthat in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18178]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Lord to You we give thanksthat in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is being allowed to enter the area. People are being stopped in a 10-kilometer radius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is being allowed to enter the area. People are being stopped in a 10-kilometer radius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is that little darkroom where negatives aredeveloped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is that little darkroom where negatives aredeveloped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20714]]></link><description><![CDATA[The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20714</guid></item></channel></rss>