<?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[Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. •George S. Patton  Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. •Benjamin Disraeli  Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. •William Feather  All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. •Mark Twain  The reward of a thing well done is having done it. •Ralph Waldo Emerson  It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything well. •Joseph Ross  Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get. •Dave Gardner  If at first you don't succeed, assassinate everyone who knows you failed. •Anonymous  The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success. •Elbert Hubbard  Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. •James W. Pence   The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. •Vince Lombardi  or •Donald Kendall  The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Irving Berlin  The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. •Nelson Boswell  The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. •Jean Giraudoux  I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. •Bill Cosby  Why be a man when you can be a success? •Bertold Brecht  For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. •Richard Feynman  Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coal-black is better than another hue In that it scorns to bear another hue;  For all the water in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coal-black is better than another hue In that it scorns to bear another hue;  For all the water in the ocean   Can never turn the swan's black legs to white,    Although she lave them hourly in the flood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes only one other person to say it's so- one other point of reality to make something real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53064]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes only one other person to say it's so- one other point of reality to make something real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! vainest of all things Is the gratitude of kings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! vainest of all things Is the gratitude of kings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The November meeting is a very crucial one. It is a turning point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35724]]></link><description><![CDATA[The November meeting is a very crucial one. It is a turning point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very exciting time to join United. The company is in a significantly better position to compete in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37192]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very exciting time to join United. The company is in a significantly better position to compete in the marketplace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45471]]></link><description><![CDATA[One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45522]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. -Rachel Carson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's low volume, so a little selling goes a long way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30759]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's low volume, so a little selling goes a long way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[cautiously optimistic about the plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40419]]></link><description><![CDATA[cautiously optimistic about the plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is the trustee of prosperity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is the trustee of prosperity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light.  The airs that hover ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light.  The airs that hover in the summer sky   Are all asleep to-night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41183]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running has never failed to give me great end results, and that's why I keep coming back for more! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running has never failed to give me great end results, and that's why I keep coming back for more!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45192]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all lean towards the koa because that's what Hawaii is known for. But it's tough to work with, especially ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33742]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all lean towards the koa because that's what Hawaii is known for. But it's tough to work with, especially when you get the curly koa. Because of the complexity of the grain, it's a very challenging wood. Mango is a fabulous wood and it's underrated. For some reason, it doesn't carry the influence that koa does. Mango is some beautiful wood. I work some 30 varieties, generally, because I love the variety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is the question minus the answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is the question minus the answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10869]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or measured, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't remember what you can infer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't remember what you can infer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the hell? He's famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35308]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the hell? He's famous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14457]]></link><description><![CDATA[This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59700]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155   Grace tried is better than grace, and it is more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155   Grace tried is better than grace, and it is more than grace, it is glory in its infancy. I now see godliness is more than the outside and this world's passments and their buskings [i.e., ornaments and fine dress]. Who knoweth the truth of grace without a trial? O how little getteth Christ of us, but that which he winneth (to speak so) with much toil and pains! And how soon would faith freeze without a cross?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worship the quicksand he walks in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worship the quicksand he walks in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things well fitted abide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things well fitted abide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6311]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on greatness, success in business did not satisfy the craving, but that commonly with an increase of wealth, the desire of wealth increased.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Death thought about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Death thought about it, Cats, he said eventually, Cats are Nice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains To tax our labours and excise our brains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57840]]></link><description><![CDATA[No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains To tax our labours and excise our brains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    It is good to follow the path of duty, though in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    It is good to follow the path of duty, though in the midst of darkness and discouragement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I became a very angry person and it was all due to alcoholism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31837]]></link><description><![CDATA[I became a very angry person and it was all due to alcoholism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A really patient servant of God is as ready to bear inglorious troubles as those which are honorable. A brave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7234]]></link><description><![CDATA[A really patient servant of God is as ready to bear inglorious troubles as those which are honorable. A brave man can easily bear with contempt, slander, and false accusations from an evil world; but to bear such injustice at the hands of good men, of friends and relations, is a great test of patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is not ours till we live by it, till it is the Religion of our thoughts, words, and actions, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is not ours till we live by it, till it is the Religion of our thoughts, words, and actions, till it goes with us into every place, sits uppermost on every occasion, and forms and governs our hopes and fears, our cares and pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The asses' bridge. [Lat., Pons Asinorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The asses' bridge. [Lat., Pons Asinorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If moisture gets in under the glass (covering), it can completely ruin the painting. They also do fade like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39328]]></link><description><![CDATA[If moisture gets in under the glass (covering), it can completely ruin the painting. They also do fade like a watercolor on paper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is the only drink for a wise man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is the only drink for a wise man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57819]]></link><description><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender eyes,   As stars look on the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57819</guid></item></channel></rss>