<?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 hated every minute of training, but I said, \'Don\'t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66754]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hated every minute of training, but I said, \'Don\'t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.\']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15049]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the attention but I don't like too much of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is woman there is magic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is woman there is magic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54789]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You only lose what you cling to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4954]]></link><description><![CDATA[You only lose what you cling to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no Salaam;  And dear the beaver is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no Salaam;  And dear the beaver is to him   As if it never made a dam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10867]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a Jack of all trades. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50446]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a Jack of all trades.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waight and measure take away strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waight and measure take away strife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh, if thou art wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh, if thou art wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10410]]></link><description><![CDATA[They, that unnamed "they," they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriages are made in Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriages are made in Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The same goes for the sausage. I buy it freshly ground and seasonedÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âbut with absolutely no unwanted preservatives addedÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âfrom a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31136]]></link><description><![CDATA[The same goes for the sausage. I buy it freshly ground and seasonedÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âbut with absolutely no unwanted preservatives addedÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âfrom a local butcher shop, and freeze it (three-quarters of a pound per container) in pint cartons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We saw a tremendous outpouring of goodwill in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but we also know that con artists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35980]]></link><description><![CDATA[We saw a tremendous outpouring of goodwill in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but we also know that con artists will take every opportunity to exploit and profit from those who have experienced great loss,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied.  Are they not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied.  Are they not then in strictest reason clear,   Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. - The Quest for Certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. - The Quest for Certainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is always there but the pockets change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is always there but the pockets change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58240]]></link><description><![CDATA[If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, both prudence and courage should engage us to rid ourselves at once of existence when it becomes a burden. It is the only way that we can then be useful to society, by setting an example which, if imitated, would preserve every one his chance for happiness in life, and would effectually free him from all danger or misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54066]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53257]]></link><description><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.   - Ralph Waldo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46669]]></link><description><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28124]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52262]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Fallacies about Christianity must always be faced as deterrents to right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Fallacies about Christianity must always be faced as deterrents to right living, and not merely as mistakes in the mind, for it is the effect they have on our actions which matters most. So soon as we abstract them from our lives and think of them only as faults in our mental machinery, we tend to embrace the greatest fallacy of all -- which is to think of Christianity as a way of looking at life instead of a way of changing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one success-to be able to spend your lifein your own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22392]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one success-to be able to spend your lifein your own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53741]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know." "We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night after night, He sat and bleared his eyes with books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night after night, He sat and bleared his eyes with books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,  A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,  A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51152]]></link><description><![CDATA[He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our cities are saturated with fast-food purveyors. ... With the concentration of fast food even worse in school neighborhoods, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our cities are saturated with fast-food purveyors. ... With the concentration of fast food even worse in school neighborhoods, our schools, parents, and policymakers need to take a serious look at this issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chad brings the bulk of the ideas to the table, and we all polish and rework the ideas he comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chad brings the bulk of the ideas to the table, and we all polish and rework the ideas he comes up with. He's such an accomplished songwriter. He wrote a song for ('American Idol' runner-up) Bo Bice, Enrique Iglesias - he's got that ear to be a musical chameleon and get into the zone of an artist. And he can't help but write a song you can hum along to. And that voice, you know it when you hear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,  For purple mountains majesties   Above the fruited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2395]]></link><description><![CDATA[O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,  For purple mountains majesties   Above the fruited plain.    America! America! God shed His grace on thee,     And crown thy good with brotherhood      From sea to shining sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, till he have made an oyster of me he shall never make me such a fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They saw a lack of planning in other major events recently in the U.S., so they wanted to get a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41449]]></link><description><![CDATA[They saw a lack of planning in other major events recently in the U.S., so they wanted to get a step ahead of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54241]]></link><description><![CDATA[But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54241</guid></item></channel></rss>