<?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[With more of thanks and less of thought, I strive to make my matters meet;  To seek what ancient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9939]]></link><description><![CDATA[With more of thanks and less of thought, I strive to make my matters meet;  To seek what ancient sages sought,   Physic and food in sour and sweet,    To take what passes in good part,     And keep the hiccups from the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions are not made; they come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions are not made; they come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The investments we're making, and the way we're executing our growth strategies, continue to pay off. In 1998 we invested ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The investments we're making, and the way we're executing our growth strategies, continue to pay off. In 1998 we invested a record $7 billion in our businesses, and we continue to generate powerful revenue growth from sources such as data, wireless, Internet, enhanced calling features, and digital television.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher, What if a lovely and unsistered creature  Loved her own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher, What if a lovely and unsistered creature  Loved her own harmless gift of pleasing feature.   - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast is the way we like it. Fort Lupton's young, but this is the closest anyone has come to us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast is the way we like it. Fort Lupton's young, but this is the closest anyone has come to us in a dual this season. It's good to get Drake back; it gives us a good lower half. And the night went pretty much as I expected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toilets. These men should not be encouraged, their fantasies are sadly low-rent and unimaginative. Affect an aloof, cool demeanor as soon as any man tries to draw you out. Unless, of course, he's the pilot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66705]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adultery is the application of democracy to love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adultery is the application of democracy to love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream the dreams that have never been dreamt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream the dreams that have never been dreamt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36599]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54472]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway;  And as their subjects ought them to obey,   So kings should feare and serve their God againe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always hated that heÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢d never be able to donate blood for someone else, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29334]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always hated that heÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢d never be able to donate blood for someone else,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But with the morning cool repentance came. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53825]]></link><description><![CDATA[But with the morning cool repentance came.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far we have no reason to complain nor to suspect any unfair or inappropriate policy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35207]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far we have no reason to complain nor to suspect any unfair or inappropriate policy,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's not a whole lot of new atoms out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22425]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's not a whole lot of new atoms out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is meat and drink to me. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55686]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is meat and drink to me. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50705]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. -General Omar Bradley.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must use time creatively. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must use time creatively.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54059]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11816]]></link><description><![CDATA[In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting or a solved problem. Why have we none for books, those spiritual repasts -- a grace before Milton, a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading [Spenser]?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44786]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24427]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That scared a lot of people and they sold their units cheaply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41199]]></link><description><![CDATA[That scared a lot of people and they sold their units cheaply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you areindispensable, and you will move out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you areindispensable, and you will move out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punctuality is the soul of business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punctuality is the soul of business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51400]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not want to be the one to tell parents of the lastman to die in a war termed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45957]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not want to be the one to tell parents of the lastman to die in a war termed a mistake that he was dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We realized we were impacting these families more than we needed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39774]]></link><description><![CDATA[We realized we were impacting these families more than we needed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring: when a' was naked, he was, for all the world, like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring: when a' was naked, he was, for all the world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57622]]></link><description><![CDATA[My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: "Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is your health? I feel pretty good, and I'm very anxious to get the season going. I think we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57728]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is your health? I feel pretty good, and I'm very anxious to get the season going. I think we have a chance to have a good football team. I don't have any health problems. I don't know how any of the stuff gets started.... My health is very good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1095]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39597]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, our battalia trebles that account: Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,  Which they upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, our battalia trebles that account: Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,  Which they upon the adverse faction want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54517</guid></item></channel></rss>