<?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 really proud of what we've done ? and I say we because it's been the coaches and the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38239]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really proud of what we've done ? and I say we because it's been the coaches and the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called, ''Keep tomorrow dark,'' and which is also named (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) ''Cheat the Prophet.'' The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Then they go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear follows crime, and is its punishment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear follows crime, and is its punishment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow will give some food for thought. [Lat., Aliquod crastinus dies ad cogitandum dabit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59443]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow will give some food for thought. [Lat., Aliquod crastinus dies ad cogitandum dabit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the fantasy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45623]]></link><description><![CDATA[I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard a greater storm in a boiling pot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57893]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard a greater storm in a boiling pot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, I say that justice is truth in action ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, I say that justice is truth in action]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You just can't let it get to you. You have to remain focused on what you're doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33009]]></link><description><![CDATA[You just can't let it get to you. You have to remain focused on what you're doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did a fantastic job. It was a really good win. We executed and did a lot of good things. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did a fantastic job. It was a really good win. We executed and did a lot of good things. Cloverleaf did well early, but then we did what we needed to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action hasunderstanding among men and discipline in all action he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22767]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action hasunderstanding among men and discipline in all action he performs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the movies brought the war into it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41679]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the movies brought the war into it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? "What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?"... "What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9195]]></link><description><![CDATA[A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2893]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. -Edna O'Brien. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. -Edna O'Brien.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62487]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can happen. What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61400]]></link><description><![CDATA[And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hair is the richest ornament of women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hair is the richest ornament of women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46746]]></link><description><![CDATA[For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to burn out, then to fade away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to burn out, then to fade away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which, if not victory, is yet revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very tough to deal with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30335]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very tough to deal with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, my sweet sir, news fitting to the night, Black, fearful, comfortless, and horrible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44473]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, my sweet sir, news fitting to the night, Black, fearful, comfortless, and horrible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some MLAs may have personal differences. But all differences should be dealt with amicably within the party framework. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some MLAs may have personal differences. But all differences should be dealt with amicably within the party framework.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed without prayer; the daily act of prayer itself hurried over, or gone through without heart: these are the kind of downward steps by which many a Christian descends to a condition of spiritual palsy, or reaches the point where God allows them to have a tremendous fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9882]]></link><description><![CDATA[In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who dainties love shall beggars prove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who dainties love shall beggars prove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare,   A little child in a manger. The oxen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare,   A little child in a manger. The oxen knew Him, had Him in their care,   To men He was a stranger, The safety of the world was lying there,   And the world's danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/317]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61436]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/333]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs, What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54050]]></link><description><![CDATA[What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs, What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47872]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Boone and Latham) are game players. Those two tie our inside and outside together. They did their jobs well down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41229]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Boone and Latham) are game players. Those two tie our inside and outside together. They did their jobs well down the stretch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26279]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  In his enthusiasm, the evangelist often finds it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  In his enthusiasm, the evangelist often finds it difficult seriously to imagine that anyone could be called not to be an evangelist. The man of vision and imagination finds it difficult to see the value of those who do no more than plod on faithfully along a well-tried road. The man whose concern is in personal dealing with people and leading them to understand God better finds it difficult to be patient with the theologian or the Christian philosopher whose work is in the quiet of a book-lined study. Yet the truth is that the wholeness which God is working to achieve is never complete in an individual, but through individuals living together as one body, each supplying the deficiencies of the others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington is the only state with a positive balance of trade with China, something we are very proud of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Washington is the only state with a positive balance of trade with China, something we are very proud of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36571</guid></item></channel></rss>