<?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[The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugaror coffee and I will pay more for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22083]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugaror coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other underthe sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Cicero, I have seen tempests when the scolding winds  Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57905]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Cicero, I have seen tempests when the scolding winds  Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen   Th' ambitious ocean swell and rage and foam    To be exalted with the threat'ning clouds;     But never till to-night, never till now,      Did I go through a tempest dropping fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investment itself has evolved, and we try to evolve with it. It's different than it was 20 years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investment itself has evolved, and we try to evolve with it. It's different than it was 20 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is too short not to do a little practical joking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27870]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60339]]></link><description><![CDATA[All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always said that if I were a rich man I would employ a profesional praiser. - Wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always said that if I were a rich man I would employ a profesional praiser. - Wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost our bona fide closer and our No. 1 guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41375]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost our bona fide closer and our No. 1 guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a heartacheNothing but a heartacheHits you when it's too lateHits you when you're down ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16360]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a heartacheNothing but a heartacheHits you when it's too lateHits you when you're down]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God moves in a mysterious way,  His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61968]]></link><description><![CDATA[God moves in a mysterious way,  His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea,  And rides upon the storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65039]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen. [Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non videbatur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44771]]></link><description><![CDATA[He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen. [Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non videbatur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38841]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started off bad and never recovered. I thought we may have taken a step back tonight. We just didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35460]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started off bad and never recovered. I thought we may have taken a step back tonight. We just didn't play well, and it showed early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really beautiful for Carlos and I think it was also important for his own moral that he got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40101]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really beautiful for Carlos and I think it was also important for his own moral that he got to see himself in a situation where he was just as strong and perhaps even stronger than the other favorites. If there hadn't been that flat bit half way up the climb, I actually think he could have taken the stage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would do a tour into the elementary schools every year, and then we did another kind of program where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28886]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would do a tour into the elementary schools every year, and then we did another kind of program where upper level students were brought into E.J. Thomas for a performance. What the Children's Concert Society did was share the cost with us, so although we were just doing excerpts, we could do it in a full production sense with orchestra and costumes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am so in love with my brother right now! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4952]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am so in love with my brother right now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/249]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White House Web site is and always has been consistent with the OMB guidance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The White House Web site is and always has been consistent with the OMB guidance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on creating a name that would appeal to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25152]]></link><description><![CDATA[No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on creating a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it certainly paid off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able to say "OS/2? Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name". 386BSD made the mistake of putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the name, and is scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too technical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The march of intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The march of intellect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale,  The common sun, the air, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45465]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale,  The common sun, the air, the skies,   To him are open paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak of the gods as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak of the gods as they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. -King Henry IV. Part II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55938]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761 Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest, Scientist, Visionary, 1955  The pure, mere love of God is that alone from which sinners are justly to expect that no sin will pass unpunished, but that His love will visit them with every calamity and distress that can help to break and purify the bestial heart of man and awaken in him true repentance and conversion to God. It is love alone in the holy Deity that will allow no peace to the wicked, nor ever cease its judgments till every sinner is forced to confess that it is good for him that he has been in trouble, and thankfully own that not the wrath but the love of God has plucked out that right eye, cut off that right band, which he ought to have done but would not do for himself and his own salvation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66260]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41868]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment. •Bible   Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. •Gaelic Proverb   There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. •Gilbert K. Chesterton   If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. •Arabian Proverb   The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. •Benjamin Franklin   See with your mind, hear with your heart. •Kurdish Proverb   Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. •David Hare   Were it not for hope the heart would break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-- and a lot of courage- -to move in the opposite direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is just better in California - the wine, the food, fruits and vegetables, the comforts of living. Even the instrumentalists are generous and curious. Everything is wonderful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["All honor to him who shall win the prize," The world has cried for a thousand years;  But to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14925]]></link><description><![CDATA["All honor to him who shall win the prize," The world has cried for a thousand years;  But to him who tries and fails and dies,   I give great honor and glory and tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2284]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62763]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.
]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27599]]></link><description><![CDATA[At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want--for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awareness of their individual blemishes and shortcomings inclines the frustrated to detect ill will and meanness in their fellow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52306]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awareness of their individual blemishes and shortcomings inclines the frustrated to detect ill will and meanness in their fellow men. Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're looking for a growth company in a growth industry with good management and a good balance sheet, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37127]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're looking for a growth company in a growth industry with good management and a good balance sheet,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that lives well is learned enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that lives well is learned enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49467</guid></item></channel></rss>