<?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[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship", for power alone was never yet worthy of prayer; but that He may say thus: "Look, my children, you will never be strong but with my strength. I have no other to give you. And that you can get only by trusting in me. I can not give it you any other way. There is no other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All objects lose by too familiar a view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15140]]></link><description><![CDATA[All objects lose by too familiar a view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running; if you stand still, they will swallow you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9231]]></link><description><![CDATA[In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running; if you stand still, they will swallow you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One is easily fooled by that which one loves. [Fr., On est aisement dupe par ce qu'on aime.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11539]]></link><description><![CDATA[One is easily fooled by that which one loves. [Fr., On est aisement dupe par ce qu'on aime.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in quiet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in quiet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why? Is this guy afraid of me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why? Is this guy afraid of me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tortured for the Republic. [Lat., Strangulatus pro republica.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tortured for the Republic. [Lat., Strangulatus pro republica.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is not an exact science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is not an exact science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we really realized we needed to get down and do our business. We kept them close with fouls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39784]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we really realized we needed to get down and do our business. We kept them close with fouls in the first half. After that we realized we wanted it. We wanted this game so much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A watch is the most important piece of jewelry you can wear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41810]]></link><description><![CDATA[A watch is the most important piece of jewelry you can wear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The traditional worship setting is both the inspiration for faith and fellowship, and the barrier to it. Due only to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The traditional worship setting is both the inspiration for faith and fellowship, and the barrier to it. Due only to Word and Sacrament -- God's ideas -- is there any faith to be shared or truth to articulate. However, the very setting in which this is received instills the fear of expressing it informally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment. [Lat., Res severa est verum gaudium.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13935]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment. [Lat., Res severa est verum gaudium.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I understand the power of this kind of an institution to improve the quality of life for people. I've worked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I understand the power of this kind of an institution to improve the quality of life for people. I've worked in nonprofit, humanities-oriented projects all of my life. For me personally, the opportunity to support people's ideas is critical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64854]]></link><description><![CDATA[All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every crisis offers you extra desired power ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every crisis offers you extra desired power]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility is no substitute for a good personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humility is no substitute for a good personality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and check.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our past research shows that adults are twice as likely to volunteer if they began participating when they were teens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our past research shows that adults are twice as likely to volunteer if they began participating when they were teens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5461]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, Nor to one place. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55538]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, Nor to one place. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the twilight of morning to climb to the top of the mountain,-- Thee to salute, kindly star, earliest herald ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59920]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the twilight of morning to climb to the top of the mountain,-- Thee to salute, kindly star, earliest herald of day,--  And to await, with impatience, the gaze of the ruler of heaven.--   Youthful delight, oh, how oft lur'st thou me out in the night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63095]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us. [Lat., Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11955]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us. [Lat., Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and shewould come in and sink my boats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and shewould come in and sink my boats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a team, we saw January as a new slate. We've had a lot of injuries. Looking back to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38249]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a team, we saw January as a new slate. We've had a lot of injuries. Looking back to the beginning of the season this is not the same team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we\'re going to break ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66682]]></link><description><![CDATA[On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we\'re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not judge the people we love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23484]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not judge the people we love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63754]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a very scary moment. I'd had some previous neck problems, so when I hit the goalpost, I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37142]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a very scary moment. I'd had some previous neck problems, so when I hit the goalpost, I felt a lot of pain and my (left) hand was partly numb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22251]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50541]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66315]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13137]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But come, I'll tell thee all my whole device When I am in my coach, which stays for us  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25412]]></link><description><![CDATA[But come, I'll tell thee all my whole device When I am in my coach, which stays for us  At the park gate; and therefore haste away,   For we must measure twenty miles to-day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33018]]></link><description><![CDATA[My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7161</guid></item></channel></rss>