<?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[What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43258]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the roots are not removed during weeding, the weeds will grow again when the winds of Spring blows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62813]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the roots are not removed during weeding, the weeds will grow again when the winds of Spring blows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're delighted with the quality of all submissions. We are committed to publishing as many new voices as possible. Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're delighted with the quality of all submissions. We are committed to publishing as many new voices as possible. Our main focus is commercial entertainment. We don't focus on category, or any specialty beyond entertaining audiences with fresh voices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17477]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10119]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When war begins, then hell openeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50079]]></link><description><![CDATA[When war begins, then hell openeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58984]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I got $2,100 a year when I started in the big league, and they get more money now. ...I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somalis themselves feel that they are under some sort of what they call psychological warfare. They know that at last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somalis themselves feel that they are under some sort of what they call psychological warfare. They know that at last the word is out that Somalia may be a next likely target.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime rot and consume themselves in little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime rot and consume themselves in little time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944  Gambling challenges the view of life which the Christian Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944  Gambling challenges the view of life which the Christian Church exists to uphold and extend. Its glorification of mere chance is a denial of the Divine order of nature. To risk money haphazard is to disregard the insistence of the Church in every age of living faith that possessions are a trust, and that men must account to God for their use. The persistent appeal to covetousness is fundamentally opposed to the unselfishness which was taught by Jesus Christ and by the New Testament as a whole. The attempt (which is inseparable from gambling) to make a profit out of the inevitable loss and possible suffering of others is the antithesis of that love of one's neighbour on which our Lord insisted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26451]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, he was no such charlatan-- Count de Hoboken Flash-in-the-Pan--  Full of gasconade and bravado,   But a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61427]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, he was no such charlatan-- Count de Hoboken Flash-in-the-Pan--  Full of gasconade and bravado,   But a regular, rich Don Rataplane,    Santa Claus de la Muscavado,     Senor Grandissimo Bastinado!      His was the rental of half Havana       And all Matanzas; and Santa Ana,        Rich as he was, could hardly hold         A candle to light the mines of gold          Our Cuban owned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51054]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smiling face is half the meal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51880]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smiling face is half the meal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5639]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I live to grow old, as I find I go down, Let this be my fate in a country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61788]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I live to grow old, as I find I go down, Let this be my fate in a country town;  May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate,   And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate.    May I govern my passions with an absolute sway,     Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away,      Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.   - Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50365]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47916]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . . he had two distinct persons in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . . he had two distinct persons in him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a wise father that knows his own child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a wise father that knows his own child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That loss at Marquette was just a bad loss for us. We came back on the road at Syracuse. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37590]]></link><description><![CDATA[That loss at Marquette was just a bad loss for us. We came back on the road at Syracuse. This was a statement game for us. We just went out there and played basketball and made a statement. The statement was that we're here and we're here to stay. We're not pushovers. We're not little boys. We're men out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caesar's wife should be above suspicion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It appears that the level of violence was well below the last election. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28971]]></link><description><![CDATA[It appears that the level of violence was well below the last election.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much balance to our conference. We just have to take everybody's best shot each week. We beat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30594]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much balance to our conference. We just have to take everybody's best shot each week. We beat a great Southwest team. We cleared a big hurdle and we just have to make sure we don't hit the next hurdle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5076]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, But God will bring him where the Blessed are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672  Devotional poetry... has to do with devotedness, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672  Devotional poetry... has to do with devotedness, with trust merged into faith, with love's steadfastness. It finds men's worthwhileness deep laid in relationship to God's worthwhileness, and this devotion is expressed in communication. It finds this world precious insofar as it... symbolizes God's love and therefore it runs counter to our national sin of distrust in God. (And yet, how can we trust Him without knowing and living unto Him and loving Him?).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven  To serve the devil in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20229]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven  To serve the devil in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The path to the Mideast is litteredwith Nobel peace laureateswho have not yet achievedwhat can only be achieved ineach heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25737]]></link><description><![CDATA[The path to the Mideast is litteredwith Nobel peace laureateswho have not yet achievedwhat can only be achieved ineach heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever happens, take responsibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever happens, take responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63743]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a gentle way, you can shake the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21096]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a gentle way, you can shake the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21659]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The master in the art of living makes little distinction between hiswork and his play, his labor and his leisure, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The master in the art of living makes little distinction between hiswork and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, hisinformation and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knowswhich is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever hedoes, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To himhe's always doing both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1403</guid></item></channel></rss>