<?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['Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?  She 'as ships ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54479]]></link><description><![CDATA['Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?  She 'as ships on the foam--she 'as millions at 'ome,   An' she pays us poor beggars in red.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's wounded no matter what. Just the fact that he had to campaign, and call on the people he's supposed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42138]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's wounded no matter what. Just the fact that he had to campaign, and call on the people he's supposed to be leading to bail him out, You never want to call him dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61096]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when you don't come home at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44088]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when you don't come home at night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had my labour for my travail. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had my labour for my travail. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) inorder to guarantee your future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) inorder to guarantee your future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66448]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61806]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperance is a bridle of gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperance is a bridle of gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary by-pass. After such a monumental assault on the heart, it takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary by-pass. After such a monumental assault on the heart, it takes years to amend all the habits and attitudes that led up to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart   Will we discern the wounds within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe this world is another planet's hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe this world is another planet's hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Along with really protecting a lot of the young kids because they've been abused (in terms of usage) in high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Along with really protecting a lot of the young kids because they've been abused (in terms of usage) in high school and college, we're also going to be really aggressive with the guys that are in the system already. If they show us that they're strong enough, they're going to go out there, and if they can go 90-100 pitches, they're going to do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20033]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to his vision. The foundation of this team happened through Bob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you love me because I'm beautiful or am I beautiful because you love me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you love me because I'm beautiful or am I beautiful because you love me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44203]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9860]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers posed by the corporation, writing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers posed by the corporation, writing of the need to "crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." Today, instead, the aristocracy of the corporation has grown to full maturity, wielding power over the state and its laws in the service of corporate aims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One size does not fit all in any regulation. When it is clear that the smaller companies are bearing a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30803]]></link><description><![CDATA[One size does not fit all in any regulation. When it is clear that the smaller companies are bearing a larger part of the burden, then it really has to be addressed. I don't think that was the intent of the legislation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what youdo. Attitude determines how well you do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what youdo. Attitude determines how well you do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was very popular. He got along with everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29346]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was very popular. He got along with everybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47069]]></link><description><![CDATA[A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63197]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all men think alike, no one thinks very much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46317]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37503]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have to include the Boeing-Airbus dispute - which, given its complexity, should be settled through negotiations anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no Plan B. So you're a little more exposed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41568]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no Plan B. So you're a little more exposed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change of weather is the discourse of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change of weather is the discourse of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pardon him as God shall pardon me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16518]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pardon him as God shall pardon me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7662]]></link><description><![CDATA[In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth. Gradually the results of the action manifested themselves, and, seeing them, they perceived what they had really done, and learnt the meaning of the truth revealed in the action. But if, from fear of the consequences, they had checked or forbidden the action, they would have lost this revelation. They would have missed the way to truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24832]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of barrenness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come from a tradition of screenwriting -- with a co-writer -- where everything is challenged, where you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36931]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come from a tradition of screenwriting -- with a co-writer -- where everything is challenged, where you have to defend every idea, ... I am a robber of ideas, but for there to be ideas, you have to have discussion. If everyone takes my word for the truth, you can't do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2181]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43366]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43366</guid></item></channel></rss>