<?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 starting point of all achievement is desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The starting point of all achievement is desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59495]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9536]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Rome] Widow of a King-people, but still queen of the world. [Fr., Veuve d'un peuple-roi, mais reine encore du monde.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54405]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Rome] Widow of a King-people, but still queen of the world. [Fr., Veuve d'un peuple-roi, mais reine encore du monde.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We put up sheets here so they can have their privacy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42420]]></link><description><![CDATA[We put up sheets here so they can have their privacy,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25679]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know when they're pissed off. We just don't know in what order these are gonna come at us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet grievest not; art angry, yet serene; changest Thy works, Thy purpose unchanged; receivest again what Thou findest, yet didst never lose; never in need, yet rejoicing in gains; never covetous, yet exacting usury. Thou receivest over and above, that Thou mayest owe; and who hath aught that is not Thine? Thou payest debts, owing nothing; remittest debts, losing nothing. And that have I now said, my God, my life, my holy joy? or what saith any man when he speaks of Thee? Yet woe to him that speaketh not, since mute are even the most eloquent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6666]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of punitive power. Whatever the final issue may be, he who "convicts" another must place the truth of the case in a clear light before him, so that it must be seen and acknowledged as truth. He who then rejects the conclusion which the exposition involves, rejects it with his eyes open and at his peril. Truth seen as truth carries with it condemnation to all who refuse to welcome it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9500]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man. [Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man. [Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53280]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The depth of our team this year has been the key, especially with the injuries we've had. We've got the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The depth of our team this year has been the key, especially with the injuries we've had. We've got the numbers and that's been a key to our success. We have a lot of chemistry on this team and a lot of experienced young guys who are waiting for their chances to step up and contribute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  You cannot escape Christ, do what You will. You reject His divinity, but, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  You cannot escape Christ, do what You will. You reject His divinity, but, so doing, you have not evaded Him. If He is a man just like us, then obviously you must be a man like Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a struggle, there can be no progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a struggle, there can be no progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was in bed for two days. Today is the first day I've actually eaten or done anything. I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37139]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was in bed for two days. Today is the first day I've actually eaten or done anything. I felt pretty good on the ice, but I don't have much energy. Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel better and get a good skate in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men fear death, as if unquestionably the greatest evil, and yet no man knows that it may not be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men fear death, as if unquestionably the greatest evil, and yet no man knows that it may not be the greatest good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is very difficult for me to express. I have a tremendous amount of anger but I like to save ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is very difficult for me to express. I have a tremendous amount of anger but I like to save it ... for my loved ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in their 40s and 50s are saving for their kids and for their retirement. They have the most difficult ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40726]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in their 40s and 50s are saving for their kids and for their retirement. They have the most difficult time saving because they have the most overhead expenses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of deeds lies in completing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of deeds lies in completing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58393]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16468]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  This, of course, is what religion is about: this adherence to God, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  This, of course, is what religion is about: this adherence to God, this confident dependence on that which is unchanging. This is the more abundant life which, in its own particular language and own particular way, it calls us to live. Because it is our part in the one life in the whole universe of spirits, our share in the great drive towards Reality, the tendency of all life to seek God Who made it for Himself and now incites and guides it, we are already adapted to it. Just as a fish is adapted to life in the sea. This view of our situation fills us with a certain awed and humble gladness. It delivers us from all niggling fuss about ourselves, prevents us from feeling self-important about our own little spiritual adventures; and yet makes them worth while as part of one great spiritual adventure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915  No one who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915  No one who is fit to live need fear to die. Poor, timorous, faithless souls that we are! How we shall smile at our vain alarms, when the worst has happened! To us here, death is the most terrible word we know. But when we have tasted its reality, it will mean to us birth, deliverance, a new creation of ourselves. It will be what health is to the sick man. It will be what home is to the exile. It will be what the loved one given back is to the bereaved. As we draw near to it, a great solemn gladness should fill our hearts. It is God's great morning lighting up the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52265]]></link><description><![CDATA[One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in upholding the word against the evidence of the eyes.Children, savages, and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolish tongues talke by the dozen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64607]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54790]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This activity has an MHSA-approved scoring system very similar to track and field. Just getting a seat on a varsity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36000]]></link><description><![CDATA[This activity has an MHSA-approved scoring system very similar to track and field. Just getting a seat on a varsity trip is a big accomplishment in our program. To be selected on the state team is a big deal. These kids are the best and brightest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel is willing to take a risk in order to make progress in the peace process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel is willing to take a risk in order to make progress in the peace process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never done this before. This is the best feeling in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28367]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never done this before. This is the best feeling in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28367</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[Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire, A winder and barrel, will help thy desire  In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16098]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire, A winder and barrel, will help thy desire  In killing a Pike; but the forked stick,   With a slit and a bladder,--and that other fine trick,    Which our artists call snap, with a goose or a duck,--     Will kill two for one, if you have any luck;      The gentry of Shropshire do merrily smile,       To see a goose and a belt the fish to beguile;        When a Pike suns himselfe and a-frogging doth go,         The two-inched hook is better, I know,          Than the ord'nary snaring: but still I must cry,           When the Pike is at home, minde the cookery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric  Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25121]]></link><description><![CDATA[For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric  Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,   To smatter French is meritorious.   - Samuel Butler (1),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took a while for us to hit somebody. Just getting them in a game situation and playing full speed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39935]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took a while for us to hit somebody. Just getting them in a game situation and playing full speed with plays coming in every 20 seconds is what we needed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59864]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true,  And whate'er you lot may be,   Paddle your own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true,  And whate'er you lot may be,   Paddle your own canoe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wanted to let them know he was thinking of them and their families throughout this holiday, and the American ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28974]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wanted to let them know he was thinking of them and their families throughout this holiday, and the American people are behind them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that we all carry the divine within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36773]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that we all carry the divine within us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carpe per diem - seize the check. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carpe per diem - seize the check.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5043</guid></item></channel></rss>