<?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[It's not just one project; the technology will only give you 20% of the ROI. Process changes will give you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not just one project; the technology will only give you 20% of the ROI. Process changes will give you 50% of the ROI, and the last 30% of that ROI equation is the people -- that's your change-management piece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62047]]></link><description><![CDATA[High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge will come to lodge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18059]]></link><description><![CDATA[My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Natural Clock-work by the might One Wound up at first, and ever since have gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Natural Clock-work by the might One Wound up at first, and ever since have gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt,  And night by night the monitory blast   Wails in the key-hole, telling how it pass'd    O'er empty fields, or upland solitudes,     Or grim wide wave; and now the power is felt      Of melancholy, tenderer in its moods       Than any joy indulgent Summer dealt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20535]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an excellent deal for us because Pedro gives us more options in midfield and brings with him experience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35076]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an excellent deal for us because Pedro gives us more options in midfield and brings with him experience in European competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. A leader's job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5501]]></link><description><![CDATA[People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. A leader's job is to help people have vision of their potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52361]]></link><description><![CDATA[You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe I am the highest power, absolutely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe I am the highest power, absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We suffered a 5- to -6 percent loss in business till Saturday as an impact of the Aug. 17 occurrence, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36729]]></link><description><![CDATA[We suffered a 5- to -6 percent loss in business till Saturday as an impact of the Aug. 17 occurrence,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15809]]></link><description><![CDATA[The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for knowledge in the general population. On the contrary, the increasingly complex processes tend to lead to increasingly simple and easily understood products. The genius of mass production is precisely in its making more products more accessible, both economically and intellectually to more people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17593]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37936]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash and would I please help him do it, ... I thought, 'How is that a show?' And then I thought if I were to do this it would be far too weird and borderline sci-fi and he'd never want to do it. But his response was no, I love that idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance round his book-shelves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54820]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45489]]></link><description><![CDATA[You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4304]]></link><description><![CDATA[For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3949]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est praeparatio diligens.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole earth, and uttered in all the languages belonging to all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61255]]></link><description><![CDATA[That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole earth, and uttered in all the languages belonging to all tribes and races of men, will forever be pronounced with affectionate gratitude by everyone in whose breast there shall arise an aspiration for human rights and liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,  And fight our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,  And fight our own shadows forever?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['A took my father grossly, full of bread, With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May;  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43398]]></link><description><![CDATA['A took my father grossly, full of bread, With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May;  And how his audit stands, who knows save heaven?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My reaction to porno films is as follows; After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43327]]></link><description><![CDATA[My reaction to porno films is as follows; After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw, After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ladies be but young and fair, They have the gift to know it; and in his brain, Which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55651]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ladies be but young and fair, They have the gift to know it; and in his brain, Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd With observation, the which he vents In mangled forms. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The architect Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,  And with him toiled his children, and their lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The architect Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,  And with him toiled his children, and their lives   Were builded, with his own, into the walls,    As offerings unto God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3028</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[The great world's altar stairs That slope through darkness up to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great world's altar stairs That slope through darkness up to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46781]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46781</guid></item></channel></rss>