<?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[Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life...When we listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other...and it is this little creative fountain inside us that begins to spring and cast up new thoughts and unexpected laughter and wisdom. ...Well, it is when people really listen to us, with quiet facinated attention, that the little fountain begins to work again, to accelerate in the most surprising way. -Brenda Ueland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could see what God was doing. I had a captive audience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29432]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could see what God was doing. I had a captive audience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can’t watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor’s tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swallow sweeps The slimy pool, to build his hanging house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swallow sweeps The slimy pool, to build his hanging house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34270]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are their followers who do not believe in the direction of the peace talks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30314]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You want someone nondescript. The ideal spy is 5-foot-6 and kind of dumpy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61544]]></link><description><![CDATA['Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One point of view gives a one dimensional world.(Liz Murray.. a brilliant homeless teen who gota scholarship to an Ivy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/387]]></link><description><![CDATA[One point of view gives a one dimensional world.(Liz Murray.. a brilliant homeless teen who gota scholarship to an Ivy League school).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They started trash talking out there. It woke us up. We started to get up and down the court. ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31075]]></link><description><![CDATA[They started trash talking out there. It woke us up. We started to get up and down the court. ... I was pointing at the Memphis TV guys. They was talking trash, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without relationships, no matter how much wealth, fame, power, prestige and seeming success by the standards and opinions of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without relationships, no matter how much wealth, fame, power, prestige and seeming success by the standards and opinions of the world one has, happiness will constantly eluded him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I dream, I am ageless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52103]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I dream, I am ageless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hungry man is not a free man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16700]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hungry man is not a free man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6016]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste is the feminine of genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taste is the feminine of genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a general sense I think at least in the British Foreign Office and the British military that the U.S. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32533]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a general sense I think at least in the British Foreign Office and the British military that the U.S. tactics have been too heavy-handed and may be responsible for some of what we're seeing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57973]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consciousness: That annoying time between naps ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consciousness: That annoying time between naps]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord when we are tossed about by suffering as if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord when we are tossed about by suffering as if by surf. When the undertow grasps us we will realize that we are somehow being carried forward even as we tumble. We are actually being -helped even as we cry for help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to have bad breaks, but so many of the power-play goals we scored were game-winners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42303]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to have bad breaks, but so many of the power-play goals we scored were game-winners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think that it will be legitimate and it will be a free and democratic election. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34811]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think that it will be legitimate and it will be a free and democratic election.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not waste my time in answering abuse; I thrive under it like a field that benefits from manure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not waste my time in answering abuse; I thrive under it like a field that benefits from manure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22650]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2520]]></link><description><![CDATA[When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to rub our guilty conscience against others the way we wipe dirty fingers on a rag. This is as evil a misuse of others as the practice of exploitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18315]]></link><description><![CDATA[My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17174]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10000]]></link><description><![CDATA[They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63980]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is theend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is theend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire is bound to hold. But while smiling at each other, both sides will continue making preparations for war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hey, I just sent you an email... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hey, I just sent you an email...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past doesn't equal the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21373]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past doesn't equal the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being named outstanding wrestler talks about his character as well as his wrestling skills. When coaches talk about David, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being named outstanding wrestler talks about his character as well as his wrestling skills. When coaches talk about David, they always talk about what a great person he is first and that means more to me than anything because that's what will take him a long way in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay Till the end o' the daay  An the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15634]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay Till the end o' the daay  An the last load hoam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.  Not the bright stars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58795]]></link><description><![CDATA[No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.  Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn,   Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,    Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows     Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove. [Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;  Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum   Virtus; nee imbellem feroces    Progenerant aquilae columbam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So study evermore is overshot. While it doth study to have what it would,  It doth forget to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58046]]></link><description><![CDATA[So study evermore is overshot. While it doth study to have what it would,  It doth forget to do the thing it should;   And when it hath the thing it hunteth most,    'Tis won as towns with fire; so won, so lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The abuse of cabmen in a block. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abuse of cabmen in a block.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dally not with mony or women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dally not with mony or women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be affected, but it won't be insurmountable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be affected, but it won't be insurmountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33222</guid></item></channel></rss>