<?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[I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38732]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But shapes that come not at an earthly call, Will not depart when mortal voices bid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60887]]></link><description><![CDATA[But shapes that come not at an earthly call, Will not depart when mortal voices bid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24196]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has no fault except that he has no fault. [Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15464]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has no fault except that he has no fault. [Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real secret of success is enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real secret of success is enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his barn door,   That luck might down upon him pour;    That every blessing known in life     Might crown his homestead and his wife,      And never any kind of harm       Descend upon his growing farm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand times less than we deserve, and much less than many of our fellow-creatures are suffering around us. Let us therefore pray for grace to be humble, thankful, and patient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,  May I express thee unblam'd? since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,  May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light   And never but in unapproached light    Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee,     Bright effluence of bright essence increate!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. ]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much virtue in Herbs, little in men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much virtue in Herbs, little in men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She got us started. Without that start, it would have been a closer game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37892]]></link><description><![CDATA[She got us started. Without that start, it would have been a closer game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23850]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smell a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smell a rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8482]]></link><description><![CDATA[To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . what women want is what men want. They want respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27025]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . what women want is what men want. They want respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or "literary" diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or "literary" diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expect me nigga like you'd expect jesus to come back expect me nigga im coming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expect me nigga like you'd expect jesus to come back expect me nigga im coming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[INNOVATION is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9545]]></link><description><![CDATA[INNOVATION is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited and the wealth and confusion man has created.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a transitional name with a lot of support behind its plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38810]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a transitional name with a lot of support behind its plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During his lifetime, when he was insulted or encountered offensive behavior, he did not respond with rage or violence. Instead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34339]]></link><description><![CDATA[During his lifetime, when he was insulted or encountered offensive behavior, he did not respond with rage or violence. Instead he taught his followers to respond with mercy and best behavior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57715]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57045]]></link><description><![CDATA[One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food,  Nothing to wear out but clothes,   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food,  Nothing to wear out but clothes,   To keep one from going nude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46929]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showing that if a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Showing that if a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, truly, 'tis more than manners will; And I have heard it said, unbidden guests  Are often welcomest when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18431]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, truly, 'tis more than manners will; And I have heard it said, unbidden guests  Are often welcomest when they are gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think I could have called my career complete without racing in IROC. You always compete against the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41654]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think I could have called my career complete without racing in IROC. You always compete against the best of the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be so humble - you are not that great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be so humble - you are not that great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good for younger people to see how things were done before modern conveniences when you sat in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good for younger people to see how things were done before modern conveniences when you sat in the tractor exposed to the cold, heat and rain. These tractors were before air conditioning, heat and stereos. This also gives the older people an opportunity to relive memories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60403]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who dare to love their country, and be poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who dare to love their country, and be poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60439]]></link><description><![CDATA[My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta. [Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna charta.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta. [Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna charta.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what we put up with here. We don't need that type of stuff here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37245]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what we put up with here. We don't need that type of stuff here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature's laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature's laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2154]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2154</guid></item></channel></rss>