<?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[There is nothing good or evil save in the will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61592]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing good or evil save in the will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11747]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26134]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be very soon and maybe in the next few months. Not after that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29888]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be very soon and maybe in the next few months. Not after that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47071]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,  Can be retentive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,  Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;   But life, being weary of these worldly bars,    Never lacks power to dismiss itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of minor holes around the city, but nothing that's a major problem for people driving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33189]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of minor holes around the city, but nothing that's a major problem for people driving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jean Harlow [Hollywood's sexy actress] kept calling Margot Asquith by her first name, or kept trying to: she pronounced it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jean Harlow [Hollywood's sexy actress] kept calling Margot Asquith by her first name, or kept trying to: she pronounced it Margot. Finally Margot set her right. `No, no, Jean. The t is silent as in Harlow.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is given to you to drink medicine for your soul from the cup of the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As ofthis second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22234]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As ofthis second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14623]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was now left but a jail; and go to bed making a calculation of the expense of putting bow-windows to the house, "in case anything turned up," which was his favorite expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52904]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[right before you came, I almost completely tipped over like a board -- 'Timber!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31437]]></link><description><![CDATA[right before you came, I almost completely tipped over like a board -- 'Timber!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie mou'!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,  For daws to peck at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51435]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,  For daws to peck at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that the personal computer has come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9136]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that the personal computer has come along as a great tool. The whole pace of business is moving faster. Globalization is forcing companies to do things in new ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,  But musical as is Apollo's lute, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46492]]></link><description><![CDATA[How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,  But musical as is Apollo's lute,   And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,    Where no crude surfeit reigns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Date sideways, never up or down. sideways is usually a more comfortable position for both players and one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Date sideways, never up or down. sideways is usually a more comfortable position for both players and one of the players can be heads up or heads down. in this position, any significant height difference of either player is minimilized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6800]]></link><description><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, and flowers (ours by choice), Our faithful dog and cat (though it's agreed No one can own the latter), each good book (A gift, or purchased), all else we foresaw That we should cherish, and have made to look Ours by possession (nine points of the law)." With what presumption have we called them ours, And even felt unselfish when we shared them--  When, if the truth be known, they have been Yours From the beginning, Lord! You have prepared them For us to borrow, using as our own: So thank You, Father, for this generous loan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is sorrow's salve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is sorrow's salve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650   If all you have found [in Christianity] ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650   If all you have found [in Christianity] is advantage, whether it is fun or profit or security, then you haven't started following Him yet. His way is the way of the Cross. The world can be very hard on those it hates. If it is not hard on you, perhaps it sees nothing in you to hate. But then it doesn't see Jesus in you, for it hates Jesus with an undying hatred. While your way is still all fun, all easy, all jolly, it is only your way: when you turn from it to follow His way, it will cost. It may cost you everything you have. That is what it cost Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle   Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change; and when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle   Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change; and when we are right, make us easy to live with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For of Fortune's sharpe adversite, The worste kynde of infortune is this,  A man to hav bent in prosperite, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57241]]></link><description><![CDATA[For of Fortune's sharpe adversite, The worste kynde of infortune is this,  A man to hav bent in prosperite,   And it remembren whan it passed is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," isat the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," isat the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really isno other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is justanother present moment to live when it arrives. One thing is certain, youcannot live it until it does appear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transcendental moonshine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Transcendental moonshine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51055]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the violet, which alone Prospers in some happy shade,  My Castara lives unknown   To no looser ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the violet, which alone Prospers in some happy shade,  My Castara lives unknown   To no looser eye betrayed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice does not descend from its pinnacle. [It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice does not descend from its pinnacle. [It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive is in this world is largely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1333]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive is in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs. Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts think, act and talk negatively and your world will be negative. Think and act and talk with enthusiasm and you will attract positive results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea is to give people a quick start back to recovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40882]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea is to give people a quick start back to recovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It still amazes me how many millions goes to discovering another star in the galaxies when, for all we know, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14760]]></link><description><![CDATA[It still amazes me how many millions goes to discovering another star in the galaxies when, for all we know, we are still sitting on top of another undiscovered world beneath out feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition has no rest! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition has no rest!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up a solid round stone from the water and broke it open. It was perfectly dry in spite of the fact that it had been immersed in water for centuries. The same is true of many people in the Western world. For centuries they have been surrounded by Christianity; they live immersed in the waters of its benefits. And yet it has not penetrated their hearts; they do not love it. The fault is not in Christianity, but in men's hearts, which have been hardened by materialism and intellectualism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22684]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55040]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a professional person and a technician is that a technician knows everything about his job except its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57059]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a professional person and a technician is that a technician knows everything about his job except its ultimate purpose and his place in the scheme of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26901]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a Genius in all of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28734]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a Genius in all of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy clothes are all the soul thou hast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As good as a play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/416]]></link><description><![CDATA[As good as a play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/416</guid></item></channel></rss>