<?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[Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. -Helen Douglas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are back in business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33758]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are back in business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect-- But tell me the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we continue to see a court monitor as unnecessary and counter productive, we are open to finding ways to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37028]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we continue to see a court monitor as unnecessary and counter productive, we are open to finding ways to work together to better address issues of concern to the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36885]]></link><description><![CDATA[The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64859]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. -Lao-Tzu (600 B.C.).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This material is relevant to debates we as Americans are having about the war in Iraq and intelligence reform, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42188]]></link><description><![CDATA[This material is relevant to debates we as Americans are having about the war in Iraq and intelligence reform, ... To keep it classified simply because it might embarrass the agency is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World trade means competition from anywhere; advancing technology encourages cross-industry competition. Consequently, strategic planning must consider who our future competitors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57541]]></link><description><![CDATA[World trade means competition from anywhere; advancing technology encourages cross-industry competition. Consequently, strategic planning must consider who our future competitors will be, not only who is here today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to his Creator, will be sure, early or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to his Creator, will be sure, early or late, to repent in vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38038]]></link><description><![CDATA[We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the Fed may be forced to ease again before it begins hiking rates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54810]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they make you not then the better answer, you may say they are not the men you took them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55440]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they make you not then the better answer, you may say they are not the men you took them for. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4077]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These days, dates mean a dinner and movie-falling back on the old standards. I think that's just so simple and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31781]]></link><description><![CDATA[These days, dates mean a dinner and movie-falling back on the old standards. I think that's just so simple and great to share - whether good or bad - and then discuss it afterwards. It's just a great way to spend an evening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shepherd and the WolfA shepherd once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Shepherd and the WolfA shepherd once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a while taught it to steal lambs from the neighboring flocks. The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the Shepherd, Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you will lose some of your own flock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14789]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. -Elizabeth Kübler-Ross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4473]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52057]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19569]]></link><description><![CDATA[To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66908]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When photography was invented it was thought to be an equivalent to truth, it was truth with a capital "T". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46553]]></link><description><![CDATA[When photography was invented it was thought to be an equivalent to truth, it was truth with a capital "T".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I might a rose-bud grow And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.  To place me on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I might a rose-bud grow And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.  To place me on that breast of snow   Where I should bloom a wintry flower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50758]]></link><description><![CDATA[She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18004]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20673]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60292]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44967]]></link><description><![CDATA[With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62814]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14583]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is the illusion of permanance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is the illusion of permanance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I provide a little comic relief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29508]]></link><description><![CDATA[I provide a little comic relief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56522]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame the earth seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire--why, it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11911]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  If God said, "I forgive you," to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  If God said, "I forgive you," to a man who hated his brother, and if (as is impossible) that voice of forgiveness should reach the man, what would it mean to him? How would the man interpret it? Would it not mean to him, "You may go on hating. I do not mind it. You have had great provocation, and are justified in your hate?" No doubt God takes what wrong there is, and what provocation there is, into the account; but the more provocation, the more excuse that can be urged for the hate, the more reason, if possible, that the hater should be delivered from the hell of his hate, that God's child should be made the loving child that He meant him to be. The man would think, not that God loved the sinner, but that He forgave the sin, which God never does. Every sin meets its due fate -- inexorable expulsion from the paradise of God's Humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63500</guid></item></channel></rss>