<?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[The early bird gets the worm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29083]]></link><description><![CDATA[The early bird gets the worm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the people begin to reason, all is lost ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the people begin to reason, all is lost]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try and fail, but don't fail to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try and fail, but don't fail to try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15807]]></link><description><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13046]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost two, really three (days) because Wednesday was a wash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost two, really three (days) because Wednesday was a wash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20470]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13575]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship. -Mark Twain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28594]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've played in many years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour, And, in the depths of heavenly peace reclined,  Loves to commune ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour, And, in the depths of heavenly peace reclined,  Loves to commune with thoughts of tender power,--   A shining Jacob's-ladder of the mind!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a farce. If they couldn't form a government till now, how will they lead a country? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28533]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a farce. If they couldn't form a government till now, how will they lead a country?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26208]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We picked Indiana as our location for many reasons, one of which is soybean availability, access to transportation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34592]]></link><description><![CDATA[We picked Indiana as our location for many reasons, one of which is soybean availability, access to transportation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13271]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wot prawce Selvytion nah? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wot prawce Selvytion nah?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair,  That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair,  That, like thy petals, trembles in possession,   And scatters on the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He played superbly. We were a bit worried about him after seeing how well he batted with the tail in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42701]]></link><description><![CDATA[He played superbly. We were a bit worried about him after seeing how well he batted with the tail in Perth but he was superb. Maybe we didn't get enough balls to McGrath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I lived back in the wild west days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my holster, I'd carry a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20082]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I lived back in the wild west days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my holster, I'd carry a soldering iron. That way, if some smart-aleck cowboy said something like 'Hey, look. He's carrying a soldering iron!' and started laughing, and everybody else started laughing, I could just say, 'That's right, it's a soldering iron. The soldering iron of justice.' Then everybody would get real quiet and ashamed, because they had made fun of the soldering iron of justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are susceptible to heretical teachings because, in one form or another, they nurture and reflect the way that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6292]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are susceptible to heretical teachings because, in one form or another, they nurture and reflect the way that we would have it be, rather than the way God has provided, which is infinitely better for us. As they lead us into the blind alleys of self-indulgence and escape from life, heresies pander to the most unworthy tendencies of the human heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, I know nothing about it; I am my own ancestor. [Fr., An, ma foi, je n'en sais rien; moi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, I know nothing about it; I am my own ancestor. [Fr., An, ma foi, je n'en sais rien; moi je suis mon ancetre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world itself is too small for the covetous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world itself is too small for the covetous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. [Lat., Cernis ut ignavum corrumpant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. [Lat., Cernis ut ignavum corrumpant otia corpus  Ut capiant vitium ni moveantur aquae.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is contagious, pass it on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is contagious, pass it on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain:  Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:   Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:    Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar,  Some white tremendous daybreak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar,  Some white tremendous daybreak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63546]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17628]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66565]]></link><description><![CDATA[We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20268]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20268</guid></item></channel></rss>