<?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[My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38826]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for my brother and myself, some kind of business. He'd asked the owners of this course to call him if it ever came up for sale, and one day, they called. I had a scholarship offer to Ohio State and my dad said, 'Son, what do you want to do, cut grass or go to school?' I said, what do you want me to do, Dad? He said, 'Well, I can't afford any help.' I said, 'No problem, Dad, I'll help you cut grass.' Looking back, I think I made the right decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're living an unhappy life and you probably think this is normal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having been a student at Columbia, I can say that I've experienced both on-campus and online coursework. If I had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having been a student at Columbia, I can say that I've experienced both on-campus and online coursework. If I had to pick the top five courses of my entire experience, two of them were online. I know that with the right instructor and set-up, learning online can be just as fulfilling, if not more so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 Lord, forgive -- That I have dwelt too long on Golgotha, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 Lord, forgive -- That I have dwelt too long on Golgotha, My wracked eyes fixed On Thy poor, tortured human form upon the cross, And have not seen The lilies in Thy dawn-sweet garden bend To anoint Thy risen feet; nor known the ways Thy radiant spirit walks abroad with men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4445]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is a sure sign your thinking is unnatural.*HS was the amanuensis for the Course In Miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is a sure sign your thinking is unnatural.*HS was the amanuensis for the Course In Miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not saying he's going to get a pass. If the state economy is in the hole his entire term, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33402]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not saying he's going to get a pass. If the state economy is in the hole his entire term, that's going to be an albatross. Any kind of honeymoon he had is gone. It's the same old typical politician, I think, that's how a lot of that anger is going to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to hear it said, "That is he." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50826]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to hear it said, "That is he."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a bit of both, ... It is a blessing because I know that I am capable but it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38882]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a bit of both, ... It is a blessing because I know that I am capable but it is a curse because I don't get the opportunities that I normally would get. But if I am in a situation that is out of my control, everyone is still going to hold me responsible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is a violent school-mistress. [Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is a violent school-mistress. [Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16089]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More and more, churches have become gathering places that offer a panoply of services, and one of them is retail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30192]]></link><description><![CDATA[More and more, churches have become gathering places that offer a panoply of services, and one of them is retail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to make a run and we, obviously in that third quarter only scored two points. And that's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35992]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to make a run and we, obviously in that third quarter only scored two points. And that's not what you call a run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21738]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was my first time in front of the television cameras and my home crowd so I'm delighted by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was my first time in front of the television cameras and my home crowd so I'm delighted by the way I played and the result,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tuesday] is the first day I've actually eaten anything or done anything. I felt pretty good on the ice. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37143]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Tuesday] is the first day I've actually eaten anything or done anything. I felt pretty good on the ice. I don't have much energy, but hopefully [today] I'll feel better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non sponte ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18476]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non sponte est nocens.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hobby is only fun if you do not have time to do it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19566]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hobby is only fun if you do not have time to do it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13096]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19860]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks with garbage? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks with garbage?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lady of the twilight She hath such gentle hands,  So lovely are the gifts she brings   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lady of the twilight She hath such gentle hands,  So lovely are the gifts she brings   From out of the sunset-lands,    So bountiful, so merciful,     So sweet of soul is she;      And over all the world she draws       Her cloak of charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To grow a philosopher's beard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48553]]></link><description><![CDATA[To grow a philosopher's beard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism is in conflict with human nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism is in conflict with human nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not something I must do but something I want to do…. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not something I must do but something I want to do….]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They think they have God Almighty by the toe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41135]]></link><description><![CDATA[They think they have God Almighty by the toe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will never have quotas in this city as long as I am mayor, but we will darn sure have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28713]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will never have quotas in this city as long as I am mayor, but we will darn sure have goals,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58063]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our handicaps depend on how many innings, how many defeats and who the opponent is. It takes a lot more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our handicaps depend on how many innings, how many defeats and who the opponent is. It takes a lot more into account, so it's a lot more competitive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44395]]></link><description><![CDATA['Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more a man dreams, the less he believes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more a man dreams, the less he believes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20481]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13686]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. [Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. [Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23429</guid></item></channel></rss>