<?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[Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Help thi kynne, Crist bit (biddeth), for ther bygynneth charitie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a ball hog, plain and simple. He could probably be our best player on offense, but we need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33446]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a ball hog, plain and simple. He could probably be our best player on offense, but we need him over there on defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected- in so far as it could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25699]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected- in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.  Thine is an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.  Thine is an oyster knife, that hacks and hews;   The rage but not the talent to abuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17559]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We bought a real beauty parlor, with dryers and functioning water, and the whole bit. All the other elements, artistically, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35478]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bought a real beauty parlor, with dryers and functioning water, and the whole bit. All the other elements, artistically, bring things into a whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee?  Fed with nourishment divine,   The dewy morning's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee?  Fed with nourishment divine,   The dewy morning's gentle wine!    Nature waits upon thee still,     And thy verdant cup does fill;      'Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread,       Nature's self's thy Ganymede.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Main chance. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Main chance. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle  We have still much to learn as to the laws according to which the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle  We have still much to learn as to the laws according to which the mind and body act on one another, and according to which one mind acts on another; but it is certain that a great part of this mutual action can be reduced to general laws, and that the more we know of such laws, the greater our power to benefit others will be. When, through the operation of such laws, surprising events take place, [we may] cry out, ... "Such is the will of God," instead of setting ourselves to inquire whether it is the will of God to give us power to bring about or prevent such results; then our conduct is not piety but sinful laziness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9150]]></link><description><![CDATA[At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a little man could not have made so big a depression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a little man could not have made so big a depression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been talking for a while about bringing this type of content to Newport for a while and finally we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42557]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been talking for a while about bringing this type of content to Newport for a while and finally we decided to go ahead and do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50176]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all my years of coaching, I've never seen a team pass like this. They don't care who scores. Really. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35021]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all my years of coaching, I've never seen a team pass like this. They don't care who scores. Really. Everyone makes the extra pass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22694]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have received so much support since I've arrived here from the fans and the coaches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30014]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have received so much support since I've arrived here from the fans and the coaches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might of been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know the only reason I made it anywhere in hockey was because I was a fighter. I know that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know the only reason I made it anywhere in hockey was because I was a fighter. I know that was my role. I made it to the NHL doing that. If I don't fight again in my life that doesn't mean I'm not a tough guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on thespiritual side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21132]]></link><description><![CDATA[The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on thespiritual side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . -Thomas Bray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48369]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has had before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea is to help people optimize their ability to reduce body fat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea is to help people optimize their ability to reduce body fat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all you've had for the past three weeks is pizza, tuna fish looks pretty good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all you've had for the past three weeks is pizza, tuna fish looks pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56867]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53887]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845   Life provides all kinds of astonishingly effective anodynes and narcotics, all of which are nothing but misused gifts of God. But there in hell--that is, beyond a fixed boundary set by God--all the securities and safeguards disappear into thin air. What here is only a tiny flame of secret self-reproach that flickers up occasionally and is quickly smothered, there becomes a scorching fire. What here is no more than a slight ticking sound in our conscience suddenly becomes the trumpet tone of judgment which can no longer be ignored. Lazarus is permitted to see what he believed, but the rich man is compelled to see what he did not believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10873]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine host of the Garter. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine host of the Garter. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am in love with Montana . . . Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43024]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am in love with Montana . . . Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44250]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44250</guid></item></channel></rss>