<?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[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God -- ah, then things must be critical indeed!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57475]]></link><description><![CDATA[What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of supersophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of supersophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is too important to be left solely to the educators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.  Pride still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48199]]></link><description><![CDATA[In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.  Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,   Men would be angels, angels would be gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold.   - Nathaniel Hawthorne,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[an opportunity to prevent further fighting; to reassure the population; and to ensure the peaceful preparation of the upcoming presidential ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37521]]></link><description><![CDATA[an opportunity to prevent further fighting; to reassure the population; and to ensure the peaceful preparation of the upcoming presidential election.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow. It's like driving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow. It's like driving a car using a rearview mirror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to his vision. The foundation of this team happened through Bob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5597]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the punishment fit the crime ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the punishment fit the crime]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,  Far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43989]]></link><description><![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,  Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,   Survey our empire, and behold our home!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kisses honeyed by oblivion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kisses honeyed by oblivion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9629]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased Cato. [Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased Cato. [Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is highly significant, and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in identification through one's own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is highly significant, and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in identification through one's own sensitivity with the suffering of one's fellow human beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to feel good about that offense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34465]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to feel good about that offense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, sweet thy current by town and by tower, The green sunny vale and the dark linden bower;  Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, sweet thy current by town and by tower, The green sunny vale and the dark linden bower;  Thy waves as they dimple smile back on the plain,   And Rhine, ancient river, thou'rt German again!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49342]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4858]]></link><description><![CDATA[True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone,  Something uncompleted still   Waits the rising of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labour with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone,  Something uncompleted still   Waits the rising of the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flirting is the art of keeping intimacy at a safe distance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flirting is the art of keeping intimacy at a safe distance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60037]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always at work, looking for and devising means to get to the goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When to secure your bald pate from the weather, You lately wore a cape of black neats' leather;  He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14076]]></link><description><![CDATA[When to secure your bald pate from the weather, You lately wore a cape of black neats' leather;  He was a very wag, who to you said,   "Why do you wear your slippers on your head?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42795]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18419]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had the intelligence data; there just was no system in place to intercept them as they were entering the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39209]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had the intelligence data; there just was no system in place to intercept them as they were entering the country or as they were boarding the planes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49546]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are still people - not as many now - calling and saying, 'Well I've been reporting this for two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40675]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are still people - not as many now - calling and saying, 'Well I've been reporting this for two years. We weren't in existence two years ago. We didn't have all those officers. Those phone calls are slowing down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    It is good to follow the path of duty, though in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    It is good to follow the path of duty, though in the midst of darkness and discouragement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44738]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11894]]></link><description><![CDATA[... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm suggesting to you (that) you are lying under oath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38431]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm suggesting to you (that) you are lying under oath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're an unselfish group willing to do whatever it takes to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33680]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're an unselfish group willing to do whatever it takes to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started one year ago, and have had four drives since then. At the first drive we had 33 donations, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36040]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started one year ago, and have had four drives since then. At the first drive we had 33 donations, and at the last one in July we had 99. It's amazing. This year we are hoping to have between 75-80 donations because it's the hardest time for the people who need blood to get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36040</guid></item></channel></rss>