<?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[Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The richest minds need not large libraries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The richest minds need not large libraries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes. -Clare Boothe Luce.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is somewhat volatile now, so we're passive about getting new stock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is somewhat volatile now, so we're passive about getting new stock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64792]]></link><description><![CDATA[My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is the symptom, not the disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12480]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is the symptom, not the disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12262]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61850]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy word remaineth for ever, which word now appeareth unto us in the riddle of the clouds, and through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy word remaineth for ever, which word now appeareth unto us in the riddle of the clouds, and through the mirror of the heavens, not as it is: because that even we, though the well beloved of thy Son, yet it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. He looked through the lattice of our flesh and he spake us fair, yea, he set us on fire, and we hasten on his scent. But when he shall appear, then shall we be like him, for we shall see him as he is: as he is, Lord, will our sight be, though the time be not yet.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine June 19, 1996 Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  Many we have who plead themselves to be Christians. This might be allowed them, would they not do such things as the Christian religion abhors. But this is the least part of their claim. They will also be the only Christians, all others who differ from them -- however so falsely called -- being only a drove of unbelievers, hastening unto hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the city but the people? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8782]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the city but the people?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54030]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54983]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series of testimonies on the Scriptures:   A loving Personality dominates the Bible, walking among the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series of testimonies on the Scriptures:   A loving Personality dominates the Bible, walking among the trees of the garden and breathing fragrance over every scene. Always a living Person is present, speaking, pleading, loving, working, and manifesting himself whenever and wherever his people have the receptivity necessary to receive the manifestation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49574]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While traveling near Tampa, Florida I passed the "Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall" and was struck by the fact that that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53546]]></link><description><![CDATA[While traveling near Tampa, Florida I passed the "Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall" and was struck by the fact that that must be where they make them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She (Alonso) wrote checks, gave them to friends, family members, businesses ... they cashed them and gave back cash to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31038]]></link><description><![CDATA[She (Alonso) wrote checks, gave them to friends, family members, businesses ... they cashed them and gave back cash to the tune of $10,000, $18,000, $11,000 in cash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most dramatic entrance for an autograph was probably when I was in Edmonton Alberta Canada or... whatever, and she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most dramatic entrance for an autograph was probably when I was in Edmonton Alberta Canada or... whatever, and she jumped on my back and asked for the autograph. She was so cool and she said she wanted to be in a band... Well, whoever that was, I totally support you!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every crisis offers you extra desired power ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every crisis offers you extra desired power]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas slander filled her mouth with lying words; Slander, the foulest whelp of Sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56548]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas slander filled her mouth with lying words; Slander, the foulest whelp of Sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Republicans want local control and management of our schools, the president and the Democrats want Washington mandates. That's really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Republicans want local control and management of our schools, the president and the Democrats want Washington mandates. That's really what it's all about,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11287]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supplies of imported coal into the United States are expected to increase substantially over the next several years as power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Supplies of imported coal into the United States are expected to increase substantially over the next several years as power generators and other industrial end users work to comply with stricter air emission standards, and as production from the Central Appalachian coal basin continues to decline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would steal anything I could so we could survive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42270]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would steal anything I could so we could survive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order gave each thing view. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Order gave each thing view. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only so many people who will watch, or take up the game. Even if he won 10 Masters, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38619]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only so many people who will watch, or take up the game. Even if he won 10 Masters, you're not going to see a 30 percent increase.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just go on . . . and faith will soon return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61429]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not polluted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not polluted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  You will never find Jesus so precious as when the world is one vast howling wilderness. Then he is like a rose blooming in the midst of the desolation, a rock rising above the storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is a guide and not a jailer ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is a guide and not a jailer]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. And you can do it when things are tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20457]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11151]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century  If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century  If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55121]]></link><description><![CDATA[A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12313]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50106</guid></item></channel></rss>