<?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[It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54295]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22256]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish they would only take me as I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish they would only take me as I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. [Lat., Cum autem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/146]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. [Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a mente.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52068]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my humble talents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53471]]></link><description><![CDATA[As if Religion were intended For nothing else but to be mended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16287]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17619]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal and off the many obstacles that will arise when you're striving to do your best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53602]]></link><description><![CDATA[There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a why can endure any how ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52731]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a why can endure any how]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Jesus! 'tis Thy Holy Face   Is here the star that guides my way; Thy countenance, so full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Jesus! 'tis Thy Holy Face   Is here the star that guides my way; Thy countenance, so full of grace,   Is heaven on earth, for me, to-day. And love finds holy charms for me   In Thy sweet eyes with tear-drops wet; Through mine own tears I smile at Thee,   And in Thy griefs my pains forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;  And in his needy shop a tortoise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;  And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,   An alligator stuffed, and other skins    Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves     A beggarly account of boxes,      Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,       Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses        Were thinly scattered, to make up a show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener is usually thinking about something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65235]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is usually thinking about something else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the difference between things; and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6129]]></link><description><![CDATA[In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the difference between things; and it is Christ that gives us light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is happening right now is that there are thousands and thousands of people all over the world sending their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29217]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is happening right now is that there are thousands and thousands of people all over the world sending their prayers for Daniel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25504]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had some tough ones to swallow. But we hung in there. We hung together as a team and it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30261]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had some tough ones to swallow. But we hung in there. We hung together as a team and it's paid off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because swans mate for life, I don't think its that big a deal. First of all, if you're a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because swans mate for life, I don't think its that big a deal. First of all, if you're a swan, you're probably not going to find a swan that looks much better than the one you've got, so why not mate for life?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:that a writer never complains, never explains and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many consumers are moving away from three core meals because they are skipping meals out of necessity. Some consumers are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many consumers are moving away from three core meals because they are skipping meals out of necessity. Some consumers are instead eating only when hungry, and eating more frequent meals of smaller portion size.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . make the abhorrent eye Roll back and close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . make the abhorrent eye Roll back and close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This sort of military propaganda will definitely give them (those seeking tougher action) more ammunition to level more accusations against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41308]]></link><description><![CDATA[This sort of military propaganda will definitely give them (those seeking tougher action) more ammunition to level more accusations against Iran that Iran is under a military minded government and leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32313]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43785]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers will look at the OS level, as well as at mobile Web-browsing applications, in an effort to take mobile ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Researchers will look at the OS level, as well as at mobile Web-browsing applications, in an effort to take mobile technology to the next level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28729]]></link><description><![CDATA[One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. Maybe we should just be asking if they have ever been convicted of a crime, that we ought to know. But, do we really need to know about every arrest and every civil lawsuit and what television programs they watch?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17492]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23186]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others think is safe;...dream more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others think is safe;...dream more than others think is practical;...expect more than others think is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26984]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66485</guid></item></channel></rss>