<?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[Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost every position he took in his life I was highly supportive of. He was a hero in many respects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost every position he took in his life I was highly supportive of. He was a hero in many respects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that makes his bed ill, lies there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49377]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that makes his bed ill, lies there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etiquette requires us to admire the human race ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Etiquette requires us to admire the human race]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows Like the wave;  Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows Like the wave;  Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.   Love tends life a little grace,    A few sad smiles; and then,     Both are laid in one cold place,      In the grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long it will last ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long it will last]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So show a little inspiration/ show a little spark/ show the world a little act when you show it your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57193]]></link><description><![CDATA[So show a little inspiration/ show a little spark/ show the world a little act when you show it your heart/ we've got two lives--one we're given,/ and the other one we make/ and the world won't stop/ and actions speak louder/ listen to your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  There is a false self-distrust which denies the worth of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  There is a false self-distrust which denies the worth of its own talent. It is not humility -- it is petty pride, withholding its simple gifts from the hands of Christ because they are not more pretentious. There are men who would endow colleges, they say, if they were millionaires. They would help in the work of Bible study if they were as gifted as Henry Drummond. They would strive to lead their associates into the Christian life if they had the gifts of Dwight L. Moody. But they are not ready to give what they have and do what they can and be as it has pleased God to make them, in His service -- and that is their condemnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13397]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day this old Broadway shall climb to the skies, As a ribbon of cloud on a soul-wind shall rise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day this old Broadway shall climb to the skies, As a ribbon of cloud on a soul-wind shall rise,  And we shall be lifted, rejoicing by night,   Till we join with the planets who choir their delight,    The signs in the streets and the signs in the skies     Shall make a new Zodiac, guiding the wise,      And Broadway make one with that marvelous stair       That is climbed by the rainbow-clad spirits of prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy The tongues of soothers! but a braver place  In my heart's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16171]]></link><description><![CDATA[By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy The tongues of soothers! but a braver place  In my heart's love hath no man than yourself.   Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12778]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worked with patience which means almost power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45710]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worked with patience which means almost power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We voted for the one who can make a change, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28535]]></link><description><![CDATA[We voted for the one who can make a change,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13144]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skeptics are never deceived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skeptics are never deceived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The challenge will be to get the big corporate customers giving them their business, but it might be difficult in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The challenge will be to get the big corporate customers giving them their business, but it might be difficult in reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that his statement was credible, and we at this point do not suspect that Jones was involved in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33714]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that his statement was credible, and we at this point do not suspect that Jones was involved in the firing of the shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56307]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18777]]></link><description><![CDATA[What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, thecontinents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22325]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, thecontinents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the illusion ofknowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q:'You don't spoil your grandchildren do you?A:'Not this morning, I haven't seen them yet.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Q:'You don't spoil your grandchildren do you?A:'Not this morning, I haven't seen them yet.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? [Fr., Il ne se ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42762]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? [Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,  Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acon his right, Leonilla her left eye Doth want; yet each in form, the gods out-vie.  Sweet boy, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acon his right, Leonilla her left eye Doth want; yet each in form, the gods out-vie.  Sweet boy, with thine, thy sister's sight improved:   So shall she Venus be, thou God of Love.    [Lat., Lumine Acon dextre,--capta est Leonilla sinistre,     Et potis est forma vincere uterque dees:      Blande puer, lumen quod habes concede sorori,       Sic tu caecus Amor, sic erit illa Venus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people that make balloon animals, I always think of their relatives and how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27490]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people that make balloon animals, I always think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know and believe in yourself, and what others think won't disturb you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know and believe in yourself, and what others think won't disturb you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth has not such an urgent air. [Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth has not such an urgent air. [Fr., La verite n'a point cet air impetueux.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on forgiveness: To live of love, it is to dry Thy tears,   To seek ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on forgiveness: To live of love, it is to dry Thy tears,   To seek for pardon for each sinful soul, To strive to save all men from doubts and fears,   And bring them home to Thy benign control. Comes to my ear sin's wild and blasphemous roar;   So, to efface each day, that burning shame, I cry: "O Jesus Christ! I Thee adore.   I love Thy Name!".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the nuclear option. Actually, the nuclear option would be shutting down the plant. This is the neutron bomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30162]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the nuclear option. Actually, the nuclear option would be shutting down the plant. This is the neutron bomb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe investors are justifiably growing increasingly concerned that production disruptions due to labor disputes are increasingly probable as there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39183]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe investors are justifiably growing increasingly concerned that production disruptions due to labor disputes are increasingly probable as there are currently two suppliers in bankruptcy with another more than likely headed in that direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men give advice; God gives guidance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men give advice; God gives guidance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2588]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one who loves the least, controls the relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd The wild waves whist. -The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd The wild waves whist. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. [Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17139]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense. [Lat., Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars are caused by undefended wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars are caused by undefended wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compare the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compare the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the season they re-enact the same drama. Deep in the nature of theatre is a sense of ritual. The cinema, by contrast, transports its audience individually, singly, out of the theatre towards the unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence shows us that there are more overweight children now and more overweight infants and toddlers than there were 20 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evidence shows us that there are more overweight children now and more overweight infants and toddlers than there were 20 or 30 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39749</guid></item></channel></rss>