<?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 looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica, ... We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33164]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica, ... We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding up the windows and collecting food and water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will prepare and some day my chance will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11116]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will prepare and some day my chance will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945   The very strength and facility of the pessimists' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945   The very strength and facility of the pessimists' case at once poses us a problem. If the universe is so bad, or even half so bad, how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator? Men are fools, perhaps; but hardly so foolish as that. The direct inference from black to white, from evil flower to virtuous root, from senseless work to a workman infinitely wise, staggers belief. The spectacle of the universe as revealed by experience can never have been the ground of religion: it must have always been something in spite of which religion, acquired from a different source, was held.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33689]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[POINT OF VIEW Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thanklessChristmas dinner's dark and blueWhen you stop and try to see itFrom the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/205]]></link><description><![CDATA[POINT OF VIEW Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thanklessChristmas dinner's dark and blueWhen you stop and try to see itFrom the turkey's point of view.Sunday dinner isn't sunnyEaster feasts are just bad luckWhen you see it from the viewpointOf a chicken or a duck.Oh how I once loved tuna saladPork and lobsters, lamb chops tooTill I stopped and looked at dinnerFrom the dinner's point of view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was born here, ... He didn't do anything other than British culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29907]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was born here, ... He didn't do anything other than British culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land, Wherein thou liest in reputation sick;  And thou, too careless patient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land, Wherein thou liest in reputation sick;  And thou, too careless patient as thou art,   Committ'st thy anointed body to the cure    Of those physicians that first wounded thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not in the position where we need to sell anyone here, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32831]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not in the position where we need to sell anyone here,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our expectations are always high. They are learning how to win, and I feel like they'll do that in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our expectations are always high. They are learning how to win, and I feel like they'll do that in the second round, because they are playing with such confidence right now and that makes a difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55565]]></link><description><![CDATA[For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42243]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am in control at all times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am in control at all times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all men think alike, no one thinks very much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46317]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first time I rode on an elephant and I thoroughly enjoyed the safari. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39001]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first time I rode on an elephant and I thoroughly enjoyed the safari.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let lessons of stern yesterdays . . . be your food, your drink, your rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let lessons of stern yesterdays . . . be your food, your drink, your rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65317]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37560]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly-tree?  The eye that contemplates it well perceives   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19585]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Reader! hast thou ever stood to see The Holly-tree?  The eye that contemplates it well perceives   Its glossy leaves    Ordered by an Intelligence so wise     As might confound the Atheist's sophistries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19149]]></link><description><![CDATA[To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54861]]></link><description><![CDATA[The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is going to beat the damn monster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65619]]></link><description><![CDATA[I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm going where I'm going and I'm already focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude. Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise... it's a consistent reward for victory!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching is the single most important thing we do here at the University. To cultivate knowledge and watch it grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching is the single most important thing we do here at the University. To cultivate knowledge and watch it grow is immensely rewarding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only open to students now and we basically worked out an agreement with the AA where they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33085]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only open to students now and we basically worked out an agreement with the AA where they are still going to pay for maintenance, but the CRC is in charge of operating the facility. They check people's BuzzCard, maintain the facility, and check for non-marking shoes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They try to stick to their game plan. They've been winning games. They're not going to change up just because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30520]]></link><description><![CDATA[They try to stick to their game plan. They've been winning games. They're not going to change up just because other teams do something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seen him come in through the balcony door, and he pulled the gun from under his coat. He just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seen him come in through the balcony door, and he pulled the gun from under his coat. He just started shooting her, then he shot at the pulpit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  It is quite possible to perform very ordinary actions with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  It is quite possible to perform very ordinary actions with so high an intention as to serve God therein better than in far more important things done with a less pure intention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no wisdom like frankness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5212]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no wisdom like frankness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and a nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chilled hidebound hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then westward ho! Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then westward ho! Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43724]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe in God whereas all it really proves is that they believe in "believing" in God]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24410</guid></item></channel></rss>