<?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[A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4915]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A career is born in public, talent in privacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5261]]></link><description><![CDATA[A career is born in public, talent in privacy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16544]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47941]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasure imaginary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15968]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20248]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing against that type of speed, we learned that we can move the ball if we execute. We've just got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Playing against that type of speed, we learned that we can move the ball if we execute. We've just got to be more fundamentally sound on the defensive side of the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew there was going to be some serious hitting going on, but I tell you what. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37469]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew there was going to be some serious hitting going on, but I tell you what.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every historian discloses a new horizon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every historian discloses a new horizon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 "In pastures green"? Not always; sometimes He, Who knoweth best, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 "In pastures green"? Not always; sometimes He, Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me In weary ways, where heavy shadows be. And "by still waters" ? No, not always so; Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow, And o'er my soul the waves and billows go. But when the storm beats loudest, and I cry Aloud for help, the Master standeth by, And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I." So, where He leads me, I can safely go, And in the blest hereafter I shall know Why, in His wisdom, He hath led me so.  ... Anonymous    July 24, 1998  Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  If thou shalt remain faithful and zealous in labour, doubt not that God shall be faithful and bountiful in rewarding thee. It is thy duty to have a good hope that thou wilt attain the victory: but thou must not fall into security lest thou become slothful or lifted up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have-for their usefulness. -Thomas Merton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While this is a good alternative, these bullets are not available on the market. We have to be careful how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36129]]></link><description><![CDATA[While this is a good alternative, these bullets are not available on the market. We have to be careful how we approach this. It is a touchy subject and we don't want people to think we are shoving something down their throats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is anger directed at ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25341]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a long lesson in humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a long lesson in humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've written some poetry I don't understand myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46816]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10903]]></link><description><![CDATA[You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64913]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by ghosts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love makes all hard hearts gentle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love makes all hard hearts gentle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27212]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226  Be not afraid that thou art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226  Be not afraid that thou art tempted, for the more thou art assailed by temptations, the greater friend and servant of God do I hold thee, and the greater love do I bear thee. Verily, I say to thee, let no man deem himself the perfect friend of God until he have passed through many temptations and tribulations... I am ready to endure patiently all things that my Lord would do with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66799]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall  Him or his children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall  Him or his children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Borrowing is not much better than begging. [Ger., Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Borrowing is not much better than begging. [Ger., Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; now also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the slides we presented shows the boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. You see an image of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34597]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the slides we presented shows the boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. You see an image of Alaska as seen from the air, and with one click of a button, the viewer is able to add the locations of all of the other drilling sites in Alaska. It really drives home that most of Alaska is already open to oil and gas development and there's this one place that we've managed to protect thus far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65178]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. -Josh Billings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25208]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. -Josh Billings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.(explaining to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57570]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.(explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we just started to play hockey. It was pretty torturous for the first two periods there. We had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32051]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we just started to play hockey. It was pretty torturous for the first two periods there. We had a few brief moments in there where we did play good or looked all right, but, for the most part, we looked like a pee-wee team out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10867]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We generate our own environment. We get exactly what we deserve. How can we resent a life we've created ourselves? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13987]]></link><description><![CDATA[We generate our own environment. We get exactly what we deserve. How can we resent a life we've created ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit but us? Who can change it, anytime we wish, but us?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to cut that last cable. That's when the rover is really born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41703]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to cut that last cable. That's when the rover is really born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically I'm pleased the towns have decided to participate in the project, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically I'm pleased the towns have decided to participate in the project,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a very nice (Grey Cup) ring; lots of diamonds, quality diamonds, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38881]]></link><description><![CDATA[a very nice (Grey Cup) ring; lots of diamonds, quality diamonds, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Life means] giving as much of yourself as you have to give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39467]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Life means] giving as much of yourself as you have to give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large companies from out-of-state still look at the Mormon factor and wonder if they can conduct business here. But with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Large companies from out-of-state still look at the Mormon factor and wonder if they can conduct business here. But with the Provo Airport gearing up, and if we get regular scheduled flights, that would help our growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You go in there and prepare and play the best you can and play hard, and it'd be big for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41877]]></link><description><![CDATA[You go in there and prepare and play the best you can and play hard, and it'd be big for the school, our fans, our families, the community, to go in and beat a No. 1 team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1825]]></link><description><![CDATA[We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret  To think more happy thou hadst been  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61863]]></link><description><![CDATA[My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret  To think more happy thou hadst been   If we had never met!    And has that thought been shared by thee?     Ah, no! that smiling cheek      Proves more unchanging love for me       Than labor'd words could speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61863</guid></item></channel></rss>