<?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[Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I die,--but first I have possess'd, And come what may, I have been bless'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I die,--but first I have possess'd, And come what may, I have been bless'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems to have dodged a big one and come through pretty unscathed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33292]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems to have dodged a big one and come through pretty unscathed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2431]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In small communities, so many big things happen that it's hard to choose just one person to honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42002]]></link><description><![CDATA[In small communities, so many big things happen that it's hard to choose just one person to honor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure that local communities probably get tired of people coming to them and saying this wasn't installed right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure that local communities probably get tired of people coming to them and saying this wasn't installed right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58131]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58081]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good win, but we've still got a long way to go. We've still got to keep working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33452]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good win, but we've still got a long way to go. We've still got to keep working hard everyday to get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48226]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57606]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft as some song divine, thy story flows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breeds pride and arrogance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65426]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight;  Farewell awhile to him and thee,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight;  Farewell awhile to him and thee,   My native land--Good Night!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects. I go online. My breath catches in my chest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects. I go online. My breath catches in my chest until I hear 3 little words, "You've got mail." I hear nothing, not a sound on the streets of New York. Just the beat of my own heart. I have mail...from you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37574]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. We did that, and then on offense, our size took over. We got an eight-point lead and got into our half-court stuff and ran our offense through our big guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57663]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48468]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left. Let's bring it inside! Not a formula for long-term survival. Now if they had formed a task force to study the Trojan Horse and report back to a committee, everyone wouldn't have been massacred.. Who says middle management is useless?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51482]]></link><description><![CDATA[O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44738]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349   O Holy Spirit, Who breathe where you will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349   O Holy Spirit, Who breathe where you will, come into me and snatch me up to yourself. Fortify the nature you have created, with gifts so flowing with honey that, from intense joy in your sweetness, it may despise and reject all which is in this world, that it may accept spiritual gifts, and through melodious jubilation, it may entirely melt in holy love, reaching out for uncircumscribed Light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kid is unbelievable, ... I've never seen anything like it, in the NFL, or whatever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33509]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kid is unbelievable, ... I've never seen anything like it, in the NFL, or whatever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Sean Burke in the last three or four years is a top five guy. When you watch his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30066]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Sean Burke in the last three or four years is a top five guy. When you watch his save percentage in the last four years, it's at the top of the NHL. His game is so good. He is such a good pure stopper of the puck. There is no doubt he is one of the top in the NHL right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16958]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus Why does He make our hearts so strangely still,  Why stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus Why does He make our hearts so strangely still,  Why stands He forth so stately and so tall? Because He has no self to serve, no will  That does not seek the welfare of the All.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good words are worth much, and cost little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good words are worth much, and cost little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why join the navy if you can be a pirate? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of good players here, so I'm happy to be where I am. After beating the No. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36697]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of good players here, so I'm happy to be where I am. After beating the No. 4 seed in the first round, I've grown in confidence. I've learned how to fight for the important points.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49516]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How lovely he appears! his little cheeks In their pure incarnation, vying with  The rose leaves strewn beneath them. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3628]]></link><description><![CDATA[How lovely he appears! his little cheeks In their pure incarnation, vying with  The rose leaves strewn beneath them.   And his lips, too,    How beautifully parted! No; you shall not     Kiss him; at least not now; he will wake soon--      His hour of midday rest is nearly over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the parks be "the lungs of London" we wonder what Greenwich Fair is--a periodical breaking out, we suppose--a sort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25453]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the parks be "the lungs of London" we wonder what Greenwich Fair is--a periodical breaking out, we suppose--a sort of spring rash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Farmer and His SonsA father, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his sons would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1584]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Farmer and His SonsA father, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his sons would give the same attention to his farm as he himself had given it. He called them to his bedside and said, My sons, there is a great treasure hid in one of my vineyards. The sons, after his death, took their spades and mattocks and carefully dug over every portion of their land. They found no treasure, but the vines repaid their labor by an extraordinary and superabundant crop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love what you do and feel that it matters-how could anything be morefun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22081]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love what you do and feel that it matters-how could anything be morefun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity is treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity is treason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4973</guid></item></channel></rss>