<?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[As men of inward light are wont To turn their optics in upon't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46058]]></link><description><![CDATA[As men of inward light are wont To turn their optics in upon't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains. [Lat., Factum abiit; monumenta manent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains. [Lat., Factum abiit; monumenta manent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38325]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When she would write a song, she would call me and say, 'Do you want to hear something? What do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31091]]></link><description><![CDATA[When she would write a song, she would call me and say, 'Do you want to hear something? What do you think?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our kids showed a lot of heart and wrestled real hard all day. I don't think it was easy. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our kids showed a lot of heart and wrestled real hard all day. I don't think it was easy. The score doesn't reflect how hard these kids work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28297]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689  Although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689  Although tares, or impure vessels, are found in the church, yet this is not a reason why we should withdraw from it. It only behooves us to labor that we may be vessels of gold or of silver. But to break in pieces the vessels of earth belongs to the Lord alone, to whom a rod of iron is also given. Nor let any one arrogate to himself what is exclusively the province of the Son of God, by pretending to fan the floor, clear away the chaff, and separate all the tares by the Judgment of man. This is proud obstinacy and sacrilegious presumption, originating in a corrupt frenzy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound; She feels no biting pang the while she sings,  Nor as she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound; She feels no biting pang the while she sings,  Nor as she turns the giddy wheel around,   Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36980]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15759]]></link><description><![CDATA[The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It basically describes a day in the life of Charlie Brown. The show takes the form of the comic strip, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36903]]></link><description><![CDATA[It basically describes a day in the life of Charlie Brown. The show takes the form of the comic strip, with its separate frames and short vignettes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45144]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't always get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's embarrassing. We have to go out there and erase that from our memories. The only way to do that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28386]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's embarrassing. We have to go out there and erase that from our memories. The only way to do that is to go out there and dominate this game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57466]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amidst the soft variety I'm lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glorious fault of angels and of gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15465]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glorious fault of angels and of gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."  "The question is," said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62027]]></link><description><![CDATA["The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."  "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31487]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the employers I talked to do not want to hire them. They said these people are being trained with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33153]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the employers I talked to do not want to hire them. They said these people are being trained with the wrong things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what he knows. -Laurence Lee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a strong confectionery business there at the moment, so this acquisition would represent a good strategic fit for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37783]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a strong confectionery business there at the moment, so this acquisition would represent a good strategic fit for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thine, as then, the healing virtue goes Into our hearts -- that is the Father's plan. From heart to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8196]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thine, as then, the healing virtue goes Into our hearts -- that is the Father's plan. From heart to heart it sinks, it steals, it flows, From these that know thee still infecting those. Here is my heart -- from thine, Lord, fill it up, That I may offer it as the holy cup Of thy communion to my every man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hesitated to do it last year, but finally decided we need to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30273]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hesitated to do it last year, but finally decided we need to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/74]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/74</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is pleasure after pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is pleasure after pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acheson's Rule of Bureaucracy: A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acheson's Rule of Bureaucracy: A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create the kind of climate in your organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Create the kind of climate in your organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27199]]></link><description><![CDATA[A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't believe how lucky I am to be here at this job with Eduardo. Some of the most important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39245]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't believe how lucky I am to be here at this job with Eduardo. Some of the most important broadcasters in Latin America have been here, and now here I am. I have a responsibility to do my best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22740]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14308]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call evil is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The religious desire and effort of the soul to relate itself and all its interest to God and his will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The religious desire and effort of the soul to relate itself and all its interest to God and his will, is prayer in the deepest sense. This is essential prayer: uttered or unexpressed, it is equally prayer. It is the soul's desire after God going forth in a manifestation, ... the soul striving after God. This is a prayer that may exist without ceasing, consisting, as it does, not in doing or saying this or that, but in temper and attitude of the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[neither the time, the inclination, nor the financial ability to fight each and every article that has appeared about me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40214]]></link><description><![CDATA[neither the time, the inclination, nor the financial ability to fight each and every article that has appeared about me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40214</guid></item></channel></rss>