<?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[Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that die by famine die by inches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20154]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that die by famine die by inches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving humans freedom of will, the Creator has chosen to limit His own power. He risked the daring experiment of giving us the freedom to make good or bad decisions, to live decent or evil lives, because God does not want the forced obedience of slaves. Instead, He covets the voluntary love and obedience of sons who love Him for Himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once  Indebted and discharg'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18158]]></link><description><![CDATA[A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once  Indebted and discharg'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First master the fundamentals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13757]]></link><description><![CDATA[First master the fundamentals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. If we must have them, let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to MH.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is my greatest enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is my greatest enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23345]]></link><description><![CDATA[You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10696]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He makes no friend who never made a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51730]]></link><description><![CDATA[He makes no friend who never made a foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who forgives readily only invites offense. [Fr., Qui pardonne aisement invite a l'offenser.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16498]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who forgives readily only invites offense. [Fr., Qui pardonne aisement invite a l'offenser.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She comes majestic with her swelling sails, The gallant Ship: along her watery way,  Homeward she drives before the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56184]]></link><description><![CDATA[She comes majestic with her swelling sails, The gallant Ship: along her watery way,  Homeward she drives before the favouring gales;   Now flirting at their length the streamers play,    And now they ripple with the ruffling breeze.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is an action, not a position. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is an action, not a position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all else is lost, the future still remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17133]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all else is lost, the future still remains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't seem to play well in the opening game of doubleheaders. Our destiny is in our hands. If we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30578]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't seem to play well in the opening game of doubleheaders. Our destiny is in our hands. If we win, we still have a chance to win the district championship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24185]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane Heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jane Heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They talk about the f------ mob; at least we've got principles! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36308]]></link><description><![CDATA[They talk about the f------ mob; at least we've got principles!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we know these times will never fade, hold them close, our youth is remembered forever... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13735]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we know these times will never fade, hold them close, our youth is remembered forever...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider Ivan to be probably the best player, behind Federer, since the indoor season last year. It's a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41641]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider Ivan to be probably the best player, behind Federer, since the indoor season last year. It's a great win and great for my confidence. I wasn't expecting to do this well this week, especially after practicing on clay all of last week in Austria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33894]]></link><description><![CDATA[My husband and I just thought he needs to be in this one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5673]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about letting God's light shine through us. It's about a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. To let go, to just love, is not to fade into the wallpaper. Quite the contrary, it's when we truly become bright. We're letting our own light shine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne. [Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44952]]></link><description><![CDATA[He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne. [Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine en Sorbonne.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By afflictions, God is spoiling us [i.e., taking away from us] of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7498]]></link><description><![CDATA[By afflictions, God is spoiling us [i.e., taking away from us] of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46552]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two steps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35394]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two steps and played pretty well. We have to be ready to play tomorrow and can battle anyone if we are prepared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrsand honor those whom they have slain. The Brothers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrsand honor those whom they have slain. The Brothers Karamazov.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is just another confirmation that redistricting brought about fair representation for the people of Texas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32417]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is just another confirmation that redistricting brought about fair representation for the people of Texas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow is the great idealizer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow is the great idealizer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4270]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water influences where we develop projects. When there's no way to make water work, we move on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water influences where we develop projects. When there's no way to make water work, we move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61093]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18118]]></link><description><![CDATA[In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By education most have been misled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13402]]></link><description><![CDATA[By education most have been misled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature acts without masters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature acts without masters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57076</guid></item></channel></rss>