<?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 determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26977]]></link><description><![CDATA[of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift, increases with travel and gains strength by its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift, increases with travel and gains strength by its progress. [Lat., Fama, malum quo non aliud velocius ullum,  Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God -- ah, then things must be critical indeed!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality and of no great interest. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality and of no great interest. You can find positive signs or you can find negative signs. How you evaluate them depends on something that happened in your life recently or something like that. There's no objective way to do it. The important thing is you try to commit yourself to making the positive signs more real. Suppose you felt that there's 99 percent of a probability that human civilization is going to be destroyed in the next hundred years, but one percent chance it won't be, and that one percent offers some opportunities to do something. Well, you commit yourself to that one percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that know one another salute a farre off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49966]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that know one another salute a farre off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  I have called my material surroundings a stage set. In this I can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  I have called my material surroundings a stage set. In this I can act. And you may well say "act". For what I call "myself" (for all practical, everyday purposes) is also a dramatic construction; memories, glimpses in the shavinglass, and snatches of the very fallible activity called "introspection", are the principal ingredients. Normally I call this construction "me"' and the stage set "the real world". Now the moment of prayer is for me -- or involves for me as its condition -- the awareness, the reawakened awareness, that this "real world" and "real self" are very far from being rock-bottom realities. I cannot, in the flesh, leave the stage, either to go behind the scenes or to take my seat in the pit; but I can remember that these regions exist. And I also remember that my apparent self -- this clown or hero or super -- under his grease-paint is a real person with an off-stage life. The dramatic person could not tread the stage unless he concealed a real person: unless the real and unknown I existed, I would not even make mistakes about the imagined me. And in prayer this real I struggles to speak, for once, from his real being, and to address, for once, not the other actors, but -- what shall I call Him? The Author, for He invented us all? The Producer, for He controls all? Or the Audience, for He watches, and will judge, the performance?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34860]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so why not give the young guys a shot?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really took it because he was here. I didn't know what I was walking into. I wouldn't be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33373]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really took it because he was here. I didn't know what I was walking into. I wouldn't be able to do it without him. By him being a recruiter and assistant in Lufkin and doing it for so many years, he was able to get it together for me. All I had to do was walk on the floor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utter originality is, of course, out of the question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23294]]></link><description><![CDATA[I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded. Many of his crew have testified to his courage under fire. I think John Kerry served honorably in Vietnam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50547]]></link><description><![CDATA[An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sow a thought and reap an act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sow a thought and reap an act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People want riches; they need fulfillment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53368]]></link><description><![CDATA[People want riches; they need fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1271]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ask for what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its story of our origins and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/308]]></link><description><![CDATA[But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its story of our origins and of our end is, to say the least, unsatisfactory. To the question, "How did it all begin?", science answers, "Probably by an accident." To the question, "How will it all end?", science answers, "Probably by an accident." And to many people, the accidental life is not worth living. Moreover, the science-god has no answer to the question, "Why are we here?" and, to the question, "What moral instructions do you give us?", the science-god maintains silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present condition of fame is merely fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present condition of fame is merely fashion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can observe a lot by just watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66855]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can observe a lot by just watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no evil without its compensation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51200]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no evil without its compensation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50813]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27010]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suppose we've chosen the wrong god ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suppose we've chosen the wrong god]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22565]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18625]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63355]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes, a baby's fingernails, a puppy's tail, a crooknecked squash, the bobwhite's call, and a young girl's giggle, has a sense of humor. Make no mistake about that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48138]]></link><description><![CDATA[A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were trying to focus on defense and once our defense got going, it helped us click on offense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39442]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were trying to focus on defense and once our defense got going, it helped us click on offense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46948]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was deeply and fundamentally Irish. But we know that at one point he also became French. He loved France, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29429]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was deeply and fundamentally Irish. But we know that at one point he also became French. He loved France, he chose to live here, he wrote in French. It's why we're here, French and Irish together, to pay tribute to this great man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition to the physical contact, it surprised us to find that these immune cells also have machinery to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35673]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition to the physical contact, it surprised us to find that these immune cells also have machinery to take up serotonin and to secrete it in an excitatory manner. The point behind this transmission is not entirely clear, but it appears to be an additional way of stimulating a T cell response.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Brad and I have fed off each other our whole careers, and to see him win like that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30255]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Brad and I have fed off each other our whole careers, and to see him win like that just inspires me even more, ... If you can't get inspired by what he did, then you don't have a pulse because that was awesome the way he won that tournament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little with quiet is the onely dyet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49050]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little with quiet is the onely dyet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that goeth farre hath many encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49343]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that goeth farre hath many encounters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48829</guid></item></channel></rss>