<?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[It takes vision and courage to create, it takes faith and courage to prove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10337]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes vision and courage to create, it takes faith and courage to prove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're a Thanksgiving dinner, but you don't like the stuffing or the cranberry sauce or anything else, just pretend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11690]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a Thanksgiving dinner, but you don't like the stuffing or the cranberry sauce or anything else, just pretend like you're eating it, but instead, put it all in your lap and form it into a big mushy ball. Then, later, when you're out back having cigars with the boys, let out a big fake cough and throw the ball to the ground. Then say, "Boy, these are good cigars!".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1704]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth. What humanity own to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements the inquiring constructive mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54638]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into Babylon to shine. Let no one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7109]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into Babylon to shine. Let no one say that he cannot shine because he has not so much influence as some others may have. What God wants you to do is to use the influence you have. Daniel probably did not have much influence down in Babylon at first, but God soon gave him more because he was faithful and used what he had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basketball is a discipline game. There is a time for running and gunning and a time to slow things down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basketball is a discipline game. There is a time for running and gunning and a time to slow things down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had not planned on having any vote, other than just to study (the contract), ... It's not a public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30875]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had not planned on having any vote, other than just to study (the contract), ... It's not a public hearing, but it is a study session. We will take comments. And then if it seems suitable to the property owners involved -- who we're most concerned about -- we will have a vote on Sept. 26 (the next council meeting) on this issue to start the ball rolling for a new bridge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And truly, I'll devise some honest slanders To stain my cousin with. One doth not know  How much an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56551]]></link><description><![CDATA[And truly, I'll devise some honest slanders To stain my cousin with. One doth not know  How much an ill word may empoison liking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53277]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain. The poorer and the baser you appear, The more you look through still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13297]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,   And far away, o'er lawns and lakes,    Goes answering light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27311]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18091]]></link><description><![CDATA[The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59556]]></link><description><![CDATA[That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24209]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8230]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Darkly, deeply, beautifully blue," As some one somewhere sings about the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56509]]></link><description><![CDATA["Darkly, deeply, beautifully blue," As some one somewhere sings about the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no reason to suspect this was anything other than, well, a burglary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40654]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no reason to suspect this was anything other than, well, a burglary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3421]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood--  Our soldiers were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13191]]></link><description><![CDATA[When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood--  Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good.   Oh! the roast beef of England.    And Old England's roast beef.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47095]]></link><description><![CDATA[They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that "one man is as good as another;" a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill . . . called a guy who was a towering figure and he totally defanged him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bill . . . called a guy who was a towering figure and he totally defanged him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,  Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,  Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat   Awake the god of the day, and at his warning,    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,     Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies      To his confine; and of the truth herein       This present object made probation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other ropers get real heavy when they get wet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other ropers get real heavy when they get wet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness,--an open and noble temper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness,--an open and noble temper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19383]]></link><description><![CDATA[To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-trust is the essence of heroism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-trust is the essence of heroism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62969]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether on the scaffold high Or on the battle-field we die,  Oh, what matter, when for Erin dear we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether on the scaffold high Or on the battle-field we die,  Oh, what matter, when for Erin dear we fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New stock offerings on the market are attracting more interest. There's also a lot of speculative trading by investors on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36513]]></link><description><![CDATA[New stock offerings on the market are attracting more interest. There's also a lot of speculative trading by investors on the hope that the index will keep touching record highs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49345]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All women are inferior to men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5863]]></link><description><![CDATA[All women are inferior to men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Move on!It's just a chapter in the past! But don't close the book,just turn the page.... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Move on!It's just a chapter in the past! But don't close the book,just turn the page....]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that all battles are waged on an unconscious level before they are begun on the conscious one, and this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that all battles are waged on an unconscious level before they are begun on the conscious one, and this battle is no different. The power structure wishes us to believe that the only options available are those which they present to us, we know this is simply not true, and therefore we must redefine the terrain of this conflict, and clearly, it is a conflict of worldviews and agendas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22260]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Must I give way and room to your rash choler? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Must I give way and room to your rash choler?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18474]]></link><description><![CDATA[How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61905]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb    Lawless are they that make their wills ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb    Lawless are they that make their wills their law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My voice stuck in my throat. [Lat., Vox faucibus haesit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60928]]></link><description><![CDATA[My voice stuck in my throat. [Lat., Vox faucibus haesit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60928</guid></item></channel></rss>