<?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[Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951   How often we look upon God as our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951   How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/868]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each and every master, regardless of the era or the place, heard the call and attained harmony with heaven and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each and every master, regardless of the era or the place, heard the call and attained harmony with heaven and earth. There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit - love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51259]]></link><description><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pouring oil on troubled water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pouring oil on troubled water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only understand friendship or scorched earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65229]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only understand friendship or scorched earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used all our best endeavors and begged His blessing upon them, we torment ourselves about the wise issue and event of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?  The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14972]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?  The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--   They sought a faith's pure shrine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without adventure civilization is in full decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every true man's apparel fits your thief. -Measure for Measure. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every true man's apparel fits your thief. -Measure for Measure. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think if I was in the position of the Czech coach, I would do the same, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33643]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think if I was in the position of the Czech coach, I would do the same,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;  Ne'er saw I, never felt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;  Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!   The river glideth at his own sweet will.    Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;     And all that mighty heart is lying still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That three-point play, you could tell the excitement in the girls. That was definitely the turning point in the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41778]]></link><description><![CDATA[That three-point play, you could tell the excitement in the girls. That was definitely the turning point in the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three misbegotten knaves in Kendal green. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three misbegotten knaves in Kendal green. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14553]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46040]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25517]]></link><description><![CDATA[LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged--the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears. [Lat., Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina,  Si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant,   Gestores linguis, auditores auribus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49685]]></link><description><![CDATA[One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire; Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow  Of bragging horror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire; Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow  Of bragging horror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23584]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men will commence in their present rank and promotion will be open to all men alike, without any distinctions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38535]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men will commence in their present rank and promotion will be open to all men alike, without any distinctions or qualifications, political or otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came out swinging today and it paid off. We have a few guys in the middle of the lineup ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41145]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came out swinging today and it paid off. We have a few guys in the middle of the lineup who can take the ball deep; that pitch that Turner hit got up in the jet stream and just took off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good sign, a good step the village is taking toward incorporating renewable energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36995]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good sign, a good step the village is taking toward incorporating renewable energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11857]]></link><description><![CDATA[A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People concern themselves with being normal, rather than natural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44628]]></link><description><![CDATA[People concern themselves with being normal, rather than natural.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the experience and the drive to win it all. We have been dreaming since we were five years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33046]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the experience and the drive to win it all. We have been dreaming since we were five years old of carrying home a state championship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put thyself into the trick of singularity. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put thyself into the trick of singularity. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is frequently lost in translation is that our pregnancy rates are anywhere from 40 to 60% higher than other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32921]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is frequently lost in translation is that our pregnancy rates are anywhere from 40 to 60% higher than other areas of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45898</guid></item></channel></rss>