<?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 far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19946]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25226]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This consolidation really started in the mid-1990s but picked up speed and is still continuing. In the last 15 years, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35889]]></link><description><![CDATA[This consolidation really started in the mid-1990s but picked up speed and is still continuing. In the last 15 years, about 150 companies have been acquired or merged. Most of the consolidation is confined to the top 10 builders, who are acquiring companies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away?  The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky   Thou still canst ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away?  The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky   Thou still canst find the color of thy wing,    The hue of May.     Warbler, why speed, thy southern flight? ah, why,      Thou, too, whose song first told us of the Spring?       Whither away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28594]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went against one of the best teams we've faced all year, and played one of the best games we've played in many years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57049]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27902]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61487]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the only absolute thing in the world. Nothing stays the same.Tomorrow will come,with new beginnings and sometimes unexpected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the only absolute thing in the world. Nothing stays the same.Tomorrow will come,with new beginnings and sometimes unexpected endings. You can hold on to the past and get left in the dust, or you can choose to jump on the ride of life and live a new adventure with perseverance and an open mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth springs from argument amongst friends. -David Hume.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are we not all members of the same Body and partakers of the same Spirit and heirs of the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are we not all members of the same Body and partakers of the same Spirit and heirs of the same blessed hope of eternal life? ... Why do we not, as becomes brethren, dwell together in unity, but are so apt to quarrel and break out into heats, to crumble into sects and parties, to divide and separate from one another upon every trifling occasion? Give me leave... in the name of our dear Lord ... to recommend to you this new commandment of his, that ye love one another. Which is almost a new commandment still, and hardly the worse for wearing, so seldom is it put on, and so little hath it been practiced among Christians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear  I will not dine until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear  I will not dine until I see the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3098]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers are the main landmarks of the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers are the main landmarks of the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15027]]></link><description><![CDATA[In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem The time for lo! it passes like a dream;  But if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58305]]></link><description><![CDATA[If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem The time for lo! it passes like a dream;  But if 'tis all a blank, then mark the loss   Of hours unblest by shadows from the cross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to his bosom? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to his bosom?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers have enabled people to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers have enabled people to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of tequila and hand guns]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.  God calleth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.  God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge   To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.    The worst speak something good. If all want sense,     God takes a text, and preaches patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41423]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona... I understand what it is to be vulnerable, and I understand what it is to be strong. So anybody who bashes 'sentimental' is missing it. I've seen the toughest guys in the world cry. That macho thing is an old folktale. I'm not afraid of it at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syria is trying to strengthen its hegemony in Lebanon by controlling more and more institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Syria is trying to strengthen its hegemony in Lebanon by controlling more and more institutions,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66053]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They did the book design and layout and we did the production. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40559]]></link><description><![CDATA[They did the book design and layout and we did the production.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63365]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a scary moment. I'd gotten used to living in Arizona; it was home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32579]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a scary moment. I'd gotten used to living in Arizona; it was home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the throng'd levee bends the venal tribe: With fair but faithless smiles each varnish'd o'er,  Each smooth as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10456]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the throng'd levee bends the venal tribe: With fair but faithless smiles each varnish'd o'er,  Each smooth as those that mutually deceive,   And for their falsehood each despising each.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a draft of the proposals in hand which we're going through. A vote this week is possible, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33629]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a draft of the proposals in hand which we're going through. A vote this week is possible, but there are still some areas where we don't have agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings:  Short is his joy; he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46449]]></link><description><![CDATA[See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings:  Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound,   Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45849]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I win or I die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I win or I die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/517]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the fall and winter, he has shown a lot of improvement. I think he has shown that he can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through the fall and winter, he has shown a lot of improvement. I think he has shown that he can take control of that position if he would choose to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition. -A Midsummer Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55526]]></link><description><![CDATA[So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[George W. Bush has not stood up and said that he's ready to talk about this issue, an issue that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38160]]></link><description><![CDATA[George W. Bush has not stood up and said that he's ready to talk about this issue, an issue that is truly worthy of debate. It's a call to action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness and wisdom is the pathway leading to GOD'S LOVE! -Clara. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness and wisdom is the pathway leading to GOD'S LOVE! -Clara.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum  Caliginosa nocte premit deus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17092]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum  Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to accept our beliefs. The same thing happens when a hot coal meets another piece of coal: it either shares its fire with it or is overwhelmed by the other`s size and is extinguished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem is low, our resilience in the face of life's adversities is diminished. We crumble before vicissitudes that a healthier sense of self could vanquish. We tend to be more influenced by the desire to avoid pain than to experience joy. Negatives have more power over us than positives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nation of shopkeepers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nation of shopkeepers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41374]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again if asked and almost every player I have talked to from different nations would come back again. It was terrific chemistry and I'm thankful I got the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41374</guid></item></channel></rss>