<?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[Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. -Aristotle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool's wild speech confounds the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51076]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are your choices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6092]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are your choices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43421]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far away,   Despising doleful dumps.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; itis the spirit behind your actions and words ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; itis the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your innerstate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And plenty makes us poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47881]]></link><description><![CDATA[And plenty makes us poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64152]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is the architect of his own fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is the architect of his own fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25847]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even as voters, we try to keep up with the guys as much as possible, mainly through television or ESPN. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even as voters, we try to keep up with the guys as much as possible, mainly through television or ESPN.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards decline almost to the vanishing point. Today the [various denominations] don't even have enough authority to keep their members out of mob violence, let alone hold them to difficult standards of theological or ethical or moral excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College is like a fountain of knowledge - and the students are there to drink ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8949]]></link><description><![CDATA[College is like a fountain of knowledge - and the students are there to drink]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/576]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't mean you have to do that (grant a waiver) for every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34055]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't mean you have to do that (grant a waiver) for every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes in here. We don't want to become a casino.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No surpise in Istanbul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37214]]></link><description><![CDATA[No surpise in Istanbul]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to her cloth she cut her coat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51966]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to her cloth she cut her coat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16341]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I'm an owl: you're another. Sir Critic, good day." And the barber kept on shaving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10748]]></link><description><![CDATA["I'm an owl: you're another. Sir Critic, good day." And the barber kept on shaving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60874]]></link><description><![CDATA[And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More will mean worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41916]]></link><description><![CDATA[More will mean worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a veteran volunteer fire fighter, as well as a filmmaker, I wanted to share my experience of what it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40997]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a veteran volunteer fire fighter, as well as a filmmaker, I wanted to share my experience of what it was really like at Ground Zero from the perspective of the rescue and recovery workers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vices of the time; vices of the man. [Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vices of the time; vices of the man. [Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection, and will, in turn, be supplanted by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19235]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection, and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender- these form the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender- these form the wealth of home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing endures but personal qualities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing endures but personal qualities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage. [Lat., Continua messe senescit ager.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage. [Lat., Continua messe senescit ager.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humore is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humore is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape;  Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest   Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a body meet a body going to the Fair, If a body kiss a body need a body care? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23827]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a body meet a body going to the Fair, If a body kiss a body need a body care?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65786]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the educated are free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the educated are free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux poses a real challenge for those with a taste for late-nighthacking (and/or conversations with God). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Linux poses a real challenge for those with a taste for late-nighthacking (and/or conversations with God).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sermon on a hat: "'The hat, my boy, the hat, whatever it may be, is in itself nothing--makes nothing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18889]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sermon on a hat: "'The hat, my boy, the hat, whatever it may be, is in itself nothing--makes nothing, goes for nothing; but, be sure of it, everything is life depends upon the cock of the hat.' For how many men--we put it to your own experience, reader--have made their way through the thronging crowds that beset fortune, not by the innate worth and excellence of their hats, but simply, as Sampson Piebald has it, by 'the cock of their hats'? The cock's all."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the attention but I don't like too much of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I look through hundreds of online (applications) each year, summer camp counselors are almost always a hit because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I look through hundreds of online (applications) each year, summer camp counselors are almost always a hit because they know what they're getting into. They choose to work with kids again, so they generally like it and relate well with them and the kids really pick up on that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14180]]></link><description><![CDATA[An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's probably the most disciplined team I've ever seen in high school basketball. All the teams in the Panhandle don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28360]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's probably the most disciplined team I've ever seen in high school basketball. All the teams in the Panhandle don't play like that. But we just adapted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25981]]></link><description><![CDATA[My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter is a smart player. He can read the play and he doesn't have to run from one corner to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peter is a smart player. He can read the play and he doesn't have to run from one corner to the other. He always seems to be in good position. He's a guy who would rather pass than shoot. He's done exactly what I thought he would.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35324</guid></item></channel></rss>