<?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[Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's character is his fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's character is his fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18648]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace. He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more happiness than one man can bear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21127]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we need is to use what we have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44098]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we need is to use what we have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let his tormentor conscience find him out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let his tormentor conscience find him out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45216]]></link><description><![CDATA[In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we must not correct too much]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual walk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual walk with God. Those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it; yet I do not advise you to do it from that motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When this old cap was new 'Tis since two hundred years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2753]]></link><description><![CDATA[When this old cap was new 'Tis since two hundred years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the while the company's done a good job of maintaining strong gross margins in a tough reimbursement market like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30057]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the while the company's done a good job of maintaining strong gross margins in a tough reimbursement market like the U.S.. That means they're controlling costs well on the manufacturing side, which isn't an easy thing to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're playing okay but we haven't put 60 minutes together. We're inconsistent and we're not putting full periods together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38251]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're playing okay but we haven't put 60 minutes together. We're inconsistent and we're not putting full periods together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand leagues of ocean, a company of kings, You came across the watching world to show how heroes die. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57126]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand leagues of ocean, a company of kings, You came across the watching world to show how heroes die.  When the splendour of your story   Builds the halo of its glory,    'Twill belt the earth like Saturn's rings     And diadem the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy and persistence conquer all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy and persistence conquer all things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10091]]></link><description><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56295]]></link><description><![CDATA[In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would steal anything I could so we could survive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42270]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would steal anything I could so we could survive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25325]]></link><description><![CDATA[English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62552]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weren't the last drop in the well, As I gasp'd upon the brink,  Ere my fainting spirit fell,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weren't the last drop in the well, As I gasp'd upon the brink,  Ere my fainting spirit fell,   'Tis to thee that I would drink.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that brings good newes knockes hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56970]]></link><description><![CDATA[If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What man would be wise, let him drink of the river That bears on his bosom the record of time; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14688]]></link><description><![CDATA[What man would be wise, let him drink of the river That bears on his bosom the record of time;  A message to him every wave can deliver   To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we say it's time for batting practice, they say, 'Oh, let's go!' When it's time for fielding practice, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40570]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we say it's time for batting practice, they say, 'Oh, let's go!' When it's time for fielding practice, they start moaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I surprised by how slow he's moving? My basic answer is, yes. I knew he was not going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I surprised by how slow he's moving? My basic answer is, yes. I knew he was not going to turn the Earth on its head overnight. But given the vastness of his ambitions ... I would have expected in the first eight months he would be doing lots of things of consequence: more significant personnel moves, more significant documents, more serious public engagements, etc., etc.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write,  Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light,  Upon the hearts of men. Have Hope. Though clouds environ round,  And gladness hides her face in scorn,  Put off the shadow from thy brow:  No night but hath its morn. Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven -  The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth - Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven,  The inhabitants of earth. Have Love. Not love alone for one,  But man, as man, thy brother call;  And scatter, like a circling sun,  Thy charities on all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you live a long life? "Take a two- mile walk every morning before breakfast." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25522]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do you live a long life? "Take a two- mile walk every morning before breakfast."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that can be invented has been invented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that can be invented has been invented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space is the breath of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space is the breath of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little by little one walks far ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little by little one walks far]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Agency has been behind us all the way and has explained everything whenever we have had doubts or questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Agency has been behind us all the way and has explained everything whenever we have had doubts or questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22942]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22942</guid></item></channel></rss>