<?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[Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up to, is great. I hope to be in their seats in future years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18344]]></link><description><![CDATA[That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That would make this particularly disheartening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32298]]></link><description><![CDATA[That would make this particularly disheartening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go;  At noon our sudden summer burns, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go;  At noon our sudden summer burns,   Ere sunset all is snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29459]]></link><description><![CDATA[What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just sitting on a room and taking a test like that, you don't know what to expect. It picks your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just sitting on a room and taking a test like that, you don't know what to expect. It picks your brain apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The purpose of the covenant, in the Hebrew Bible and some subsequent writings, was never simply that the creator wanted to have Israel as a special people, irrespective of the fate of the rest of the world. The purpose of the covenant was that, through this means, the creator would address and save his entire world. The call of Abraham was designed to undo the sin of Adam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new constitution established a president with powers unheard of in the republican United States. Some even wanted him to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new constitution established a president with powers unheard of in the republican United States. Some even wanted him to be king, a thought that GW found ludicrous: What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. From thinking proceeds speaking, thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable and tremendous! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal & fallacious!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of a number of different realities, but of a number of different lenses with which to see the same reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I wouldn't want to inspire any violence on anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18295]]></link><description><![CDATA[A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6016]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I would have backed up a foot, I'd have been out of her way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I would have backed up a foot, I'd have been out of her way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven's help is better than early rising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven's help is better than early rising.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first question was a laundry list explanation of peoples' activities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37743]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first question was a laundry list explanation of peoples' activities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24555]]></link><description><![CDATA[He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24805]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2263]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9717]]></link><description><![CDATA[So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart With pity that doth make me sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5354]]></link><description><![CDATA[O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart With pity that doth make me sick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker; lest in these things which please thee, thou displease. If souls please thee, be they loved in God: for they too are mutable, but in Him they are firmly established.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine June 15, 1996 Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Jesus remains unshaken as the practical man; and we stand exposed as the fools, the blunderers, the unpractical visionaries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710   The purpose of religion -- at any rate, the Christian religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710   The purpose of religion -- at any rate, the Christian religion -- is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the black of my midnight you're the star for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45654]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the black of my midnight you're the star for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13764]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sort of takes the place of minutes. When there's any club business it's in the newsletter. It used to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sort of takes the place of minutes. When there's any club business it's in the newsletter. It used to be monthly but now it's quarterly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill wound is cured, not an ill name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49124]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tennessee Titans played in Memphis until their stadium was ready in Nashville. The Carolina Panthers played in South Carolina ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Titans played in Memphis until their stadium was ready in Nashville. The Carolina Panthers played in South Carolina at Clemson before moving to Charlotte, N.C. We're not looking that far ahead, but it's a possibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66026]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very fortunate because we're starting fall break tonight. Could you think about missing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday classes two weeks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31873]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very fortunate because we're starting fall break tonight. Could you think about missing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday classes two weeks in a row? But, you know they do it in basketball and do it in other sports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only pressure I feel is staying healthy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only pressure I feel is staying healthy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46622]]></link><description><![CDATA[More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of a sect within itself is a pitiful charity; it's no concord of Christians, but a conspiracy against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of a sect within itself is a pitiful charity; it's no concord of Christians, but a conspiracy against Christ; and they that love one another for their opinionative concurrence, love for their own sakes, not their Lord's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Larry Adams, 33, has been confined to a room in University Medical Center since April, when he received an artificial ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40395]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Larry Adams, 33, has been confined to a room in University Medical Center since April, when he received an artificial heart. The heart is connected to a 350-pound machine, which is about the size of a dishwasher, and six feet of hose hooks the machine to pumps in Adams' chest.] I've just got to sit and wait, ... Everywhere I go, engineers have to push the box around with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40395</guid></item></channel></rss>