<?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[The true ship is the ship builder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne, And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45708]]></link><description><![CDATA[With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne, And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57319]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. [Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. [Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, W. B. Yeats and Others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Mountains Are Gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31150]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Mountains Are Gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to travel, But hate to arrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59613]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to travel, But hate to arrive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915   A conversion is incomplete if it does not leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915   A conversion is incomplete if it does not leave one with an intense social consciousness, if it does not fill one with a sense of overwhelming responsibility for the world. It has been said... truly that the Church exists for those outside of itself. The Church must never be in any sense a little huddle of pious people, shutting their doors against the world, lost in prayer and praise, connoisseurs of preaching and liturgy, busy mutually congratulating themselves on the excellence of their Christian experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59695]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone gives the hospital a gift of $5 and you know he can afford less than that, thank him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5102]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone gives the hospital a gift of $5 and you know he can afford less than that, thank him profusely. When someone gives the hospital a gift of $5,000 and you know he could afford five times that, say "that will help." -Robert H. Schullder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When last the young Orlando parted from you, He left a promise to return again  Within a hour; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15288]]></link><description><![CDATA[When last the young Orlando parted from you, He left a promise to return again  Within a hour; and pacing through the forest,   Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy,    Lo, what befell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing good demand for the euro. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30650]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing good demand for the euro.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we go down and have no phones, no computers and no cell phones, we are still going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28173]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we go down and have no phones, no computers and no cell phones, we are still going to be able to communicate,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were selling as soon as they hit the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36088]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were selling as soon as they hit the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4813]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral, loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral, loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44833]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it simply means to follow through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9839]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5428]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got here, it was up to the older guys to make me understand how important it was here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42261]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got here, it was up to the older guys to make me understand how important it was here to win championships and go to the NCAA tournament every year. And that's my job now as a senior to make the guys coming up behind understand that going to the tournament every year just doesn't happen. You've got to earn it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258   Our critical day is not the very day of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258   Our critical day is not the very day of our death, but the whole course of our life; I thank him, that prays for me when my bell tolls; but I thank him much more, that catechizes me, or preaches to me, or instructs me how to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8198</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[The two Britons ... never made contact with the [International Solidarity Movement], never registered to join us and never attended ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two Britons ... never made contact with the [International Solidarity Movement], never registered to join us and never attended our mandatory training and orientation. There is in fact no connection to be made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47337]]></link><description><![CDATA[...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am bound to take care of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The uniqueness of this product provides insulation from competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33463]]></link><description><![CDATA[The uniqueness of this product provides insulation from competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure when Chuck Schumer needs information from the Congressional Budget Office, he doesn't have to check with Harry Reid, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure when Chuck Schumer needs information from the Congressional Budget Office, he doesn't have to check with Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate leader. I expect to be calling Mr. Naughton directly as I always have in the past. If she wants to know what I'm doing, she can always call me. I'll be happy to respond.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[anonymous fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43860]]></link><description><![CDATA[anonymous fruit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675   It is not necessary to maintain a conversation when we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675   It is not necessary to maintain a conversation when we are in the presence of God. We can come into His presence and rest our weary souls in quiet contemplation of Him. Our groanings, which cannot be uttered, rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're doing a lot of different stuff. We're not just doing the stuff we did last year. I don't want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34631]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're doing a lot of different stuff. We're not just doing the stuff we did last year. I don't want to get too in-depth on what we're doing, but it's all good stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in such a slump that even the ones that are drinking aren't hitting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10703]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in such a slump that even the ones that are drinking aren't hitting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61707]]></link><description><![CDATA[And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms. . . . For summer being done, all things stand upon them with a weather-beaten face, and the whole country, full of woods and thickets, represented a wild and savage hue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything great that we know has come from neurotics… never will the world be aware of how much it owes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything great that we know has come from neurotics… never will the world be aware of how much it owes to them, nor above all what they have suffered in order to bestow their gifts on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28946]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, he'll hang himself. But how much rope will it take?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religious politics are restricted to support for the Russian Orthodox Church as opposed to other religious confessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41250]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religious politics are restricted to support for the Russian Orthodox Church as opposed to other religious confessions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See where she comes, apparelled like the spring, Graces her subjects, and her thoughts the king  Of every virtue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2759]]></link><description><![CDATA[See where she comes, apparelled like the spring, Graces her subjects, and her thoughts the king  Of every virtue gives renown to men!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach. [Sp., Tripas llevan corazon, que no corazon tripas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach. [Sp., Tripas llevan corazon, que no corazon tripas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Robertson is, of course, no ordinary private citizen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Robertson is, of course, no ordinary private citizen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30105</guid></item></channel></rss>