<?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[What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42839]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrecy is the chastity of friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first time, we found fossils that allow us to connect the first phase of human evolution and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30083]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first time, we found fossils that allow us to connect the first phase of human evolution and the second phase.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness is the repose of Passion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness is the repose of Passion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into the woods, my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent,  Into the woods my Master came,   Forspent with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Into the woods, my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent,  Into the woods my Master came,   Forspent with love and shame.    But the olives they were not blind to Him,     The little gray leaves were kind to Him:      The thorn-tree had a mind to Him,       When into the woods He came.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Ten acres and a mule." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1946]]></link><description><![CDATA["Ten acres and a mule."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, it's a blow to the Gore camp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly, it's a blow to the Gore camp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[is an option, but not a likely option. It's cleaner to have a deal with one partner than with multiple ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35179]]></link><description><![CDATA[is an option, but not a likely option. It's cleaner to have a deal with one partner than with multiple partners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt like we got in a rhythm there in the second half. I think it was a definite improvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt like we got in a rhythm there in the second half. I think it was a definite improvement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53259]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a very bad time for the arts. I think we're in a tough time in our culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a very bad time for the arts. I think we're in a tough time in our culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're looking for a growth company in a growth industry with good management and a good balance sheet, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37127]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're looking for a growth company in a growth industry with good management and a good balance sheet,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the old armchair quarterback theory. People always think they're a better coach or the better owner. Fantasy football is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the old armchair quarterback theory. People always think they're a better coach or the better owner. Fantasy football is tailor-made to live out that armchair quarterback life. You get to pick the players. It's ideal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is in a wait-and-see mode. It's waiting for confirmation of an economic recovery, some kind of resolution on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34030]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is in a wait-and-see mode. It's waiting for confirmation of an economic recovery, some kind of resolution on Iraq and on what the Federal Reserve is going to do in its meeting this month.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For never anything can be amiss, When simpleness and duty tender it. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55532]]></link><description><![CDATA[For never anything can be amiss, When simpleness and duty tender it. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just really excited about it, and I think it needs to be started in the early grades. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just really excited about it, and I think it needs to be started in the early grades.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He doth nothing but talk of his horse. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55554]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doth nothing but talk of his horse. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44954]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He's taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of death from being a total surprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan on still St. Mary's lake Float double, swan and shadow! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58467]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan on still St. Mary's lake Float double, swan and shadow!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15448]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own. [Lat., Est proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci suorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He beat the bushes without taking the birds. [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14930]]></link><description><![CDATA[He beat the bushes without taking the birds. [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591   He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591   He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, Microsoft has behaved like the clear-cutters of the computer software industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34576]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, Microsoft has behaved like the clear-cutters of the computer software industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has no enemy, you say; My friend your boast is poor,  He who hath mingled in the fray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13838]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has no enemy, you say; My friend your boast is poor,  He who hath mingled in the fray   Of duty that the brave endure    Must have made foes. If he has none     Small is the work that he has done.      He has hit no traitor on the hip;       Has cast no cup from perjured lip;        Has never turned the wrong to right;         Has been a coward in the fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the disease of one the whole flock perishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50441]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours  Weeping, and watching for the morrow,-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours  Weeping, and watching for the morrow,--   He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.    [Ger., Wer nie sein Brod mit Thranen ass,     Wer nicht die kummervollen Nachte      Auf seinem Bette weinend sass,       Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Machte.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3300]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42474]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's all but signed. It's not 100 percent done, but we're down to the piddly stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15555]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/450</guid></item></channel></rss>