<?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[Fate can bring two people together...but fate can also pull them apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate can bring two people together...but fate can also pull them apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care how it turns out now. I couldn't have asked them to play any better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33416]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care how it turns out now. I couldn't have asked them to play any better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16459]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guide to understanding a net.addict's day: Slow day: didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet. Busy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guide to understanding a net.addict's day: Slow day: didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet. Busy day: managed to work in three hours of usenet. Bad day: barely squeezed in three hours of usenet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get the hell out of my way! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get the hell out of my way!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be clear, the proposal before the General Assembly is the fruit of compromise. It cannot be a perfect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be clear, the proposal before the General Assembly is the fruit of compromise. It cannot be a perfect solution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60730]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing is silent poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dancing is silent poetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48971]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray, and let God worry ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray, and let God worry]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life sofull of meaningful things that you'll hardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life sofull of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think aboutfood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the investigation implicates Syria, are we going to wage war on it? And if it acquits it, are we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42609]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the investigation implicates Syria, are we going to wage war on it? And if it acquits it, are we going to invite Syria back here again?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62228]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present is a point just passed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present is a point just passed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43683]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285   The word "sinner" often proves a great obstacle to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285   The word "sinner" often proves a great obstacle to understanding, but let us use other words. Let us say that man is the kind of creature who naturally sees the world from a very limited perspective, that he tends to be self-centered and to prefer the interests that are closest to himself and to his own social group. Let us say that man is naturally unwilling to accept his limited or finite status, that he is always seeking to extend his control over others, that he seeks to maintain his own security by means of power over all who may threaten it, that he likes to be in a position to compare himself with others to their disadvantage, that he seeks to be self-sufficient and to deny in effect his dependence upon God and to set up his own group or system or ideal in the place of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11808]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they being both the servants of his providence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one way to console a widow. But remember the risk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61560]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one way to console a widow. But remember the risk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blaze razed four or five blocks that housed the male Indonesian inmates, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28261]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blaze razed four or five blocks that housed the male Indonesian inmates,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small companies are the real innovators in this market, ... but if the burdens around IP become too heavy, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small companies are the real innovators in this market, ... but if the burdens around IP become too heavy, and there are too many lawsuits, those companies will withdraw from the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46367]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. - Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings and Writings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18243]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  I have come to see that I do not limit my mind simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  I have come to see that I do not limit my mind simply enough to prayer that I always want to do something myself in it, wherein I do very wrong and wish most definitely to cut off and separate my mind from all that, and to hold it with all my strength, as much as I can, to the sole regard and simple unity. By allowing the fear of being ineffectual to enter into the state of prayer, and by wishing to accomplish something myself, I spoilt it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that lives upon hope will die fasting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20171]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that lives upon hope will die fasting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65507]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel the overall market is showing a lot of life across the board. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42575]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel the overall market is showing a lot of life across the board.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazingly, given that this was a very intense fire and a large fire and that you're talking about senior citizens, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amazingly, given that this was a very intense fire and a large fire and that you're talking about senior citizens, everyone self-evacuated except for one woman the police escorted out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37042]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray that every passing hour Your hearts may bruise and beat,  I pray that every step you take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18844]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray that every passing hour Your hearts may bruise and beat,  I pray that every step you take   May bruise and burn your feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54758]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly becomes any one of us to talk about the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64497]]></link><description><![CDATA[A just person is one who is conformed and transformed into justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This school will embrace him. We're a family here and he is going to feel like he has belonged here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37812]]></link><description><![CDATA[This school will embrace him. We're a family here and he is going to feel like he has belonged here since day 1. We will make sure that he is successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37812</guid></item></channel></rss>