<?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[Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32561]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53256]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it willbut grow and gather to itself such explosive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21570]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground it willbut grow and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it burststhrough it will blow up everything in its way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There wasn't one particular thing that made us say we needed to have this drill, it's more of a general ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42084]]></link><description><![CDATA[There wasn't one particular thing that made us say we needed to have this drill, it's more of a general preparedness thing. We drill annually because a disaster situation stretches our resources and goes beyond our normal scope of day-to-day operations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5204]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Send them into everlasting Coventry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Send them into everlasting Coventry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so never ending, But always descending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61306]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so never ending, But always descending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46887]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we dream so we don't have to be away from one another. If we're in each other's dreams, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we dream so we don't have to be away from one another. If we're in each other's dreams, we'll always be together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to have a sign over my computer that read OLD DOGS CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS, but lately I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1902]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to have a sign over my computer that read OLD DOGS CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS, but lately I sometimes ask myself how many more new tricks I want to learn. Wouldn’t it be easier just to be outdated?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica, ... We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33164]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica, ... We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding up the windows and collecting food and water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15827]]></link><description><![CDATA[In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known -- that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man goes before his time / unless the boss leaves early. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4760]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man goes before his time / unless the boss leaves early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46240]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking -- one sport you shouldn't have to reserve a time and a court for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very false gallop of verses. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55663]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very false gallop of verses. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5429]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was invented two thousand years ago was the spirit of Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6161]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was invented two thousand years ago was the spirit of Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an extremely difficult time for both the airline and the industry and the cuts we're proposing are painful but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38976]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an extremely difficult time for both the airline and the industry and the cuts we're proposing are painful but in our judgment they're also necessary if the airline is going to survive. If there's an industry or business that's in worse shape than the airline industry, I don't know what it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much agreement kills the chat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much agreement kills the chat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46491]]></link><description><![CDATA[This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance-it is the illusionof knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22109]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance-it is the illusionof knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret  Mine own could not contain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had 10 dropped passes. Shane easily could have had 400 passing yards. And that's no surprise at all. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31889]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had 10 dropped passes. Shane easily could have had 400 passing yards. And that's no surprise at all. He's an unbelievable athlete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What probing deep Has ever solved the mystery of sleep? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56608]]></link><description><![CDATA[What probing deep Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in the world when we love it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65387]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in the world when we love it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornets' nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39411]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have literally stuck their hands into a hornets' nest. This is going to inflame a lot of scientists who are very, very concerned and are far more knowledgeable in this area than the authors appear to be. This is not the last word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ definitely not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that all battles are waged on an unconscious level before they are begun on the conscious one, and this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that all battles are waged on an unconscious level before they are begun on the conscious one, and this battle is no different. The power structure wishes us to believe that the only options available are those which they present to us, we know this is simply not true, and therefore we must redefine the terrain of this conflict, and clearly, it is a conflict of worldviews and agendas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humble things become the humble. [Lat., Parvum parva decent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humble things become the humble. [Lat., Parvum parva decent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9088]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his copper and pocket a shilling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65189</guid></item></channel></rss>