<?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[I don't see this as an indictment of Germany at all. I think the reason you're seeing these cases is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see this as an indictment of Germany at all. I think the reason you're seeing these cases is that Germany is so determined to get these people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were to rise early every morning, as an instance of self-denial, as a method of renouncing indulgence, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7383]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were to rise early every morning, as an instance of self-denial, as a method of renouncing indulgence, as a means of redeeming your time and of fitting your spirit for prayer, you would find mighty advantages from it. This method, though it seem such a small circumstance of life, would in all probability be a means [toward] great piety. It would keep it constantly in your head that softness and idleness were to be avoided and that self-denial was a part of Christianity... It would teach you to exercise power over yourself, and make you able by degrees to renounce other pleasures and tempers that war against the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with infants' skulls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with infants' skulls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53018]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North American manufacturers have really focused on product, launching a wide variety of new and exciting model offerings. In the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30632]]></link><description><![CDATA[North American manufacturers have really focused on product, launching a wide variety of new and exciting model offerings. In the end the consumer wins, in terms of choice, product quality and affordability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything actual must also first have been possible, before having actual existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything actual must also first have been possible, before having actual existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5129]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With all thy sober charms possest, Whose wishes never learnt to stray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61783]]></link><description><![CDATA[With all thy sober charms possest, Whose wishes never learnt to stray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63852]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is just another muscle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is just another muscle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32313]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18004]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall look forward to a pleasant time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall look forward to a pleasant time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from us. But fairness and balance are possible. Not stereotyping people we write about is possible. We can be skeptical without being cynical,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kim kept going back to medical, complaining about the contractions, but they just kept sending her back to her cell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kim kept going back to medical, complaining about the contractions, but they just kept sending her back to her cell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that there is consumer demand for energy efficient homes, these classes will give contractors the tools to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that there is consumer demand for energy efficient homes, these classes will give contractors the tools to meet that demand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems.  And that's a big mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62845]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems.  And that's a big mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting, First Rule of: Whatever happens, look as if you intended it to happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting, First Rule of: Whatever happens, look as if you intended it to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fellow that hath had losses, and one that hath two gowns and every thing handsome about him. -Much Ado ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55459]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fellow that hath had losses, and one that hath two gowns and every thing handsome about him. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16188]]></link><description><![CDATA[None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the hills and o'er the main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,  Queen Anne commands and we'll obey,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the hills and o'er the main, To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,  Queen Anne commands and we'll obey,   Over the hills and far away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I can go harder out there now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I can go harder out there now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56812]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You feel like maybe you need the rest . . . but you have to make sure you stay on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28814]]></link><description><![CDATA[You feel like maybe you need the rest . . . but you have to make sure you stay on top of the little details.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great thoughts, great feelings, came to them, Like instincts, unawares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great thoughts, great feelings, came to them, Like instincts, unawares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With all the awards she was given, she never put one on the wall. They're all under the bed. She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31090]]></link><description><![CDATA[With all the awards she was given, she never put one on the wall. They're all under the bed. She said that she didn't need that; she knew what she'd done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better late than never, but never late is better ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better late than never, but never late is better]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's probably the third game they've won for us this year. The crowd wouldn't let us quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32541]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's probably the third game they've won for us this year. The crowd wouldn't let us quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentecost  Every time we say, 'I believe in the Holy Spirit,' we mean that we believe that there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pentecost  Every time we say, 'I believe in the Holy Spirit,' we mean that we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody complained. It was a smooth transition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody complained. It was a smooth transition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43963]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27918]]></link><description><![CDATA[If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10315]]></link><description><![CDATA[True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both parties have been gearing up for this. It will be a very competitive year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both parties have been gearing up for this. It will be a very competitive year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9305]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In solitude, when we are least alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57166]]></link><description><![CDATA[In solitude, when we are least alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-corner; ambition commands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-corner; ambition commands me to go upstairs, and covetousness to come down. Vices, I see, are as well contrary to themselves as to virtue. Free me, Lord, from this distracted case; fetch me from being sin's servant to be Thine, whose "service is perfect freedom," for Thou art but one, and ever the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7696</guid></item></channel></rss>