<?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[Necessity is a violent school-mistress. [Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is a violent school-mistress. [Fr., C'est une violente maistresse d'eschole que la necessite.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63912]]></link><description><![CDATA[By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59019]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary peoplevisualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible.And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary peoplevisualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible.And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23673]]></link><description><![CDATA[People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34484]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issues that are important to voters (in Illinois) are Democratic issues. If the Republicans want to win back the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issues that are important to voters (in Illinois) are Democratic issues. If the Republicans want to win back the Governor's Mansion, they really have to put up a Jim Edgar-type candidate, a moderate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both of them have tremendous power. But it's my opinion Bonds shouldn't even be in the game today. He's violated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both of them have tremendous power. But it's my opinion Bonds shouldn't even be in the game today. He's violated federal law. He's a product of illegal drugs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind;  And while it satisfies, it censures too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27562]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind;  And while it satisfies, it censures too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pure eye for the true vision of another's claims can only go with the loving heart. The man who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pure eye for the true vision of another's claims can only go with the loving heart. The man who hates can hardly be delicate in doing Justice, say to his neighbor's love, to his neighbor's predilections and peculiarities. It is hard enough to be just to our friends; and how shall our enemies fare with us?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . For slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56549]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . For slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/927]]></link><description><![CDATA[One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49554]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his lack of comprehension of the forces which make it work- of the principles which relate his gadgets to the forces of nature, to the universal order. It is not central heating which makes his existence 'unnatural,' but his refusal to take an interest in the principles behind it. By being entirely dependent on science, yet closing his mind to it, he leads the life of an urban barbarian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agribusiness professionals are concerned that there's been a decline in the number of farmers who make purchases based on their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agribusiness professionals are concerned that there's been a decline in the number of farmers who make purchases based on their long-standing relationships with businesses. Our study shows they are correct and provides insight into how today's farmer makes those decisions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These products are not just engineered to outwit the competition, but more so to reflect the diversity of the American ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38483]]></link><description><![CDATA[These products are not just engineered to outwit the competition, but more so to reflect the diversity of the American consumer we know so well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They did not have to kill him. They had no right shooting at that car. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42027]]></link><description><![CDATA[They did not have to kill him. They had no right shooting at that car.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750  You, too, are called to be an open letter, as Paul puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750  You, too, are called to be an open letter, as Paul puts it, written by Christ's own hand, showing those round about you what things Christ can do. We are to go into the world and so to live our ordinary lives that, all unconsciously to us, those among whom we move will look at us again, and will begin to say, You know I used to doubt if there was much in Christianity save talk. But I have revised my opinion. There's So-and-so (that's you, you understand), that is a man in whom the thing is obviously working out. He used to be so touchy, so opinionative, so mean and shabby in his views, so dully ordinary. Yet now, undoubtedly, the man has won to self-control and a large generous mind, and -- yea, I know it's a queer thing to say -- but he has won to something more, something that somehow (though he never speaks about those things) makes you remember Jesus Christ!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38948]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a significant increase in the number of emergent CT scans performed after the release of the NCI statement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40693]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a significant increase in the number of emergent CT scans performed after the release of the NCI statement in 2002, ... As physicians we should make judicious use of CT scans a priority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never a loser until you quit trying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21661]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never a loser until you quit trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Location, location, location. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Location, location, location.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become powerful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become powerful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709  As we shared together our feelings about the study groups, we realised that we were not meeting together each week for an intellectual exercise: some thing very real and significant was taking place. We were coming to know that the Christian faith is not primarily an ethic; it is not the struggle to do good or be good, but an encounter with Christ, of which morality and ethical living are by-products.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are an impossibility in an impossible universe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20667]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are an impossibility in an impossible universe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They seem to be opening a crack for Microsoft on the desktop, a crack that Microsoft could well take advantage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34605]]></link><description><![CDATA[They seem to be opening a crack for Microsoft on the desktop, a crack that Microsoft could well take advantage of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63293]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best bred have the best portion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49799]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best bred have the best portion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All his successors gone before him have done 't; and all his ancestors that come after him may. -The Merry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55343]]></link><description><![CDATA[All his successors gone before him have done 't; and all his ancestors that come after him may. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness breaks the spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness breaks the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64907]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm structuring a program that's going to be individualized based on 'X' pitcher. We're going to create an inning threshold, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm structuring a program that's going to be individualized based on 'X' pitcher. We're going to create an inning threshold, a pitch count based on that certain pitcher. There may be some guys that have a 100 pitch count or he may have an 80 or 75 pitch count. It all depends on the person's strength, arm action and mechanics. All of that will play a role in our decision making.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See the sun! God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58279]]></link><description><![CDATA[See the sun! God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bluntness is a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bluntness is a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3944]]></link><description><![CDATA[A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19362]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19362</guid></item></channel></rss>