<?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[We started out a little rough, but we stepped it up in the fourth quarter. We wanted to win. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30004]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started out a little rough, but we stepped it up in the fourth quarter. We wanted to win. We wanted the bragging rights, but we all were looking forward to this game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depression is the inability to construct a future ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depression is the inability to construct a future]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33532]]></link><description><![CDATA[An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is no vision a people perish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is no vision a people perish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public. [Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56395]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public. [Lat., Palam mutire plebeio piaculum est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58135]]></link><description><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/90]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/90</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To warm their little loves the birds complain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4230]]></link><description><![CDATA[To warm their little loves the birds complain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty:--  Was thy dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13058]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty:--  Was thy dream then a shadowy lie?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12014]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9825]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God heals, and the doctor takes the fee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18940]]></link><description><![CDATA[God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day is short, the work is much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day is short, the work is much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63672]]></link><description><![CDATA[All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  The [Christian] "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  The [Christian] "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either every robot can dance the robot, or no robot can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either every robot can dance the robot, or no robot can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[just a fun thing for me to do with a good friend who has meant a great deal for me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30352]]></link><description><![CDATA[just a fun thing for me to do with a good friend who has meant a great deal for me and my family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hearts letter is read in the eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hearts letter is read in the eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19632]]></link><description><![CDATA[A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37600]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so you know we gave up a bad goal in the beginning. We have to put ourselves in a better position where we have to defend a lead in the last ten minutes rather than try to come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BA is strategically focusing on profitable traffic, and that means it's turning away a lot of people who are prepared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31732]]></link><description><![CDATA[BA is strategically focusing on profitable traffic, and that means it's turning away a lot of people who are prepared to pay a decent fare to transfer,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appearances to save, his only care; So things seem right, no matter what they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appearances to save, his only care; So things seem right, no matter what they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49019]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64492]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22807]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. -Joseph Addison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed be the inventor of photography! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything else that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed be the inventor of photography! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything else that has "cast up" in my time -- this art by which even the "poor" can possess themselves of tolerable of their absent dear ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15771]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the distance of the earth from the sun, nor the sun's withdrawing itself, that makes a dark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8057]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the distance of the earth from the sun, nor the sun's withdrawing itself, that makes a dark and gloomy day; but the interposition of clouds and vaporous exhalations. Neither is thy soul beyond the reach of the promise, nor does God withdraw Himself; but the vapours of thy carnal, unbelieving heart do cloud thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's going to be an enormous amount of work that needs to be done to integrate those two companies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42572]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's going to be an enormous amount of work that needs to be done to integrate those two companies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  That mercy show to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27342]]></link><description><![CDATA[To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  That mercy show to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, that's the ticket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, that's the ticket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up a solid round stone from the water and broke it open. It was perfectly dry in spite of the fact that it had been immersed in water for centuries. The same is true of many people in the Western world. For centuries they have been surrounded by Christianity; they live immersed in the waters of its benefits. And yet it has not penetrated their hearts; they do not love it. The fault is not in Christianity, but in men's hearts, which have been hardened by materialism and intellectualism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20693]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26458]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52330]]></link><description><![CDATA[When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable "animated instrument" which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People want a quick fix, ... They want immediate results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39748]]></link><description><![CDATA[People want a quick fix, ... They want immediate results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fervent hope is it brings some peace, comfort or satisfaction to the victims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fervent hope is it brings some peace, comfort or satisfaction to the victims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operatethrough intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operatethrough intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38541]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22031]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22031</guid></item></channel></rss>