<?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[The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains To tax our labours and excise our brains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57840]]></link><description><![CDATA[No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains To tax our labours and excise our brains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to provide these students with skills before they reach high school or are in a situation where they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40806]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to provide these students with skills before they reach high school or are in a situation where they have to make financial decisions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white  And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue   Do paint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10814]]></link><description><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white  And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue   Do paint the meadows with delight,    The cuckoo then, on every tree,     Mocks married men: for thus sings he, Cuckoo;      Cuckoo, cuckoo: O, word of fear,       Unpleasing to a married ear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going for a state title. The record is just a bonus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33871]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going for a state title. The record is just a bonus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take it and return it: the kiss of love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take it and return it: the kiss of love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this or that danger. The last and highest result of prayer is the knowledge of God -- the knowledge which is eternal life -- and by that knowledge, the transformation of human character, and of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must get a thing before he can forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must get a thing before he can forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11399]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15006]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have. Life is a gift!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though "the commandments of God be not grievous", yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44145]]></link><description><![CDATA[The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was ridiculous that they even went to Wayne. He was the biggest Western movie star of all time, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37074]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was ridiculous that they even went to Wayne. He was the biggest Western movie star of all time, and they must have known he couldn't take it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23742]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44885]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't thinking about the championship ... just focusing on the two triple axels. I'd give myself 95 out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41390]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wasn't thinking about the championship ... just focusing on the two triple axels. I'd give myself 95 out of 100.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When (negotiations) broke last night, everybody made sure everyone had everyone's phone numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38974]]></link><description><![CDATA[When (negotiations) broke last night, everybody made sure everyone had everyone's phone numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54770]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54093]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63741]]></link><description><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/763]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no clear reasons and I am not going to make one up to explain the recent strengthening of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40854]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no clear reasons and I am not going to make one up to explain the recent strengthening of Epsilon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy homes, renovate them as needed, and then use some creative methods to enable people to buy them, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38567]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy homes, renovate them as needed, and then use some creative methods to enable people to buy them, or perhaps lease with an option to buy later. In other words, rent to own. Every situation is different, so I stay flexible so I can design a program to meet the needs of the people who come to me for help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54649]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Sinners are much more fun...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23305]]></link><description><![CDATA[A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, it's much harder to make the right jokes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to find a deeper meaning in your life, you can't find it in the opinions or the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64014]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to find a deeper meaning in your life, you can't find it in the opinions or the beliefs that have been handed to you. You have to go to that place within yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issue of redistricting using the 2000 Census doesn't seem likely to me to be successful. The political gerrymandering is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issue of redistricting using the 2000 Census doesn't seem likely to me to be successful. The political gerrymandering is going to be the primary issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can only learn to love by loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63324]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can only learn to love by loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they will keep getting a busy signal and soon they'll forget my number.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it a world to hide virtues in? -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it a world to hide virtues in? -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63448]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63448</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/61037]]></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/61037</guid></item></channel></rss>