<?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[Hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear if forced to flow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear if forced to flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44360]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901  The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901  The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the concepts of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of punitive power. Whatever the final issue may be, he who "convicts" another places the truth of the case in dispute in a clear light before him, so that it must be seen and acknowledged as truth. He who then rejects the conclusion which the exposition involves, rejects it with his eyes open and at his peril. Truth seen as truth carries with it condemnation to all who refuse to welcome it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15758]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9463]]></link><description><![CDATA[As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comparisons are odious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comparisons are odious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It'd be great to go 3-0. We have to contain their quarterback. He's quick and likes to run the option. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36901]]></link><description><![CDATA[It'd be great to go 3-0. We have to contain their quarterback. He's quick and likes to run the option.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46533]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't found anything I haven't liked. I like you're given an opportunity to taste before you go home and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39157]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't found anything I haven't liked. I like you're given an opportunity to taste before you go home and try it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27736]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am persuaded that some have scarce any better or more forcible argument to satisfy their own minds that they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am persuaded that some have scarce any better or more forcible argument to satisfy their own minds that they are in the right in religion than the inclination they find in themselves to hate and persecute them whom they suppose to be in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to be frank and I think probably to the relief of many of you, I am withdrawing from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29847]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to be frank and I think probably to the relief of many of you, I am withdrawing from the speaking circuit. It has caught up with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,  Which, as they kiss, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11844]]></link><description><![CDATA[These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,  Which, as they kiss, consume.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever class he is in it doesn't take long to call the roll.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To wish for death is a coward's part. [Lat., Timidi est optare necem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10492]]></link><description><![CDATA[To wish for death is a coward's part. [Lat., Timidi est optare necem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is hideously fragile [and] there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is hideously fragile [and] there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66583]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16686]]></link><description><![CDATA[A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you see someone like that who's in the spotlight and working hard and still not having a big head ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32090]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you see someone like that who's in the spotlight and working hard and still not having a big head and coming to work every day, it makes you want to play harder for the guy. People were getting crazy out there. There's nothing better than that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they raise 25 basis points and sound worried about inflation the market may get demoralized, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37907]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they raise 25 basis points and sound worried about inflation the market may get demoralized,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's actually quite high. I do think people in small town Iowa love to talk about their town. On phone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39924]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's actually quite high. I do think people in small town Iowa love to talk about their town. On phone interviews, we could get through a survey in 20 minutes - [Yet] it [often] takes about an hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58947]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6035]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's never too late to have a happy childhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies nothing, for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49258]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies nothing, for ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12256]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5890]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to balance three equal lines, and I think it worked pretty well. Carrollton-Farmers Branch is second in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36096]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to balance three equal lines, and I think it worked pretty well. Carrollton-Farmers Branch is second in the division (with 23 points) and we hung in the game until the third.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. - On Doing What One Likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! What ugly sights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! What ugly sights of death within mine eyes! Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks, Ten thousand men that fishes gnawed upon, Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea: Some lay in dead men's skulls; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 't were in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who wish to sing always find a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who wish to sing always find a song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest meaning and significance. Thanks to Ayn Fox -Pablo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22809]]></link><description><![CDATA[The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest meaning and significance. Thanks to Ayn Fox -Pablo Casals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You make a winner when you win. I think we can have a good crack for the next two months ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30068]]></link><description><![CDATA[You make a winner when you win. I think we can have a good crack for the next two months and for the next 10 years, too, maybe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31983]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does not rule the world. She is the world. Manifest in each of us, She can be known internally by every indivdual, in all her magnificent diversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These earthly godfathers of heaven's light, That give a name to every fixed star,  Have no more profit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3403]]></link><description><![CDATA[These earthly godfathers of heaven's light, That give a name to every fixed star,  Have no more profit of their shining nights   Than those that walk and wot not what they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9588]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[putting it to a funk beat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35317]]></link><description><![CDATA[putting it to a funk beat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously the newcomers have a shorter period of time, they learn from the mistakes of others and so on, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously the newcomers have a shorter period of time, they learn from the mistakes of others and so on,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32196</guid></item></channel></rss>