<?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 way was long and weary, But gallantly they strode,  A country lad and lassie,   Along the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25459]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way was long and weary, But gallantly they strode,  A country lad and lassie,   Along the heavy road.    The night was dark and stormy,     But blithe of heart were they,      For shining in the distance       The lights of London lay.        O gleaming lights of London, that gem of the city's crown;         What fortunes be within you, O Lights of London Town!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26401]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about. I don't care about other stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about. I don't care about other stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure is a beautiful garment, but it will not do for constant wear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure is a beautiful garment, but it will not do for constant wear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just want to write songs. I think if you start taking into consideration those kind of outside perspectives, like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32462]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just want to write songs. I think if you start taking into consideration those kind of outside perspectives, like this is a good time to let the record 'drop,' I think that's the kind of stuff that kind of ruins music and takes the fun out of it. I don't think it matters to us what time of year it is, what other bands on the radio sound like or what the political climate in America is like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27655]]></link><description><![CDATA[The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap and they know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. [Lat., Prima ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62568]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. [Lat., Prima commendiato proficiscitur a modestia tum pietate in parentes, tum in suos benevolentia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bet your parents were proud of you, ... Even now, he has a bumper sticker on his truck showing off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bet your parents were proud of you, ... Even now, he has a bumper sticker on his truck showing off about collecting beer cans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! Thou little valiant, great in villany! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! Thou little valiant, great in villany! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou Fortune's champion that dost never fight But when her humorous ladyship is by To teach thee safety. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55409]]></link><description><![CDATA[One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're obviously looking forward to the Swedish Rally, as it's one of the most enjoyable rallies of the year for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31707]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're obviously looking forward to the Swedish Rally, as it's one of the most enjoyable rallies of the year for a driver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There scatter'd oft the earliest of ye Year By Hands unseen are showers of Vi'lets found;  The Redbreast loves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16410]]></link><description><![CDATA[There scatter'd oft the earliest of ye Year By Hands unseen are showers of Vi'lets found;  The Redbreast loves to build and warble there,   And little Footsteps lightly print the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime you go on the road, it's tough. Our kids have fared well away from home and have done a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime you go on the road, it's tough. Our kids have fared well away from home and have done a good job of getting ready each week and coming out fired up and ready to play. I don't expect anything different now, because our kids have stepped up in the big games. That's something you've got to be able to do in this district, and we can't go in worried about the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O rose, who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,  But pale, and hard, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54426]]></link><description><![CDATA[O rose, who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,  But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubblewheat,--   Kept seven years in a drawer, thy titles shame thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . by evil report and good report . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44453]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . by evil report and good report . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/963]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We empathize with them and feel their pain. What we should say to them is thank you for their sacrifice. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32602]]></link><description><![CDATA[We empathize with them and feel their pain. What we should say to them is thank you for their sacrifice. It's a pain for the country and an individual pain for those people who live there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am lonely because I am miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46709]]></link><description><![CDATA[I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am lonely because I am miserable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus the principle of Judo, from the very beginning, is not one of aggression, but of flowing with things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus the principle of Judo, from the very beginning, is not one of aggression, but of flowing with things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character, the counsels, and example of our Washington . . . they will guide us through the doubts and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character, the counsels, and example of our Washington . . . they will guide us through the doubts and difficulties that beset us; they will guide our children and our children's children in the paths of prosperity and peace, while America shall hold her place in the family of nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very eager to get started. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40236]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very eager to get started.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nursery of brooding Pelicans, The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd,  And all the minor spots of rock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nursery of brooding Pelicans, The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd,  And all the minor spots of rock and verdue,   The abodes of happy millions, were no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fine has been imposed because his duties don't allow him to be offering advice to the referee during the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fine has been imposed because his duties don't allow him to be offering advice to the referee during the course of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more of bitterness than good nature in him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50515]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whereas the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22990]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whereas the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible to you. Whereas what you mentally or "consciously" desire is nine times out of ten impossible; hitch your wagon to a star, or you will just stay where you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh i' th' alehouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45490]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh i' th' alehouse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continued from yesterday:  The result of all this is that the Christian is a free man. It is here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continued from yesterday:  The result of all this is that the Christian is a free man. It is here to be observed that the term "freedom" is ambiguous in common usage. It is sometimes used to imply that a man can do just as he likes, undetermined by any external force. To this the determinist replies that as a matter of fact this freedom is so limited by the laws which condition man's empirical existence as to be illusory. The rejoinder from the advocates of free will is that no external force can determine a man's moral conduct (and with mere automatism we are not concerned), unless it is presented in consciousness, and that in being so presented it becomes a desire, a temptation, or a motive. In suffering himself to be determined by these, the man is not submitting to external control, but to something which he has already made a part of himself, for good or ill. When, however, we have said that, we are faced with a further problem. Not all that is desired is desirable, and in being moved by my immediate desire I may be balking myself of that ultimate satisfaction which is the real object of all effort. If that is so, then to "do as I like" may well be no freedom at all. There is a law of our being which forbids satisfaction to be found along that line, as it is written, "He gave them their desire, and sent leanness into their souls." (Ps. 106:15) (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we have to rebuild, we just have to keep them going like they played today, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30867]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we have to rebuild, we just have to keep them going like they played today,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877   The entrance into Jerusalem [on Palm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877   The entrance into Jerusalem [on Palm Sunday] has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions -- even parading without a permit! Also, when Jesus "set his face to go to Jerusalem," what was involved was direct action, an open confrontation and public demonstration of the incompatibility of evil with the Kingdom of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9164]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8975]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very comfortable taking a second role to him. There is no doubt about his ability to step up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very comfortable taking a second role to him. There is no doubt about his ability to step up in big games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes begging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes begging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46540</guid></item></channel></rss>