<?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[Gray sail against the sky, Gray butterfly!  Have you a dream for going.   Or are you the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray sail against the sky, Gray butterfly!  Have you a dream for going.   Or are you the blind wind's blowing?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt everything was under my control. It's an unforgettable match and an unforgettable day. This has been a spectacular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41646]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt everything was under my control. It's an unforgettable match and an unforgettable day. This has been a spectacular year for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44636]]></link><description><![CDATA[A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I really do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48281]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can be seen through your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can be seen through your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hire tea by the tea bag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hire tea by the tea bag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55344]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the seed of ethics ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the seed of ethics]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need reforming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need reforming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early on, I knew what I was getting into. But it's been very tough. It's hard to watch knowing I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early on, I knew what I was getting into. But it's been very tough. It's hard to watch knowing I can't be out there helping the guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53056]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We employ a variety of formations depending upon what the team we play dictates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We employ a variety of formations depending upon what the team we play dictates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given the significant decline in our stock price over the last few weeks, the company believes that the purchase of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given the significant decline in our stock price over the last few weeks, the company believes that the purchase of its stock represents a very attractive investment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful Father, I again appear in Thy presence the wretched misspender of another year which Thy mercy has allowed me. O Lord let me not sink into total depravity, look down upon me, and rescue me at last from the captivity of sin. Impart to me good resolutions, and give me strength and perseverance to perform them. Take not from me Thy Holy Spirit, but grant that I may redeem the time lost, and that by temperance and diligence, by sincere repentance and faithful obedience I may finally attain everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/229]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker. [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56218]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker. [Fr., Quand nous veoyons un homme mal chausse, nous disons que ce n'est pas merveille, s'il est chausstier.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of communication is the language of leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of communication is the language of leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was not a greater gourmand living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50518]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was not a greater gourmand living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check,  Richer than doing nothing for a robe,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48204]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check,  Richer than doing nothing for a robe,   Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk:    Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine     Yet keeps his book uncrossed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other than the U.S. payrolls data, there isn't any fresh market-moving factor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other than the U.S. payrolls data, there isn't any fresh market-moving factor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60262]]></link><description><![CDATA[As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare be bold, you're one of those Have took the covenant,  With cavaliers are cavaliers   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare be bold, you're one of those Have took the covenant,  With cavaliers are cavaliers   And with the saints, a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clouds on clouds, in volumes driven, Curtain round the vault of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clouds on clouds, in volumes driven, Curtain round the vault of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be very good next year. This team knows what it takes to get to this point. We should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29632]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be very good next year. This team knows what it takes to get to this point. We should be right back here, hopefully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much as we all love the show, we do have to run a business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35283]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much as we all love the show, we do have to run a business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5956]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires. The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoop, boys. This gate Instructs you how t' adore the heavens and bows you  To a morning's holy office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stoop, boys. This gate Instructs you how t' adore the heavens and bows you  To a morning's holy office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each year ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30337]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each year this crowd has gotten bigger and better. I think there's 100-150 people in there tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept a miracle; instead of wit,-- See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept a miracle; instead of wit,-- See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13124]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger seek it prey,-- Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw,  Like not to go off hungry, leaving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger seek it prey,-- Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw,  Like not to go off hungry, leaving Love   To feast on milk and honeycomb at will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Diego customers will pay 10 percent of the cost of this project, and yet 100 percent of the benefits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37895]]></link><description><![CDATA[San Diego customers will pay 10 percent of the cost of this project, and yet 100 percent of the benefits of this project will stay in San Diego.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more pleasurable than to sit in the shade, sip gin and contemplate other people's adulteries, and while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more pleasurable than to sit in the shade, sip gin and contemplate other people's adulteries, and while the wormy apple of marriage still lives, the novel will not die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/638</guid></item></channel></rss>