<?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[When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/827]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conception that government should be guided by majority opinion makes sense only if that opinion is independent of government. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conception that government should be guided by majority opinion makes sense only if that opinion is independent of government. The ideal of democracy rests on the belief that the view which will direct government emerges from an independent and spontaneous process. It requires, therefore, the existence of a large sphere independent of majority control in which the opinions of the individuals are formed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that only 17 points were scored in round three is testament to both teams. There was not much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32585]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that only 17 points were scored in round three is testament to both teams. There was not much between us. It was fairly physical and fairly brutal. There was a lot of errors but that was due to pressure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll look forward to what they have to tell them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40392]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll look forward to what they have to tell them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't think for a second the property won't be developed. We aren't naive. We just want something that's reasonable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31350]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't think for a second the property won't be developed. We aren't naive. We just want something that's reasonable and well thought out and well financed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the bestof us, that it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22713]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the bestof us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is the deadliest form of denial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is the deadliest form of denial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In the  ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam  Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41327]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In the  ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam  Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... Three of the prayer leaders were  martyred during the Iran-Iraq war [of the 1980s].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocks, torrents, gulfs, and shapes of giant size And glitt'ring cliff on cliffs, and fiery ramparts rise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rocks, torrents, gulfs, and shapes of giant size And glitt'ring cliff on cliffs, and fiery ramparts rise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all things it is better to hope than to despair ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11993]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all things it is better to hope than to despair]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28021]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41482]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64217]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42902]]></link><description><![CDATA[He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is a verb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22294]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is a verb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This therefore is a certain truth, that hell and death, curse and misery, can never cease or be removed from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7364]]></link><description><![CDATA[This therefore is a certain truth, that hell and death, curse and misery, can never cease or be removed from the creation till the will of the creature is again as it came from God and is only a Spirit of Love that wills nothing but goodness. All the whole fallen creation, stand it never so long, must groan and travail in pain, till every contrariety to the divine will is entirely taken from every creature. Which is only saying, that all the powers and properties of nature are a misery to themselves, can only work in disquiet and wrath, till the birth of the Son of God brings them under the dominion and power of the Spirit of Love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17034]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not released from his commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is a sacred communion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is a sacred communion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And see all sights from pole to pole, / And glance, and nod, and bustle by; / And never once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42223]]></link><description><![CDATA[And see all sights from pole to pole, / And glance, and nod, and bustle by; / And never once possess our soul / Before we die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57047]]></link><description><![CDATA[For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate...before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts...but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what you're supposed to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64719]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had a pretty significant rally over the last few months. The fundamentals have been better, but perhaps the stocks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had a pretty significant rally over the last few months. The fundamentals have been better, but perhaps the stocks got a little bit ahead of the fundamentals as a number of companies have met or exceeded second-quarter expectations but haven't necessarily raised the bar for future quarters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got caught kissing. Like by my parents. It was so horrible. It's so embarrassing, I'm blushing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13714]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got caught kissing. Like by my parents. It was so horrible. It's so embarrassing, I'm blushing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, well, be it so, thou strongest their of all, For thou hast stolen my will, and made it thine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, well, be it so, thou strongest their of all, For thou hast stolen my will, and made it thine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment... quality is important because it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57468]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment... quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/885]]></link><description><![CDATA[My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give out and out, to man or woman, money, food, clothing, or anything else, if they are able-bodied and can work and earn what they need, when there is anything on earth for them to do. This is my principle and I try to act upon it. To pursue a contrary course would ruin any community in the world and make them idlers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20582]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy. [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy. [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]   - credited to Sophie Arnould,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir, of myself, and what remains is bestial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51443]]></link><description><![CDATA[O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir, of myself, and what remains is bestial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21900]]></link><description><![CDATA[If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator rather than catering to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I?m just happy that our weather is coming in [today] and not Friday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33527]]></link><description><![CDATA[I?m just happy that our weather is coming in [today] and not Friday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' butthat we become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' butthat we become whom we eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's almost a wash for what you pay for the process and what you'd pay at a lumber yard. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33951]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's almost a wash for what you pay for the process and what you'd pay at a lumber yard. But we're just trying to recycle them, so we did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy without morality is impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy without morality is impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8150]]></link><description><![CDATA[To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are one of the best things that's ever happened to me. You're my love and my best friend. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4160]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are one of the best things that's ever happened to me. You're my love and my best friend. And every day that goes by, it seems like I discover something new about you to love. It's incredible to me how one person can make such a big difference in my life. You touch my heart in a way I never knew before. I discover something new about you to love. It's incredible to me how one person can make such a big difference in my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4160</guid></item></channel></rss>