<?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[Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither ridiculous shriekings for revenge by French chauvinists, nor the Englishmen's gnashing of teeth, nor the wild gestures of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither ridiculous shriekings for revenge by French chauvinists, nor the Englishmen's gnashing of teeth, nor the wild gestures of the Slavs will turn us from our aim of protecting and extending German influence all the world over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is great by deeds, not by birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65203]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is great by deeds, not by birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punctuality is the politeness of kings ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punctuality is the politeness of kings]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concerning perfect blessed ness which consists in a vision of God. [Lat., Circa beatitudinem perfectam, quae in Dei visione consistit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concerning perfect blessed ness which consists in a vision of God. [Lat., Circa beatitudinem perfectam, quae in Dei visione consistit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let every man practise the trade which he best understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just so happy for them. I just love both of those kids. They gave such a great effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just so happy for them. I just love both of those kids. They gave such a great effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25321]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blest hour! It was a luxury--to be!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4452]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a snowball that turned into an avalanche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35459]]></link><description><![CDATA[a snowball that turned into an avalanche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll not budge an inch. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll not budge an inch. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50071]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine. [Fr., Le veritable Amphitryon  Est l'Amphitryon ou l'on dine.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine. [Fr., Le veritable Amphitryon  Est l'Amphitryon ou l'on dine.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44647]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evangelism is selling a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evangelism is selling a dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everything one thing is impossible: rationality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63607]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everything one thing is impossible: rationality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best policy is to declare victory and leave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best policy is to declare victory and leave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A base of support within your own community is expected. It's a lot easier to talk to people if your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38642]]></link><description><![CDATA[A base of support within your own community is expected. It's a lot easier to talk to people if your own local investors have shown confidence in you. It provides credibility as well as some reciprocity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis very certain the desire of life Prolongs it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48776]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis very certain the desire of life Prolongs it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and reluctance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and reluctance to speak murder the finest and most elegant thoughts and render the most lively conceptions flat and heavy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19878]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13918]]></link><description><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where English minds and manners may be found,   Shall be constrained to love thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The name of the Slough was Despond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The name of the Slough was Despond.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know with our heads that the Bible and the Gospel have a bearing -- sooner or later -- upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know with our heads that the Bible and the Gospel have a bearing -- sooner or later -- upon every issue in life, every problem, every relationship, every practice. But is it not true that in our hearts we are afraid that the full-orbed, unfiltered revelation of God will disturb some custom, some privilege, some status by which we benefit in society, occupation, or government? And knowing that we are profiting by the blood, sweat, and tears of the many, we feel wrath rising in us whenever it is proposed that religion touches the thing in question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The notion of a farseeing and despotic statesman, who can lay down plans for ages yet unborn, is a fancy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The notion of a farseeing and despotic statesman, who can lay down plans for ages yet unborn, is a fancy generated by the pride of the human intellect to which facts give no support.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer you leave it in checking, the more likely it will vanish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer you leave it in checking, the more likely it will vanish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope to continue property acquisition in this area so we can keep building a small number of homes in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37467]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope to continue property acquisition in this area so we can keep building a small number of homes in between the larger projects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've made several films that haven't been shown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39871]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've made several films that haven't been shown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will not allow violence and we will not allow terrorists to derail this process here in Iraq, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29774]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will not allow violence and we will not allow terrorists to derail this process here in Iraq,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   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/7373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no delight in owning anything unshared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56153]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no delight in owning anything unshared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61511</guid></item></channel></rss>