<?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[On what strange stuff Ambition feeds! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2316]]></link><description><![CDATA[On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're in a position we were in, you want to get it done sooner than later. This is a game ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30789]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're in a position we were in, you want to get it done sooner than later. This is a game where their sights are clearly to win, as it was for Guatemala the last time we were in Guatemala. It will be interesting to see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Less is only more where more is no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Less is only more where more is no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a lot better player, getting in there more and getting to go against all of the hitters on the other team instead of just one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  Upon a little reflection one can see that no concepts which are restricted to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  Upon a little reflection one can see that no concepts which are restricted to Christianity could possibly be found in a language spoken only by pagans. How could pagans have developed words for Christian ideas which have never occurred to them? This identical situation existed when the Holy Spirit inspired the New Testament. At that time many pagan words, with pagan-thought background, were used in Christian contexts; by the contexts the present Christian meaning eventually built up, until it was possible to express all the Christian meaning in the pagan terms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no fool like an old fool -- you can't beat experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27810]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no fool like an old fool -- you can't beat experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest guy you ever met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31867]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest guy you ever met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men. She is author of The Color Purple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,  That God alone was to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56510]]></link><description><![CDATA[And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,  That God alone was to be seen in Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue ofResponsibility on the west coast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue ofResponsibility on the west coast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year it always happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39775]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year it always happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57928]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to take us three or four weeks to learn how to play under pressure. Even if you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39945]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to take us three or four weeks to learn how to play under pressure. Even if you have to wait till the last few minutes if you keep passing it around and don't give it away to easily then things will finally open up. When you start to relax and keep possession and wait for your opportunities goals will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54746]]></link><description><![CDATA[To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pouter, tumbler, and fantail are from the same source; The racer and hack may be traced to one Horse;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pouter, tumbler, and fantail are from the same source; The racer and hack may be traced to one Horse;  So men were developed from monkeys of course,   Which nobody can deny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  Social enthusiasms have such power today, they raise people so effectively to the supreme degree of heroism in suffering and death, that I think it is as well that a few sheep should remain outside the fold in order to bear witness that the love of Christ is essentially something different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was happy with our decision-making down the stretch. That's probably the best we've done with that this year. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35471]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was happy with our decision-making down the stretch. That's probably the best we've done with that this year. We had seen Central come back before, but we managed the game well in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He told the people the truth - not the whole truth, but it was the first time in Russian history ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He told the people the truth - not the whole truth, but it was the first time in Russian history that a leader has told the people the bitter truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where water is boss, the land must obbey ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where water is boss, the land must obbey]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12651]]></link><description><![CDATA[But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39464]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training is all-encompassing and should be related to everything a unit does, or can have happen to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Training is all-encompassing and should be related to everything a unit does, or can have happen to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There aren't any embarrassing questions -- only embarrassing answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23364]]></link><description><![CDATA[There aren't any embarrassing questions -- only embarrassing answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57369]]></link><description><![CDATA[They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I lately stood with a friend before [the cathedral of] Amiens, . . . he asked me how it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3024]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I lately stood with a friend before [the cathedral of] Amiens, . . . he asked me how it happens that we can no longer build such piles? I replied: "Dear Alphonse, men in those days had convictions (Ueberzeugungen), we moderns have opinions (Meinungen) and it requires something more than an opinion to build a Gothic cathedral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea. [He that will learn to pray, let him go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49411]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea. [He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17042]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28872]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence promotes the presence of God, prevents many harsh and proud words, and suppresses many dangers in the way of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence promotes the presence of God, prevents many harsh and proud words, and suppresses many dangers in the way of ridiculing or harshly judging our neighbors... If you are faithful in keeping silence when it is not necessary to speak, God will preserve you from evil when it is right for you to talk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57819]]></link><description><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender eyes,   As stars look on the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had three chances to win the ballgame, and we blew all three of them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32329]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had three chances to win the ballgame, and we blew all three of them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31994]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So often, it's the men and their business dealings that make it down through history. But this gives us a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40130]]></link><description><![CDATA[So often, it's the men and their business dealings that make it down through history. But this gives us a chance to look at the females of these times and the strong roles they played in society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My feet, they haul me Round the House, They hoist me up the Stairs;  I only have to steer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15558]]></link><description><![CDATA[My feet, they haul me Round the House, They hoist me up the Stairs;  I only have to steer them, and   They Ride me Everywheres.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some airports where a change of terminals is needed, that time can run upwards of two hours. By locating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36818]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some airports where a change of terminals is needed, that time can run upwards of two hours. By locating in the same terminal, the minimum time can be as little as 35 minutes for some flights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get people excited and there's a trickle-down effect. Just the names create interest. Robert Cray (who will perform at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38524]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get people excited and there's a trickle-down effect. Just the names create interest. Robert Cray (who will perform at the Grand in August), and national artists like that, I love seeing that kind of stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5901]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46489</guid></item></channel></rss>