<?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[Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because he is a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still cry, the kids still cry. It still affects us all no matter how longs it's been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42667]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still cry, the kids still cry. It still affects us all no matter how longs it's been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about.... If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about.... If you want to get along, go along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15861]]></link><description><![CDATA[A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many can argue; not many converse ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many can argue; not many converse]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each song, you're telling a story and acting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each song, you're telling a story and acting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57693]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62225]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want free life, and I want fresh air; And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want free life, and I want fresh air; And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,  The crack of the whip like shots in battle,   The medley of horns, and hoofs, and heads    That wars, and wrangles, and scatters and spreads;     The green beneath and the blue above,      And dash, and danger, and life and love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got the skill and everything else he needs to be one of the top goalies in the league. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30072]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got the skill and everything else he needs to be one of the top goalies in the league. I believe he's really sharp. I never have to tell him anything twice. He's got that visualization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point, we have grave concerns because of the expense that small businesses might incur in trying to comply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35446]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point, we have grave concerns because of the expense that small businesses might incur in trying to comply with the ordinance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so aggravating than calmness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/668]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We try to take advantage of everything. If we have one mismatch we'll ride it as long as we can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40409]]></link><description><![CDATA[We try to take advantage of everything. If we have one mismatch we'll ride it as long as we can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes. [Lat., Neque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60132]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes. [Lat., Neque est ullum certius amicitiae vinculum, quam consensus et societas consiliorum et voluntatum.,]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64052]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She concedes that she's the one she pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27884]]></link><description><![CDATA[She concedes that she's the one she pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20022]]></link><description><![CDATA[show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was it for this the clay grew tall? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was it for this the clay grew tall?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no retracing our steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50363]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no retracing our steps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17854]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5315]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38648]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. They were fun to watch play. When they received that award, they were all dressed up in red and white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53508]]></link><description><![CDATA[With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the Nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of the South and their countrymen moldering the dust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Salt Merchant and His AssA peddler drove his Ass to the seashore to buy salt. His road home lay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Salt Merchant and His AssA peddler drove his Ass to the seashore to buy salt. His road home lay across a stream into which his Ass, making a false step, fell by accident and rose up again with his load considerably lighter, as the water melted the sack. The Peddler retraced his steps and refilled his panniers with a larger quantity of salt than before. When he came again to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in the same spot, and, regaining his feet with the weight of his load much diminished, brayed triumphantly as if he had obtained what he desired. The Peddler saw through his trick and drove him for the third time to the coast, where he bought a cargo of sponges instead of salt. The Ass, again playing the fool, fell down on purpose when he reached the stream, but the sponges became swollen with water, greatly increasing his load. And thus his trick recoiled on him, for he now carried on his back a double burden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have made design adjustments with the intent of avoiding the shrine. We are pretty confident we will be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38052]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have made design adjustments with the intent of avoiding the shrine. We are pretty confident we will be able to avoid it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have your face bare; I am all face. [Fr., Vous avez bien la face desouverte; moi je suis tout ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14868]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have your face bare; I am all face. [Fr., Vous avez bien la face desouverte; moi je suis tout face.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kissed thee, ere I killed thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Left that command Sole daughter of his voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Left that command Sole daughter of his voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forrester's company is getting business through Norcross's bank, so he's locked into the whole pay-to-play politics of this state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forrester's company is getting business through Norcross's bank, so he's locked into the whole pay-to-play politics of this state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30732</guid></item></channel></rss>