<?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[The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of fine and independent living, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52058]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of fine and independent living, and for that a professional chair offers no special opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since such uncultivated and rude simplicity inspires greater reverence for itself than any eloquence, what ought one to conclude except ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since such uncultivated and rude simplicity inspires greater reverence for itself than any eloquence, what ought one to conclude except that the force of Sacred Scripture is manifestly too powerful to need the art of words?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westminster Abbey, or Victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Westminster Abbey, or Victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither doesbathing-that's why we recommend it daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21204]]></link><description><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither doesbathing-that's why we recommend it daily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on fire. [Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on fire. [Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23396]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all lean towards the koa because that's what Hawaii is known for. But it's tough to work with, especially ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33742]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all lean towards the koa because that's what Hawaii is known for. But it's tough to work with, especially when you get the curly koa. Because of the complexity of the grain, it's a very challenging wood. Mango is a fabulous wood and it's underrated. For some reason, it doesn't carry the influence that koa does. Mango is some beautiful wood. I work some 30 varieties, generally, because I love the variety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern attempts to get away from the sheer historical facts of the Resurrection are, at best, based on a total ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern attempts to get away from the sheer historical facts of the Resurrection are, at best, based on a total misunderstanding. The whole Bible proclaims the need for, and the achievement of, a salvation that will remake creation, and it is just such a salvation, at once supernatural and historical, that was won on Easter Day. If the Resurrection narratives are [merely] a subtle way of convincing us that God still loves us, or that there is a life beyond death, they must be reckoned among the oddest and most ill-conceived stories ever written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25106]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. -Anita Roddick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include important decision-making processes, such as the family, but also produce much of the background social capital without which the other major institutions of society could not function nearly as effectively as they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18114]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accident counts for much in companionship, as in marriage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accident counts for much in companionship, as in marriage]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he's just a great songwriter, and obviously, artist-wise, that speaks for itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he's just a great songwriter, and obviously, artist-wise, that speaks for itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something this famous has no value left, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something this famous has no value left,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65868]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3186]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.  'Tis more by art, than force of numerous strokes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more indicators that are getting better than are getting worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34091]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more indicators that are getting better than are getting worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it 'dull' that Jesse James once got bitten on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it 'dull' that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an ant, and at first it didn't seem like anything, but then the bite got worse and worse, so he went to a doctor in town, and the secretary told him to wait, so he sat down and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and then finally he got to see the doctor, and the doctor put some salve on it? You call that dull?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65504]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35562]]></link><description><![CDATA[During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum while providing maximum exposure. He was instrumental in developing an Air Force Reserve Player of the Game' award presented at all home games. He has promoted Military Appreciation Days and first pitch opportunities for all branches of the military. His patriotism is second to none, and his marketing expertise has greatly benefited the 302nd Airlift Wing recruiting effort over the past ten years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The automobile has not merely taken over the street, it has dissolved the living tissue of the city ... Gas-filled, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47673]]></link><description><![CDATA[The automobile has not merely taken over the street, it has dissolved the living tissue of the city ... Gas-filled, noisy and hazardous, our streets have become the most inhumane landscape in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53623]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow the teachings of the new, he would be insane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34085]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we want people to talk about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was incredible how strong the results were. The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41960]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was incredible how strong the results were. The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death and a fear of the US occupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48555]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whither goest thou? [Lat., Quo vadis?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whither goest thou? [Lat., Quo vadis?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20847]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quick success was a bit strange to get used to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34911]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25330]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who could tell such a story with dry eyes? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man that is warned is half armed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50961]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man that is warned is half armed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22181]]></link><description><![CDATA[America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A name unmusical to the Volscians' ears, And harsh in sound to thine. -Coriolanus. Act iv. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56083]]></link><description><![CDATA[A name unmusical to the Volscians' ears, And harsh in sound to thine. -Coriolanus. Act iv. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adams first law of survival: Get even first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adams first law of survival: Get even first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32316</guid></item></channel></rss>