<?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 wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother. [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother. [Lat., Religio peperit divitias et filia devoravit matrem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58907]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  Jesus... did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  Jesus... did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or all the things He would have liked to do, but He did finish the work which God gave Him to do. The only alternative to frustration is to be sure that we are doing what God wants. Nothing substitutes for knowing that this day, this hour, in this place, we are doing the will of the Father. Then and only then can we think of all the other unfinished tasks with equanimity, and leave them with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a greedy eating horse a short halter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49998]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a greedy eating horse a short halter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30862]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5491]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figured he took that extended lead and as I was going to throw, I saw him delaying and tried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32646]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figured he took that extended lead and as I was going to throw, I saw him delaying and tried to hold up and threw the ball away and felt like just the biggest idiot alive at that point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18869]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the dog. [Lat., Plus on apprend a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12659]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the dog. [Lat., Plus on apprend a connaltre l'homme, plus on apprend a estimer le chien.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people s ofull of doubts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood  Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2817]]></link><description><![CDATA[We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood  Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought   That one might almost say her body thought.   - Dr. John Donne,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3788]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/541]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get me some French tailor To new-create you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get me some French tailor To new-create you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate ingratitude more in man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,  Or any taint of vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51529]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate ingratitude more in man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,  Or any taint of vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64694]]></link><description><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12351]]></link><description><![CDATA[In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede--not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We struggled on serving, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37508]]></link><description><![CDATA[We struggled on serving,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. [Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend, But not one foe whom I would wish a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend, But not one foe whom I would wish a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31963]]></link><description><![CDATA[The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins at the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins at the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15043]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without a friend is death without a witnesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our speculation of gas and oil prices made the prices go up before the hurricane hit. Students perceive there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our speculation of gas and oil prices made the prices go up before the hurricane hit. Students perceive there is more drinking going on than there really is, which increases bad behavior. Unfortunately, speculation can create a reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's definitely going to be a positive for the bottom line, but we're talking pennies here. All of this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34321]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's definitely going to be a positive for the bottom line, but we're talking pennies here. All of this is gravy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14136]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22554]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led….]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16367]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46132]]></link><description><![CDATA[No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross    Teach me. O God, to use all the circumstances of my life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross    Teach me. O God, to use all the circumstances of my life to-day that they may bring forth in me the fruits of holiness rather than the fruits of sin.   Let me use disappointment as material for patience:   Let me use success as material for thankfulness:   Let me use suspence as material for perseverance:   Let me use danger as material for courage:   Let me use reproach as material for longsuffering:   Let me use praise as material for humility:   Let me use pleasures as material for temperance:   Let me use pains as material for endurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do have to buy players like Real Madrid and AC Milan so we can't say our philosophy is just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35077]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do have to buy players like Real Madrid and AC Milan so we can't say our philosophy is just to use young players, ... We will bring players in from outside and inside but it is up to me and the academy to make sure the players are good enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine  That cravens my weak hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine  That cravens my weak hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not just one project; the technology will only give you 20% of the ROI. Process changes will give you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not just one project; the technology will only give you 20% of the ROI. Process changes will give you 50% of the ROI, and the last 30% of that ROI equation is the people -- that's your change-management piece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32473</guid></item></channel></rss>