<?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[Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35010]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An inch in missing is as bad as an ell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48975]]></link><description><![CDATA[An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man that function  Is smothered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60020]]></link><description><![CDATA[My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man that function  Is smothered in surmise and nothing is   But what is not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was ridiculous that they even went to Wayne. He was the biggest Western movie star of all time, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37074]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was ridiculous that they even went to Wayne. He was the biggest Western movie star of all time, and they must have known he couldn't take it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain;  But the Lord is risen to-day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13146]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain;  But the Lord is risen to-day,   Christ hath brought us life again,    Wherefore let us all rejoice,     Singing loud, with cheerful voice,      Hallelujah!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Why me?" That is the soldier's first question, asked each morning as the patrols go out and each evening as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57119]]></link><description><![CDATA["Why me?" That is the soldier's first question, asked each morning as the patrols go out and each evening as the night settles around the foxholes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56950]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is clear, though, that the Genesis experience bolsters the previous conclusion that an MSR entry vehicle must be designed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41705]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is clear, though, that the Genesis experience bolsters the previous conclusion that an MSR entry vehicle must be designed to maintain containment of the samples in the event that a parachute or any other entry, descent, and landing deployment or actuation fails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8393]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One cost people don't factor in is that of a tried-and-true support mechanism. If [a Microsoft] product fails, we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31923]]></link><description><![CDATA[One cost people don't factor in is that of a tried-and-true support mechanism. If [a Microsoft] product fails, we have a single phone number we can call.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are cats lazy? Well, more power to them if they are. Which one of us has not entertained the dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are cats lazy? Well, more power to them if they are. Which one of us has not entertained the dream of doing just as he likes, when and how he likes, and as much as he likes?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank Thee for this place in which we dwell; for the love that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank Thee for this place in which we dwell; for the love that unites us; for the peace accorded us this day; for the hope with which we expect the morrow; for the health, the work, the food, and the bright skies that make our lives delightful; for our friends in all parts of the earth, and our friendly helpers in this foreign isle [Samoa]... Give us courage, gaiety, and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. Bless us, if it may be, in all our innocent endeavors. If it may not be, give us the strength to encounter that which is to come, that we be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath, and in all changes of fortune and down to the gates of death, loyal and loving to one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to change a mind-set, because there has been a lack of success with men's basketball. One of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36067]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to change a mind-set, because there has been a lack of success with men's basketball. One of the biggest things when I came in was to look at it from top to bottom. We're trying to put a new eye on things. ... A lot of people in the department have been here for a long time, 10 or 12 or 15 years. Hopefully I can bring some insight from (XU's) program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65169]]></link><description><![CDATA[First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Records aren't what come to mind. The markets are improving, but they're not red hot. Local employers are still moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Records aren't what come to mind. The markets are improving, but they're not red hot. Local employers are still moving with caution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse, As undertakers walk before the hearse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse, As undertakers walk before the hearse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A behaviorist is someone who pulls habits out of rats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17223]]></link><description><![CDATA[A behaviorist is someone who pulls habits out of rats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World-wide apart, and yet akin, As showing that the human heart  Beats on forever as of old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58526]]></link><description><![CDATA[World-wide apart, and yet akin, As showing that the human heart  Beats on forever as of old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[will insure that you will never serve a dried-out, hard, tasteless pork chop again and your pork loin roasts will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30734]]></link><description><![CDATA[will insure that you will never serve a dried-out, hard, tasteless pork chop again and your pork loin roasts will be juicy and tender.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47232]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With deep affection And recollection  I often think of   Those Shandon bells,    Whose sounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4124]]></link><description><![CDATA[With deep affection And recollection  I often think of   Those Shandon bells,    Whose sounds so wild would,     In the days of childhood,      Fling round my cradle       Their magic spells.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16672]]></link><description><![CDATA[To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensive player, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41036]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensive player, and his offense keeps getting better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the prettiest foot! Oh, if a man could but fasten his eyes to her feet, as they steal in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15559]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the prettiest foot! Oh, if a man could but fasten his eyes to her feet, as they steal in and out, and play at bo-peep under her petticoats!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Simon the cellarer keep a rare store Of Malmsey and Malvoisie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old Simon the cellarer keep a rare store Of Malmsey and Malvoisie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was like my big brother, ... He really took care of me -- made sure I met everybody, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30253]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was like my big brother, ... He really took care of me -- made sure I met everybody, and played practice rounds with great players. He did a lot for me when I came out, things I'll never forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most plans are just inaccurate predictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/482]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just sent some information about him to a student last week, ... I get inquiries on and off throughout ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33102]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just sent some information about him to a student last week, ... I get inquiries on and off throughout the year. It seems like more and more people are catching on that he came here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bigger they are, the further they have to fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18255]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a compromiser and a maneuverer. I try to get "something." That's the way our system works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have triedand succeeded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21982]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have triedand succeeded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are neither dismissive nor cynical, ... They believe that the changes will matter and some of the early evidence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30778]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are neither dismissive nor cynical, ... They believe that the changes will matter and some of the early evidence, such as the rate of goal-scoring, bears out their expectations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4006</guid></item></channel></rss>