<?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[Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead!  Act,--act in the living Present!   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead!  Act,--act in the living Present!   Heart within and God o'erhead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3620]]></link><description><![CDATA[A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness is the beginning of all vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11916]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own image]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With our business solution in place we are far ahead of any alliance competitor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36815]]></link><description><![CDATA[With our business solution in place we are far ahead of any alliance competitor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humility -- that priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Sunday I had no God but these, The sacerdotal trees, And they uplifted me,  "I hung upon a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday I had no God but these, The sacerdotal trees, And they uplifted me,  "I hung upon a Tree." The sun and moon I saw, And reverential awe Subdued me day and night,  "I am the perfect light." Within a lifeless stone -- All other gods unknown -- I sought Divinity,  "The Corner-stone am I." For sacrificial feast I slaughtered man and beast, Red recompense to gain.  "So I a Lamb was slain." "Yea, such My hungering Grace That whereso'er My face Is hidden, none may grope  Beyond eternal Hope.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Maybe best pop female vocal, I am kind of keeping my fingers crossed but you never know what is going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3581]]></link><description><![CDATA["Maybe best pop female vocal, I am kind of keeping my fingers crossed but you never know what is going on behind the scenes, but good bums come in all shapes and sizes''.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. [Lat., Suave mari ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42809]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. [Lat., Suave mari magno, turbantibus aequora ventis  E terra magnum alterius spectare laborum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you put a dog on a chain, it's going to get aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37264]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you put a dog on a chain, it's going to get aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30765]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the stock market does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5254]]></link><description><![CDATA[You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don't plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should never as a city attempt to put profit over public safety. Public safety must be at the top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34544]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should never as a city attempt to put profit over public safety. Public safety must be at the top of the list of those services that should be the last to be cut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30796]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let deeds match words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let deeds match words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;  Found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;  Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us,   Lost all the others she lets us devote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brighter than Parian marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brighter than Parian marble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Brian can stay out of foul trouble, he's tough to defend in there. He has quick moves and does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28190]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Brian can stay out of foul trouble, he's tough to defend in there. He has quick moves and does a good job on the boards. He had a great game tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philo swears that he has never dined at home, and it is so; he does not dine at all, except ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philo swears that he has never dined at home, and it is so; he does not dine at all, except when invited out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been on a smooth downward trend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been on a smooth downward trend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29643</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[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43857]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62478]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary voyage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19117]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Galloping Gourmet isn't a zombie, just really really English. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Galloping Gourmet isn't a zombie, just really really English.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of Apple's advertising is consistently above average. And more often than not, it's world class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of Apple's advertising is consistently above average. And more often than not, it's world class.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53476]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me. Here, love, thou seest how diligent I am  To dress thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me. Here, love, thou seest how diligent I am  To dress thy meat myself and bring it thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59048]]></link><description><![CDATA[My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21695]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,  And by its weakness overcomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43205]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,  And by its weakness overcomes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet;  Should the big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet;  Should the big last extend the shoe too wide,   Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside;    The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein,     The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain;      And when too short the modish shoes are worn,       You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18304]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I played ball, I didn't play for fun... It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57699]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I played ball, I didn't play for fun... It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as anything comes across him in the shape ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17980]]></link><description><![CDATA["Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens not to like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loe here the precious dust is layd; Whose purely-temper'd clay was made  So fine that it the guest betray'd. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loe here the precious dust is layd; Whose purely-temper'd clay was made  So fine that it the guest betray'd.   Else the soule grew so fast within,    It broke the outward shall of sinne     And so was hatch'd a cherubin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live according to your income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live according to your income.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18205]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18205</guid></item></channel></rss>