<?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 successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47391]]></link><description><![CDATA[The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20017]]></link><description><![CDATA[We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is small or great in God's sight; whatever He wills becomes great to us, however trifling, and if once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is small or great in God's sight; whatever He wills becomes great to us, however trifling, and if once the voice of conscience tells us that He requires anything of us, we have no right to measure its importance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She hath made me four and twenty nosegays for the shearers--three-man songmen all, and very good ones; but they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56472]]></link><description><![CDATA[She hath made me four and twenty nosegays for the shearers--three-man songmen all, and very good ones; but they are most of them means and bases, but one puritan amongst them, and he sings psalms to hornpipes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A happier lot were mine, If I must lose thee, to go down to earth,  For I shall have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57250]]></link><description><![CDATA[A happier lot were mine, If I must lose thee, to go down to earth,  For I shall have no hope when thou art gone,--   Nothing but sorrow. Father have I none,    And no dear mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bull I would have drawn didn't buck; it just ran. When it runs, you can't hold on, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39164]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bull I would have drawn didn't buck; it just ran. When it runs, you can't hold on,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A college education shows a man how little other people know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13498]]></link><description><![CDATA[A college education shows a man how little other people know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When's it going to get real? When are there going to be two sides? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40965]]></link><description><![CDATA[When's it going to get real? When are there going to be two sides?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beggar through the world am I, From place to place I wander by.  Fill up my pilgrim's scrip ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3928]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beggar through the world am I, From place to place I wander by.  Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me,   For Christ's sweet sake and charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1780]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This change in our name better reflects who we are and where we are going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33004]]></link><description><![CDATA[This change in our name better reflects who we are and where we are going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45419]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon will undergo treatment and we'll review the situation ahead of Sunday's game in Sydney. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simon will undergo treatment and we'll review the situation ahead of Sunday's game in Sydney.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no signs of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no signs of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is love; in no case is it logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is love; in no case is it logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: viz., avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: viz., avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never say "Fail" again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never say "Fail" again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pessimistic. And I don't see him back. The closer we get to June 1, you know, I don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30870]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pessimistic. And I don't see him back. The closer we get to June 1, you know, I don't think he'll be with us. I'll be watching someone else for the Titans. That's not what we intended, but it looks like that's the way it's going to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the intermission, between group one and group two, you go to your dressing-room and change every stitch you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35582]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the intermission, between group one and group two, you go to your dressing-room and change every stitch you have on you: underwear, shirt, tie, socks, pants and tails. Your other clothes are soaking wet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's absolutely devastating, ... It's one thing to see it on TV, and it's another to talk to a mom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33592]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's absolutely devastating, ... It's one thing to see it on TV, and it's another to talk to a mom and dad and children who have lost everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a woman ceases to alter the fashion of her hair, you guess that she has passed the crisis of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42083]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a woman ceases to alter the fashion of her hair, you guess that she has passed the crisis of her experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The abuse of these laws is not only the worry of Muslims but the Australian community, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abuse of these laws is not only the worry of Muslims but the Australian community,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace has no borders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace has no borders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bonus point counts when you are trying to win it all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bonus point counts when you are trying to win it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always succeed in producing a result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21402]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always succeed in producing a result.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus did not finish all the urgent tasks in Palestine or all the things He would have liked to do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7349]]></link><description><![CDATA[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 Gad 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/7349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63648]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow,  Gloves as sweet as damask roses,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow,  Gloves as sweet as damask roses,   Masks for faces and for noses,    Bugle bracelet, necklace amber,     Perfume for a lady's chamber,      Golden quoifs and stomachers       For my lads to give their dears,        Pins and poking-sticks of steel,         What maids lack from head to heel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy is going to catch the attention of the market. It's probably a force that's not going to leave because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy is going to catch the attention of the market. It's probably a force that's not going to leave because we're in transition from concern about oil to concerns about natural gas and how that will affect consumer spending as we head into winter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. [Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. [Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just tried to talk to her and get her to settle down after that first big jump, because she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just tried to talk to her and get her to settle down after that first big jump, because she was jumping all over the place in celebration afterwards. It's like hitting a home run in baseball. The next time at bat, you swing so hard you can't even see the ball. I wanted her to stay focused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What thin partitions sense from thought divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55108]]></link><description><![CDATA[What thin partitions sense from thought divide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's crime rates, the political situation and public life allow us to hold the elections because a civil society has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's crime rates, the political situation and public life allow us to hold the elections because a civil society has been built in the Chechen republic,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28999</guid></item></channel></rss>