<?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[People who come up with "It may not work" or "What are we going to do if it fails?" do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21741]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who come up with "It may not work" or "What are we going to do if it fails?" do not have the credentials to be businessmen. If there is only a 1 percent chance of success, a true businessperson sees that 1 percent as the spark to light a fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public business: "we do much for posterity; I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public business: "we do much for posterity; I would fain see them do something for us."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated,  And now doth fare ill   On the top of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated,  And now doth fare ill   On the top of the bare hill;    The Ploughboy is whooping--anon--anon!     There's joy in the mountains:      There's life in the fountains;       Small clouds are sailing,        Blue sky prevailing;         The rain is over and gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Apes and the Two Travelers TWO MEN, one who always spoke the truth and the other who toldnothing but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1506]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Apes and the Two Travelers TWO MEN, one who always spoke the truth and the other who toldnothing but lies, were traveling together and by chance came tothe land of Apes. One of the Apes, who had raised himself to beking, commanded them to be seized and brought before him, that hemight know what was said of him among men. He ordered at thesame time that all the Apes be arranged in a long row on hisright hand and on his left, and that a throne be placed for him,as was the custom among men. After these preparations hesignified that the two men should be brought before him, andgreeted them with this salutation: What sort of a king do I seemto you to be, O strangers?' The Lying Traveler replied, You seemto me a most mighty king. And what is your estimate of thoseyou see around me?' These, he made answer, are worthycompanions of yourself, fit at least to be ambassadors andleaders of armies. The Ape and all his court, gratified with thelie, commanded that a handsome present be given to the flatterer. On this the truthful Traveler thought to himself, If so great areward be given for a lie, with what gift may not I be rewarded,if, according to my custom, I tell the truth?' The Ape quicklyturned to him. And pray how do I and these my friends around meseem to you?' Thou art, he said, a most excellent Ape, and allthese thy companions after thy example are excellent Apes too.The King of the Apes, enraged at hearing these truths, gave himover to the teeth and claws of his companions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always going to be competition to be better. Last year's team was senior-driven, this year we have the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39941]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always going to be competition to be better. Last year's team was senior-driven, this year we have the numbers with 20 seniors and many underclassmen that are going to play key roles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34873]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others. I am myself spiritually dead unless I reach out to the fine quality dormant in others. For it is only with the god enthroned in the innermost shrine of the other, that the god hidden in me, will consent to appear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.  But were we burd'ned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.  But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain,   As much or more we should ourselves complain:    So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee,     With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me;      But if thou live to see like right bereft,       This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27598]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can be seen your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can be seen your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For their analogy to work, Jim would be defending Best Buy, not suing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41815]]></link><description><![CDATA[For their analogy to work, Jim would be defending Best Buy, not suing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been, The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been, The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom.(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom.(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to be in love than to watch it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to be in love than to watch it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all in a holding pattern waiting to see what happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37847]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all in a holding pattern waiting to see what happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy Will for Deed I do accept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy Will for Deed I do accept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men. [Lat., Qui ex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52458]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men. [Lat., Qui ex errore imperitae multitudinis pendet, hic in magnis viris non est habendus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54899]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54899</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[Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, but to create something that will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65402]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, but to create something that will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beslan Mothers are becoming more and more empowered with time passing, ... The meeting is a very good move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Beslan Mothers are becoming more and more empowered with time passing, ... The meeting is a very good move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not really definitive evidence. But on the other hand, what do we do while we wait for definitive evidence? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32342]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not really definitive evidence. But on the other hand, what do we do while we wait for definitive evidence? We have lots of reasons to exercise, so perhaps this is another reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Setting aside the scandal caused by His Messianic claims and His reputation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6874]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Setting aside the scandal caused by His Messianic claims and His reputation as a political firebrand, only two accusations of personal depravity seem to have been brought against Jesus of Nazareth. First, that He was a Sabbath-breaker. Secondly, that He was "a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners" -- or (to draw aside the veil of Elizabethan English that makes it sound so much more respectable) that He ate too heartily, drank too freely, and kept very disreputable company, including grafters of the lowest type and ladies who were no better than they should be. For nineteen and a half centuries, the Christian Churches have laboured, not without success, to remove this unfortunate impression made by their Lord and Master. They have hustled the Magdalens from the Communion-table, founded Total Abstinence Societies in the name of Him who made the water wine, and added improvements of their own, such as various bans and anathemas upon dancing and theatre-going. They have transferred the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, and, feeling that the original commandment "Thou shalt not work" was rather half-hearted, have added to it the new commandment, "Thou shalt not play.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I could not sleep for cold I had fire enough in my brain,  And builded with roofs of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20526]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I could not sleep for cold I had fire enough in my brain,  And builded with roofs of gold   My beautiful castles in Spain!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was no way to plug the leak. The driver tried, but he got soaked in gas and had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35566]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was no way to plug the leak. The driver tried, but he got soaked in gas and had to be treated in the ambulance,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dog has got more fun out of man than man has got out of the dog, for man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dog has got more fun out of man than man has got out of the dog, for man is the more laughable of the two animals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to prepare dough ahead for pizza crusts too. Whenever I bake loaves of whole wheat, anadama, herb, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31140]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to prepare dough ahead for pizza crusts too. Whenever I bake loaves of whole wheat, anadama, herb, or other breads . . . I just mix up a little extra, package the dough in onepound lots, and freeze it right alongside my other ingredients. ThenÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âwhen pizza day rolls aroundÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âall I have to do is go to the freezer and select one container of crust, one sauce, one sausage, and one cheese . . . thaw everything . . . roll out the dough and spread on the sauce, sausage, and cheese . . . bake my creation at 450ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â°F for about 15 minutes or until the cheese is slightly browned . . . and 'serve 'er up' to a hungry family of four.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great dowry is a bed full of brables. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49032]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great dowry is a bed full of brables.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And shut the gates of mercy on mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27337]]></link><description><![CDATA[And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And trying to get to sleep earlier to avoid the morning "zombie effect" is pointless, he said: "The biological clock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62679]]></link><description><![CDATA[And trying to get to sleep earlier to avoid the morning "zombie effect" is pointless, he said: "The biological clock is extremely accurate and not easily changed. In a way, their brains are trying very hard to go back to sleep in the mornings."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27294]]></link><description><![CDATA[All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44416]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17255]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom Know this, that every man is free To choose his life and what he'll be. For this eternal truth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom Know this, that every man is free To choose his life and what he'll be. For this eternal truth is given, God will force no man to heaven. He'll call, persuade, direct aright, Bless with wisdom, love, and light; In nameless ways be good and kind, But never force the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2845]]></link><description><![CDATA[UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35813]]></link><description><![CDATA[All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs into the Treaty of Nice,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53363]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49043]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can tell you for an eternal truth that troubled souls are always safe. It is the untroubled that are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7095]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can tell you for an eternal truth that troubled souls are always safe. It is the untroubled that are in danger. Trouble in itself is always a claim on love, and God is love. He must deny Himself if He does not come to help the helpless. It is the prisoners, and the blind, and the leper, and the possessed, and the hungry, and the tempest-tossed, who are His special care. Therefore if you are lost and sick and bound, you are just in the place where He can meet you. Blessed are the mourners. They shall be comforted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66371</guid></item></channel></rss>