<?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[We certainly understand parents' concerns, and we don't want to associate ourselves with promoting alcohol to youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32672]]></link><description><![CDATA[We certainly understand parents' concerns, and we don't want to associate ourselves with promoting alcohol to youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be no doubt about whether we love our neighbor or not. Be sure that, in proportion as you advance in fraternal charity, you are increasing your love of God, for His Majesty bears so tender an affection for us that I cannot doubt He will repay our love for others by augmenting, and in a thousand different ways, that which we bear for Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.   - Thomas W. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25962]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.   - Thomas W. Higginson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3058]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1774]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we see a speck in a brother's eye, we must first see if there is a log in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6745]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we see a speck in a brother's eye, we must first see if there is a log in our own eye; perhaps that speck in our brother's eye is only a reflection of the beam in our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The honey-bee that wanders all day long The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er,  To gather in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3897]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honey-bee that wanders all day long The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er,  To gather in his fragrant winter store,   Humming in calm content his winter song,    Seeks not alone the rose's glowing breast,     The lily's dainty cup, the violet's lips,      But from all rank and noxious weeds he sips       The single drop of sweetness closely pressed        Within the poison chalice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8784]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[If] there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8415]]></link><description><![CDATA[[If] there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other, until God shall have revealed the truth to all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men have reaching hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men have reaching hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53182]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own conscience no guilty man is acquitted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own conscience no guilty man is acquitted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12650]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17919]]></link><description><![CDATA[And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36599]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Clinton Administration has seemed to put more concern on scoring political points than advancing serious reform. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Clinton Administration has seemed to put more concern on scoring political points than advancing serious reform.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36983]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really proud of the way we played today. These were the toughest conditions we've dealt with all year, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really proud of the way we played today. These were the toughest conditions we've dealt with all year, yet we scored our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52034]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That continuity from year to year is important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39898]]></link><description><![CDATA[That continuity from year to year is important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the only absolute thing in the world. Nothing stays the same.Tomorrow will come,with new beginnings and sometimes unexpected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the only absolute thing in the world. Nothing stays the same.Tomorrow will come,with new beginnings and sometimes unexpected endings. You can hold on to the past and get left in the dust, or you can choose to jump on the ride of life and live a new adventure with perseverance and an open mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer begins where human capacity ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer begins where human capacity ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46714]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The uncertainty lies always in the intellectual region, never in the practical. What Paul cares about is plain enough to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8146]]></link><description><![CDATA[The uncertainty lies always in the intellectual region, never in the practical. What Paul cares about is plain enough to the true heart, however far from plain to the man whose desire to understand goes ahead of his obedience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there:  Then looking up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there:  Then looking up and round the prospect wide,   When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good workemen are seldome rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good workemen are seldome rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this is about, I think the homosexual agenda and the Log Cabin Republicans, they're the ones at the center ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31890]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this is about, I think the homosexual agenda and the Log Cabin Republicans, they're the ones at the center of this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get off the grapevine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge:  All is, I never drink no sperit,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge:  All is, I never drink no sperit,   Nor I haint never signed no pledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no regrets because I did everything by the book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no regrets because I did everything by the book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4309]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time discovers truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time discovers truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath the spice, may season as he list. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49358]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath the spice, may season as he list.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concert was all about raising awareness, but Peter looked like he was having trouble raising his own awareness - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concert was all about raising awareness, but Peter looked like he was having trouble raising his own awareness - he looked wasted,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your lordship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swallow follows not summer more willing than we your lordship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My brother was very happy to have been set free. He was not expecting this decision. He was writing a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28435]]></link><description><![CDATA[My brother was very happy to have been set free. He was not expecting this decision. He was writing a new Bible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12994</guid></item></channel></rss>