<?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[It was a catastrophic failure, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42136]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a catastrophic failure,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21851]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15178]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend to all is a friend to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64698]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend to all is a friend to none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57639]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if you can be merry then, I'll say A man may weep upon his wedding day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27416]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if you can be merry then, I'll say A man may weep upon his wedding day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45755]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is found in unlikely places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is found in unlikely places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10200]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51649]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39072]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me a pretty easy shot. I got it in, which was huge for us. We really needed to win this game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45492]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No. 18, that was the best hole I played all weekend. I had a good two-putter on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37621]]></link><description><![CDATA[No. 18, that was the best hole I played all weekend. I had a good two-putter on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. [Vulgate Lat., Pax huic domui.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45866]]></link><description><![CDATA[And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. [Vulgate Lat., Pax huic domui.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Anne & Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary  God is none other than the Saviour of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Anne & Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary  God is none other than the Saviour of our wretchedness. So we can only know God well by knowing our iniquities... Those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified him, but have glorified themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the invisible, wherein as in a portrait, things are not truly, but in equivocal shapes, and as they counterfeit some real substance in that invisible fabric.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a pretty devastating loss last Friday, I wondered how the players would respond but I knew everything would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38074]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a pretty devastating loss last Friday, I wondered how the players would respond but I knew everything would be fine when I got to practice on Monday. By the time I got to practice, the players had already started running practice and I knew that they were serious about getting right back to work and were committed to bouncing back and playing to their capabilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roger Normand:Bomb now. Die later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roger Normand:Bomb now. Die later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9341]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18541]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; in the hour of need He was forsaken by acquaintances and left by friends to the depths of scorn. He was willing to suffer and to be despised; do you dare to complain of anything? He had enemies and defamers; do you want everyone to be your friend, your benefactor? How can your patience be rewarded if no adversity tests it? How can you be a friend of Christ if you are not willing to suffer any hardship? Suffer with Christ and for Christ if you wish to reign with Him.  Had you but once entered into perfect communion with Jesus or tasted a little of His ardent love, you would care nothing at all for your own comfort or discomfort but would rejoice in the reproach you suffer; for love of Him makes a man despise himself.  ... Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ May 11, 2000 Concluding a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God had come, and that he, Jesus, was its herald and expounder to men. More than that, in some special and mysterious was, he was the kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Welter (the OSAA executive director) told me they were getting a hearings officer ready to go (today) if an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Welter (the OSAA executive director) told me they were getting a hearings officer ready to go (today) if an appeal is filed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36988]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a whole part of "psychological education" it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that "adjustment" to a sick and insane environment is of itself not "health" but sickness and insanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26397]]></link><description><![CDATA[A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could add a few million bucks to the bottom line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34322]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could add a few million bucks to the bottom line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Raven and the SwanA raven saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1540]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Raven and the SwanA raven saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished. Change of habit cannot alter Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is no burden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is no burden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called  The beacon of the wise, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called  The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches   To th' bottom of the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind?  The air is cut away before, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56167]]></link><description><![CDATA[For why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind?  The air is cut away before,   And closes from behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could have been a real nasty situation. But our coaching staff, the Douglas coaching staff and everyone else got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42464]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could have been a real nasty situation. But our coaching staff, the Douglas coaching staff and everyone else got it all under control. None of the players off the bench or any of the fans in the stands ever made contact with any players.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56293]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. -Lao-Tzu (600 B.C.).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3326]]></link><description><![CDATA[About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44755]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is nature's way of saying 'Hi!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is nature's way of saying 'Hi!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every hard-boiled egg is yellow inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every hard-boiled egg is yellow inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reasons of the poore weigh not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reasons of the poore weigh not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38038]]></link><description><![CDATA[We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the Fed may be forced to ease again before it begins hiking rates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40110]]></link><description><![CDATA[You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19003]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember the silence, the eerie sound of silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember the silence, the eerie sound of silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28879</guid></item></channel></rss>