<?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[Without discipline the Army would just be a bunch of guys wearing the same color clothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without discipline the Army would just be a bunch of guys wearing the same color clothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64684]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perish discretion when it interferes with duty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perish discretion when it interferes with duty]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quote others in order to better express myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quote others in order to better express myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has written them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10726]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has written them, and by that means discover what it is he likes in a composition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the emotionalism and the obvious sense of relief on all sides, I think that there is a recognition that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beyond the emotionalism and the obvious sense of relief on all sides, I think that there is a recognition that reality may intrude, that perhaps the steps ahead and the days ahead are going to be much more difficult than one expects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight fire with fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fight fire with fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the plays in the first half are to see how they react to formations, motions, that kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38263]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the plays in the first half are to see how they react to formations, motions, that kind of thing. A lot of the first half is trial, but that's no excuse for us not moving the ball. The plays are still supposed to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close personal experience. Stipendiary clergy cut off by training and life from that common experience are constantly struggling to get close to the laity by wearing lay clothing, sharing in lay amusements, and organizing lay clubs; but they never quite succeed. To get close to men, it is necessary really to share their experience, and to share their experience is to share it by being in it, not merely to come as near to it as possible without being in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep breathing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56963]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. It behooves the well-intentioned, therefore, vigorously to watch the tendency of even their most highly prized institutions, since that which was established in the interests of the right, may so easily become the agent of the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You wait a moment to settle your nerves Then make your cast with a right hand curve  The fly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16285]]></link><description><![CDATA[You wait a moment to settle your nerves Then make your cast with a right hand curve  The fly settles down and the float looked good   But the trout refused it and there you stood    A dejected fly fisherman.     You looked things over and were not yet beat      Then changed flies again and were ready to repeat       The next try was poor because you rushed the cast        You hold your breath in solemn anticipation         You must be a fly fisherman!          The fly floats gently on its way to the trout           You know it will "take it" without a doubt.            You're all charged up and ready to strike             But the fly floats by because something's not right              You are still a fly fisherman.               You open your fly box and select a new fly                Then lengthen the tippet before the next try                 Change your position to help with the cast                  And hope you have made the right decision at last                   Now you are a doubtful fly fisherman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How goes the enemy? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27656]]></link><description><![CDATA[How goes the enemy?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again  The welcome morning with its rays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45871]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again  The welcome morning with its rays of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. We own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. We own this shit. Basketball, baseball, football, golf, tennis, and as soon as they make a heated hockey rink we'll take that shit too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The destruction of the poor is their poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The destruction of the poor is their poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13585]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. -James Baldwin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Scientists investigate that which already is;Engineers create that which has never been.'' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13892]]></link><description><![CDATA["Scientists investigate that which already is;Engineers create that which has never been.'']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mistake is simply another way of doing things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1279]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mistake is simply another way of doing things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Junior Blind Olympics provides an inspirational opportunity for blind and visually impaired children to challenge their abilities, surmount sight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37447]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Junior Blind Olympics provides an inspirational opportunity for blind and visually impaired children to challenge their abilities, surmount sight barriers and achieve their dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28021]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54132]]></link><description><![CDATA[A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good lawyer is a bad neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24359]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40674]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the medicine worse than the malady. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the medicine worse than the malady.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The cartoon controversy] has struck a chord of public anger. The spark was provided by the cartoons, but it's already ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29787]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The cartoon controversy] has struck a chord of public anger. The spark was provided by the cartoons, but it's already political, and the target now is the government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steals timidly away, Shrinking as violets do in summer's ray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steals timidly away, Shrinking as violets do in summer's ray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think "Hail to the Chief" has a nice ring to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think "Hail to the Chief" has a nice ring to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A load would sink a navy. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56043]]></link><description><![CDATA[A load would sink a navy. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ben Adams, founder and director of the program, was pleased with the turnout.] We estimated 1,000 people but we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29965]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ben Adams, founder and director of the program, was pleased with the turnout.] We estimated 1,000 people but we had about 2 or 3 thousand come today, ... Everybody can come out, have a good time and listen to music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64391]]></link><description><![CDATA[The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2732]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think most people will believe that Arthur Anderson died because (after Enron imploded) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29654]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think most people will believe that Arthur Anderson died because (after Enron imploded)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compared with the totality of knowledge which is continually utilized in the evolution of a dynamic civilization, the difference between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compared with the totality of knowledge which is continually utilized in the evolution of a dynamic civilization, the difference between the knowledge that the wisest and that which the most ignorant individual can deliberately employ is comparatively insignificant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There must be some reason why a man must be convinced, while a woman must be persuaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27026]]></link><description><![CDATA[There must be some reason why a man must be convinced, while a woman must be persuaded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52294]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see these guys on TV all the time and you always wonder if I could play in the majors. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31503]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see these guys on TV all the time and you always wonder if I could play in the majors. You get a chance to do it and are actually doing it. You see they are just like you, that they put their pants on one leg at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29535]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was not there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29535</guid></item></channel></rss>