<?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[I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66441]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democrats are staring down the barrel of a gun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32420]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Democrats are staring down the barrel of a gun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it's upto ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it's upto you to fill it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20587]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a Jew else, an Ebrew Jew. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55858]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a Jew else, an Ebrew Jew. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1207]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will prepare and some day my chance will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11116]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will prepare and some day my chance will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is too much reality for a Friday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53044]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is too much reality for a Friday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea hath fish for every man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16058]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea hath fish for every man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7716]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before a Christian community, it sounds too much like pagan philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training is useless unless you have a purpose, it's knowing for what purpose to train for that can break men's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Training is useless unless you have a purpose, it's knowing for what purpose to train for that can break men's fulfillment. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond; But is there anything Beyond? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond; But is there anything Beyond?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lisa took the game on her back in the second half for us. She stepped up her game and said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lisa took the game on her back in the second half for us. She stepped up her game and said we weren't going to lose. On any given night any one of our players can step up. She played great defensively and knocked down a couple of shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man once asked to shake hands with me, the "greatest Englishman who ever lived." I replied, "F**k off, I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man once asked to shake hands with me, the "greatest Englishman who ever lived." I replied, "F**k off, I'm Irish."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19902]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the duties to be performed, the method of payment, the form of supervision, the tenure system, the "market" in which the "workers" find "jobs," and the physical hazzards are all very different from the way things are in other occupations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As things stand, there is no consistent evidence that there is an increased risk of cancer associated with mobile phone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30797]]></link><description><![CDATA[As things stand, there is no consistent evidence that there is an increased risk of cancer associated with mobile phone use, but we need to recognise that the statistics are not enormous. The number of people who have had long-term use of phones (and cancer) is really small,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is primarily because it is illegal for a lot of the student population. A lot of students are also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31724]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is primarily because it is illegal for a lot of the student population. A lot of students are also practicing high-risk drinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes questions are more important than answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes questions are more important than answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is nothing short of a huge coup to have the president come in right before the election. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35087]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is nothing short of a huge coup to have the president come in right before the election.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue--   Emblem of friends and lovers true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the sinner has a right to preach ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the sinner has a right to preach]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle,   And it soft as silk remains.    'Tis the same with common natures,     Use 'em kindly, they rebel;      But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,       And the rogues obey you well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of light--the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25074]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of light--the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pandemonium did not reign; it poured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can't spend it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16056]]></link><description><![CDATA[And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14617]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13543]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47753]]></link><description><![CDATA[For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew about their protest and had taken precautionary steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41367]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew about their protest and had taken precautionary steps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was an incredible challenge, ... Though the lack of development was one of the greatest assets for Lost - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37938]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was an incredible challenge, ... Though the lack of development was one of the greatest assets for Lost - we didn't have time to second-guess what we were doing and sanitise it into a more middle-ground story. When it aired it ended up getting three times the audience they expected. It was mind-numbing - I just couldn't believe it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1992 and 1993, people thought I was crazy. Then, all my predictions started coming true, and I realized I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36671]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 1992 and 1993, people thought I was crazy. Then, all my predictions started coming true, and I realized I had better get the book out before people said I was just reporting the news.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I decided earlier this year that I would run for president, and obviously I needed something to run on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more the eggs, the worse the hatch, The more the fish, the worse the catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50168]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more the eggs, the worse the hatch, The more the fish, the worse the catch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24786]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid. We fear we will not find love, and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we do not have love we will be unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His impact on Yale, Yale Hockey, and me personally has been profound. I enthusiastically embrace the challenge of building upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39694]]></link><description><![CDATA[His impact on Yale, Yale Hockey, and me personally has been profound. I enthusiastically embrace the challenge of building upon his legacy while taking the Yale Hockey program to the next level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39694</guid></item></channel></rss>