<?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 was surprised that second game took as long as it did. We were trying to get everyone in, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was surprised that second game took as long as it did. We were trying to get everyone in, but later we had to make some changes to get the right personnel in the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy Hunting LocustsA boy was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy Hunting LocustsA boy was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But that he wrought so high the specious tale, As manifested plainly 'twas a lie.  [Lat., Se non volea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26108]]></link><description><![CDATA[But that he wrought so high the specious tale, As manifested plainly 'twas a lie.  [Lat., Se non volea pulir sua scusa tanto,   Che la facesse di menzogna rea.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64635]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44873]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19791]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was very relaxing. We talked about what made me smoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29198]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was very relaxing. We talked about what made me smoke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be absolutely a mistake to think that you can just eat what you want and you're going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be absolutely a mistake to think that you can just eat what you want and you're going to be OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red flag is not with Iowa State. Iowa State just happened to be the only ones mentioned in the article.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56571]]></link><description><![CDATA[In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is such an advocate for us in his everyday job and life. And he does that daily, continuously and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is such an advocate for us in his everyday job and life. And he does that daily, continuously and with enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great put the little on the hooke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49863]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great put the little on the hooke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our concern is that that black-box warning might discourage parents from getting treatment for their children. We don't believe that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our concern is that that black-box warning might discourage parents from getting treatment for their children. We don't believe that antidepressants cause suicides; all the evidence points to the fact that antidepressants do just the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45243]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far the distribution is going on well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34828]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far the distribution is going on well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As of right now, we have given $105,140. And it's been a wonderful labor of love, and I don't even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31861]]></link><description><![CDATA[As of right now, we have given $105,140. And it's been a wonderful labor of love, and I don't even like to use the world labor, it's just been all love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22807]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. -Joseph Addison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To our knowledge, this analysis is the first to assess both the transient and long-term risk of sudden cardiac death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31787]]></link><description><![CDATA[To our knowledge, this analysis is the first to assess both the transient and long-term risk of sudden cardiac death associated with physical activity among women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't see Iraq the way you see it on TV. That's what we want to tell people. We're the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36377]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't see Iraq the way you see it on TV. That's what we want to tell people. We're the same as you, we can sing, we can speak different languages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though I say't that should not say't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I say't that should not say't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure  You credit anything the light gives life to   Before a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to consider the end in everything. [Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13784]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to consider the end in everything. [Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few; and number not voices, but weigh them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One fourth of the money stays here in Zanesville, going to Christ Table and the Salvation Army. The other three-fourth's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30142]]></link><description><![CDATA[One fourth of the money stays here in Zanesville, going to Christ Table and the Salvation Army. The other three-fourth's goes wherever it is needed in this country and in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now there's a real sense of confidence within the entire program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now there's a real sense of confidence within the entire program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to keep the Commandments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43092]]></link><description><![CDATA[No mere man since the Fall, is able in this life perfectly to keep the Commandments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum  Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We estimate that only Winnipeg and the Atlantic are more affordable than Calgary and Edmonton, but only because home prices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32207]]></link><description><![CDATA[We estimate that only Winnipeg and the Atlantic are more affordable than Calgary and Edmonton, but only because home prices in the former two are considerably cheaper than their Alberta counterparts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a great, great run. They gave it everything they had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29302]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a great, great run. They gave it everything they had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18112]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thick skin is a gift from God ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40231]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thick skin is a gift from God]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout  Of petulant capricious sects,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53473]]></link><description><![CDATA[So 'ere the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'd a various rout  Of petulant capricious sects,   That maggots of corrupted texts,    That first run all religion down,     And after every swarm its own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are governed not by armies, but by ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9540]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34410]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post I had several letters from anxious relatives, telling me that it was my duty to come home and thus ease my mother's anxiety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will not be a new target set for eradication of polio. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30809]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will not be a new target set for eradication of polio.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9637]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9637</guid></item></channel></rss>