<?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[The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance round his book-shelves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A library implies an act of faith ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24756]]></link><description><![CDATA[A library implies an act of faith]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to be capable of facing such a number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29091]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to be capable of facing such a number.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm conscious that our resources didn't always get on time, I assume the errors and I apologize to those people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39086]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm conscious that our resources didn't always get on time, I assume the errors and I apologize to those people that were missing these resources which we simply didn't have at that moment,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All movements go too far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64403]]></link><description><![CDATA[All movements go too far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63208]]></link><description><![CDATA[But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15738]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer classes have adopted a certain way of living, producers have an incentive to improve the methods of manufacture so that soon it is possible for the poorer classes to follow suit. Thus luxury furthers progress. Innovation "is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. The luxury today is the necessity of tomorrow." Luxury is the roadmaker of progress: it develops latent needs and makes people discontented. In so far as they think consistently, moralists who condemn luxury must recommend the comparatively desireless existence of the wild life roaming in the woods as the ultimate ideal of civilized life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get out in front -- you stay out in front. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57505]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get out in front -- you stay out in front.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But, said as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56378]]></link><description><![CDATA[But, said as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although one of his long-standing fantasies was to open a house of prostitution, the fantasy role he chose for himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although one of his long-standing fantasies was to open a house of prostitution, the fantasy role he chose for himself was that of cashier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64220]]></link><description><![CDATA[In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15426]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25921]]></link><description><![CDATA[For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 30 years of war and devastation, we are starting from nothing basically. It will take a long time for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40052]]></link><description><![CDATA[After 30 years of war and devastation, we are starting from nothing basically. It will take a long time for us to be fully self-sufficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will lose control of our home affairs. We will lose control, I believe, eventually of our foreign policy and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42453]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will lose control of our home affairs. We will lose control, I believe, eventually of our foreign policy and our defense policy. I find these totally unacceptable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46547]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it  By their examples of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it  By their examples of true Christianity:   In short, all know, or very short may know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who lives only by hope will die with despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to relieve families from time to time is to let them keep some of their own money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58685]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to relieve families from time to time is to let them keep some of their own money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The population is growing and there could still be impacts from the hurricanes last year, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The population is growing and there could still be impacts from the hurricanes last year,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We received permission from the federal government to load April benefits early on March 27 since April 1 is on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We received permission from the federal government to load April benefits early on March 27 since April 1 is on a Saturday. This way, both the vendor and our local and state offices would be open and staffed to help people with problems during the week. We certainly apologize to anyone who has experience difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One takes a risk when one invites the Lord Whether to dine, or talk the afternoon Away, for always the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6475]]></link><description><![CDATA[One takes a risk when one invites the Lord Whether to dine, or talk the afternoon Away, for always the unexpected soon Turns up: a woman breaks her precious nard, A sinner does the task you should assume, A leper who is cleansed must show his proof: Suddenly you see your very roof remove And a cripple clutters up your living-room. There's no telling what to expect when Christ Walks in the door. The table set for four Must often be enlarged, and decorum Thrown to the winds. It's His voice that calls them, And it's no use to bolt and bar the door: His kingdom knows no bounds of roof, of wall or floor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7085]]></link><description><![CDATA[God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking His words and causing the power of them to persist across the years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game was just lacking the intensity. (Mostly) going through the motions, hard to get into the flow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game was just lacking the intensity. (Mostly) going through the motions, hard to get into the flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. [Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum incommodarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. [Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum incommodarum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be the change we wish to see in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be the change we wish to see in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be fighting as long as Mr. Deby persists in his intransigence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28744]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be fighting as long as Mr. Deby persists in his intransigence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is its own place, and in itself can make aHeav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is its own place, and in itself can make aHeav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil is being propped up by all the concerns that supplies will be interrupted. As long as the market thinks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oil is being propped up by all the concerns that supplies will be interrupted. As long as the market thinks it's possible, we might see some more increases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39171</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[Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of schools are looking at open source ? budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42417]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of schools are looking at open source ? budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big chunk out of schools budgets. The biggest issue is cost, basically.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To those who feel that their values are the values, the less controlled systems necessarily present a spectacle of "chaos," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47159]]></link><description><![CDATA[To those who feel that their values are the values, the less controlled systems necessarily present a spectacle of "chaos," simply because such systems respond to a diversity of values. The more successfully such systems respond to diversity, the more "chaos" there will be, by definition, according to the standards of any specific set of values- other than diversity or freedom as values. Looked at another way, the more self-righteous observers there are, the more chaos (and "waste") will be seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has very small and delicate ears. It's not all flour corn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39432]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has very small and delicate ears. It's not all flour corn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8886]]></link><description><![CDATA[A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18803]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His right and left brain are talking to each other more these days. The one is an atheist Marxist and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9066]]></link><description><![CDATA[His right and left brain are talking to each other more these days. The one is an atheist Marxist and the other isa Christian socialist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19085]]></link><description><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19085</guid></item></channel></rss>