<?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[As ill-luck would have it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26008]]></link><description><![CDATA[As ill-luck would have it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5683]]></link><description><![CDATA[With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free,  And like the wings of sea-birds  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59925]]></link><description><![CDATA[The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free,  And like the wings of sea-birds   Flash the white caps of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18442]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persuasion is better than force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persuasion is better than force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In competitive industries, patents become more valuable. People should pay more attention to patent issues because they can make or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36014]]></link><description><![CDATA[In competitive industries, patents become more valuable. People should pay more attention to patent issues because they can make or break a company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get some momentum going in this last game against Australia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42698]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get some momentum going in this last game against Australia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66693]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was probably one of the most memorable things. I'd say they're the best crowd for that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36550]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was probably one of the most memorable things. I'd say they're the best crowd for that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you\'re supposed to use whatever happen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66913]]></link><description><![CDATA[You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you\'re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're attractive, quality-of-life places and have a somewhat more diverse economic base. It's close to Chicago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38872]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're attractive, quality-of-life places and have a somewhat more diverse economic base. It's close to Chicago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern and direct - girls are to dwell in quiet homes among few friends, to exercise a noiseless influence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no reason to suspect this was anything other than, well, a burglary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40654]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no reason to suspect this was anything other than, well, a burglary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64032]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway Directs the roving trout this fatal way,  He greedily sucks in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16113]]></link><description><![CDATA[When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway Directs the roving trout this fatal way,  He greedily sucks in the twining bait,   And tugs and nibbles the fallacious meat.    Now, happy fisherman; now twitch the line!     How thy rod bends! behold, the prize is thine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The changes implemented by the AHL last season were successful in increasing the flow of the game and generating additional ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33107]]></link><description><![CDATA[The changes implemented by the AHL last season were successful in increasing the flow of the game and generating additional offensive opportunities, and the NHL's recent revisions in their own rules package will further enhance the quality of our sport.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talentsare, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talentsare, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given tous. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage anddetermination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played good enough to win. I liked how we responded. We just have to do a better job in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38023]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played good enough to win. I liked how we responded. We just have to do a better job in each phase of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It started out incredible. We were unbelievable. We were moving really well and everything was good. We were expected to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It started out incredible. We were unbelievable. We were moving really well and everything was good. We were expected to fall apart a little here and there, but we stuck to our game plan and (we're) just going to continue to work with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10331]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think you're seeing chaos, basically. No matter how you cut it, it's very poor project design and implementation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28945]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think you're seeing chaos, basically. No matter how you cut it, it's very poor project design and implementation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53273]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19912]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste or eaten within twenty-four hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ZENITH, n. The point in the heavens directly overhead to a man standing or a growing cabbage. A man in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62659]]></link><description><![CDATA[ZENITH, n. The point in the heavens directly overhead to a man standing or a growing cabbage. A man in bed or a cabbage in the pot is not considered as having a zenith, though Horizontalists hold that the posture of the body was immaterial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4839]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome theobstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome theobstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more thanthe intelligence quotient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is great enough that is his own master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53309]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is great enough that is his own master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are great they make them mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are great they make them mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64836]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17469]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15668]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27796]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have culled about 20,000 birds. Until now they are still looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29304]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have culled about 20,000 birds. Until now they are still looking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then we might even come to see that it is our veneration for what has already been created, however beautiful and valid it may be, that petrifies us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44255]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just streamlining the operation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34021]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just streamlining the operation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.   - Ralph ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found (to my regret) that the degrees of shame and disgust which I actually feel at my own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8523]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found (to my regret) that the degrees of shame and disgust which I actually feel at my own sins do not at all correspond to what my reason tells me about their comparative gravity. Just as the degree to which, in daily life, I feel the emotion of fear has very little to do with my rational judgment of the danger. I'd sooner have really nasty seas when I'm in an open boat than look down in perfect (actual) safety from the edge of a cliff. Similarly, I have confessed ghastly uncharities with less reluctance than small unmentionables -- or those sins which happen to be ungentlemanly as well as unchristian. Our emotional reactions to our own behaviour are of limited ethical significance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8523</guid></item></channel></rss>