<?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[UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2845]]></link><description><![CDATA[UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's allowed me to really learn a lot about fund-raising throughout the metropolitan area, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39542]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's allowed me to really learn a lot about fund-raising throughout the metropolitan area,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59803]]></link><description><![CDATA[As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death,  And from the organ-pipe of fraity sings   His soul and body to their lasting rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44792]]></link><description><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, theother is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22378]]></link><description><![CDATA[While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, theother is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't characterize the recess, but a recess in collective bargaining is not rare and is often called for various ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't characterize the recess, but a recess in collective bargaining is not rare and is often called for various reasons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's probably the third game they've won for us this year. The crowd wouldn't let us quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32541]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's probably the third game they've won for us this year. The crowd wouldn't let us quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have seen Sunshine and rain at once--her smiles and tears  Were like, a better way: those happy smilets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56689]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have seen Sunshine and rain at once--her smiles and tears  Were like, a better way: those happy smilets   That played on her ripe lip seemed not to know    What guests were in her eyes, which parted thence     As pearls from diamonds dropped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be happy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be happy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11980]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26542]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9722]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're an unselfish group willing to do whatever it takes to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33680]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're an unselfish group willing to do whatever it takes to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever plays the best defense is going to win this league. So that's what we have to do, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever plays the best defense is going to win this league. So that's what we have to do, and we have to play better on the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55923]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have to ask, you can't afford it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5034]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have to ask, you can't afford it!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no question Blagojevich is vulnerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33403]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no question Blagojevich is vulnerable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13974]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you have said I will consider; what you have to say  I will with patience hear, and find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9867]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you have said I will consider; what you have to say  I will with patience hear, and find a time   Both meet to hear and answer such high things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17908]]></link><description><![CDATA[And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's headed up here. The hungry will be living on the same street as the captains of industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's headed up here. The hungry will be living on the same street as the captains of industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20391]]></link><description><![CDATA[By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To change and to change for the better are two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22139]]></link><description><![CDATA[To change and to change for the better are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19399]]></link><description><![CDATA[That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6081]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45713]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/863]]></link><description><![CDATA[One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With good and gentle-humored hearts I choose to chat where'er I come  Whate'er the subject be that starts.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10085]]></link><description><![CDATA[With good and gentle-humored hearts I choose to chat where'er I come  Whate'er the subject be that starts.   But if I get among the glum    I hold my tongue to tell the truth     And keep my breath to cool my broth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  But upon a day the good providence of God did cast me to Bedford to work on my calling, and in one of the streets of that town I came where there were three or four poor women sitting at a door in the sun and talking about the things of God; and being now willing to hear them discourse, I drew near to hear what they said, for I was now a brisk talker also myself in the matters of religion. But now I may say I heard, but I understood not; for they were far above, out of my reach; for their talk was about a new birth -- the work of God on their hearts. And methought they spake as if Joy did make them speak; they spake with such pleasantness of scripture language and with such appearance of grace in all they said, that they were to me as if they had found a new world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most players on the team only have one or two years experience. Soccer and field hockey strategy as far as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most players on the team only have one or two years experience. Soccer and field hockey strategy as far as field positioning is very similar. The only difference is that you're hitting the ball with a stick instead of your foot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lucky man is rarer than a white crow. [Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lucky man is rarer than a white crow. [Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter worthlessness can be a source of courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is the symbol of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is the symbol of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53787]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She swore, i' faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61990]]></link><description><![CDATA[She swore, i' faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61990</guid></item></channel></rss>