<?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 true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king. -King Richard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60411]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. The umbrella has become the acknowledged ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60005]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the habitual carriage of the umbrella that is the stamp of Respectability. The umbrella has become the acknowledged index of social position. . . . Crusoe was rather a moralist than a pietist, and his leaf-umbrella is as fine an example of the civilized mind striving to express itself under adverse circumstances as we have ever met with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been frustrated as a council member in the past, whenever we get donated open space it's never usable. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been frustrated as a council member in the past, whenever we get donated open space it's never usable. This is the first time the land could be a benefit to the entire town to use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, the day I was diagnosed, ... the day we all sort of look to and mark these milestones by one year, two year, five year, 10 year. Hopefully, I have a 50 year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire, Begin it with weak straws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire, Begin it with weak straws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swallow sweeps The slimy pool, to build his hanging house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swallow sweeps The slimy pool, to build his hanging house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When danger approaches, sing to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29551]]></link><description><![CDATA[When danger approaches, sing to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622   A really patient man neither complains nor seeks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622   A really patient man neither complains nor seeks to be pitied; he will speak simply and truly of his trouble, without exaggerating its weight or bemoaning himself. If others pity him, he will accept their compassion patiently, unless they pity him for some ill he is not enduring, in which case he will say so with meekness, and abide in patience and truthfulness, combating his grief and not complaining of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creatively, this is the best job I've ever had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creatively, this is the best job I've ever had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as yourdominant aspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22709]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as yourdominant aspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By refusing to implement the women’s contracting program and repeatedly failing to meet required contracting goals, this administration is undermining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10028]]></link><description><![CDATA[By refusing to implement the women’s contracting program and repeatedly failing to meet required contracting goals, this administration is undermining virtually every existing opportunity for women business owners to break into the the good ol’ boy network of federal contracting]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not really see yet radical reform. This cannot be done overnight but it could be done faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33548]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not really see yet radical reform. This cannot be done overnight but it could be done faster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's greatness can be measured by his enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13874]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's greatness can be measured by his enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37503]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have to include the Boeing-Airbus dispute - which, given its complexity, should be settled through negotiations anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our trading multiple has come up but it's still below the average of our peers and is particularly low on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our trading multiple has come up but it's still below the average of our peers and is particularly low on a forward basis. We are slowly building confidence - one quarter at a time - and we think it is eventually going to be noticed by the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were afraid this would set a precedent and end up nibbling away at our coastline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34474]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were afraid this would set a precedent and end up nibbling away at our coastline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll start ramping up (today) with full practice. But we're hosting the Big Sky tournament, so we're going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42653]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll start ramping up (today) with full practice. But we're hosting the Big Sky tournament, so we're going to be short practice time. It might put us at a disadvantage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter. [Fr., Je ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47823]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter. [Fr., Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parceque je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33240]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real "have nots" are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the long run, crowding out tends to mitigate the effects of fiscal policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38032]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the long run, crowding out tends to mitigate the effects of fiscal policy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If she's playing like she was today, she can be a one man team. When you give any team three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37784]]></link><description><![CDATA[If she's playing like she was today, she can be a one man team. When you give any team three or four chances after shots like we were giving them, they are going to hit those shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility is the price of freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility is the price of freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56707]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ON THE SECOND BOAT!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65303]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand leagues of ocean, a company of kings, You came across the watching world to show how heroes die. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57126]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand leagues of ocean, a company of kings, You came across the watching world to show how heroes die.  When the splendour of your story   Builds the halo of its glory,    'Twill belt the earth like Saturn's rings     And diadem the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is good news for taxpayers and the states. We hope the Supreme Court will bring some clarity to this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31700]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is good news for taxpayers and the states. We hope the Supreme Court will bring some clarity to this area of the law and affirm the principle that states are free to develop their own business climates, so long as they do not discriminate against out-of-state taxpayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13939]]></link><description><![CDATA[True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variable pay is designed to help employees concentrate on company goals and objectives, while eliminating 'entitlement' issues that often arise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variable pay is designed to help employees concentrate on company goals and objectives, while eliminating 'entitlement' issues that often arise with a holiday bonus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.  [Fr., L'or donne aux plus laids certain charme pour plaire,   Et que sans lui le reste est une triste affaire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last minute of the game, we showed what we can do when we want to play. We scored two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last minute of the game, we showed what we can do when we want to play. We scored two goals in the last minute. But for the first 33 minutes, we wouldn't have been able to skate with Carrollton-Farmers Branch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost a friend, almost a person. He has helped make the track as popular as he is -- not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40659]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost a friend, almost a person. He has helped make the track as popular as he is -- not only in Louisiana, but Texas people, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi. We want to name a race after him and we want to bury him on the track.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58577</guid></item></channel></rss>