<?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[Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumb-bells? To dig a vineyard is a worthier exercise for men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumb-bells? To dig a vineyard is a worthier exercise for men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are but a drop of water in a pool filled with diversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57052]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are but a drop of water in a pool filled with diversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is Ercles' vein. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55514]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is Ercles' vein. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came out aggressive right from the start and were really clicking. The team really shared the ball well and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31950]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came out aggressive right from the start and were really clicking. The team really shared the ball well and looked for each other on the fast break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great that he's with us for the semi-final after missing the last two matches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41647]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great that he's with us for the semi-final after missing the last two matches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54125]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like many of the leaders and teacher [in the church], perhaps I failed to prepare people for the way of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like many of the leaders and teacher [in the church], perhaps I failed to prepare people for the way of suffering. I had not suffered much myself and did not help people to be ready for it. But the fact is: when you follow Jesus, what happened to Him happens to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and the Treasury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and the Treasury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I was doing spying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor prevents a "hardening of the attitudes." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor prevents a "hardening of the attitudes."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if there is any issue that they would feel strongly enough to take. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32888]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if there is any issue that they would feel strongly enough to take.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction, are no different. They have nearly destroyed us in the past. They plague us still. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. They torment the lives of millions in fractured nations around the world. These obsessions cripple both those who are hated and, of course, those who hate, robbing both of what they might become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24023]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36945]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wisewith other men's wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22683]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wisewith other men's wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine was the role of the oilcan in making the machinery clunk around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine was the role of the oilcan in making the machinery clunk around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the tapes, my father, then about as run-of-the-mill as Joe Blow himself, didn't want to see the thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4618]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the tapes, my father, then about as run-of-the-mill as Joe Blow himself, didn't want to see the thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52034]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27479]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he as a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, it feels good any time you hit a home run. But the guy is only 19 years old. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, it feels good any time you hit a home run. But the guy is only 19 years old. He's going to give up his fair share of home runs, but he'll get his share of strikeouts, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an example to deter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an example to deter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5979]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's clear that supplies of crude oil and natural gas are more than adequate. The gasoline supply looked pretty tight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39170]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's clear that supplies of crude oil and natural gas are more than adequate. The gasoline supply looked pretty tight a few weeks ago but the market responded and that's no longer the case. We are also getting closer to the end of winter and it's clear gas and heating-oil stocks will be sufficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A "should" is a "have to" with no teeth; it is deadenergy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22599]]></link><description><![CDATA[A "should" is a "have to" with no teeth; it is deadenergy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15175]]></link><description><![CDATA[The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This deal with Iran is probably the most apparent thing driving prices up. But you don't know what is happening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41242]]></link><description><![CDATA[This deal with Iran is probably the most apparent thing driving prices up. But you don't know what is happening behind the scenes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there a man whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer,  Yet runs himself life's mad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there a man whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer,  Yet runs himself life's mad career,   Wild as the wave?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal  I served my king, he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55224]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal  I served my king, he would not in mine age   Have left me naked to mine enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can compare.   - Thomas Durfee (or D'Urfey),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The presidential vote in Peru is a matter of deep concern to us all, ... Left unexamined, it will certainly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The presidential vote in Peru is a matter of deep concern to us all, ... Left unexamined, it will certainly diminish the credibility of this organization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9285]]></link><description><![CDATA[What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45054]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Old Testament, we find the idea that God enters into the sufferings of His people. "In all their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6639]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the Old Testament, we find the idea that God enters into the sufferings of His people. "In all their afflictions, He was afflicted." The relation of God to the woes of the world is not that of a mere spectator. The New Testament goes further, and says that God is love. But that is not love which, in the presence of acute suffering, can stand outside and aloof. The doctrine that Christ is the image of the unseen God means that God does not stand outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta come torre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla  Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the Name of Jesus is a concrete and powerful means of transforming men and women into their hidden, innermost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the Name of Jesus is a concrete and powerful means of transforming men and women into their hidden, innermost utmost reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21123</guid></item></channel></rss>