<?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[Compassion is the basis of all morality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is the basis of all morality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64992]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709  If you here stop and ask yourselves why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you that it is neither through ignorance nor through inability, but purely because you never thoroughly intended it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many hands make light work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many hands make light work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The faulty stands on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The faulty stands on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, "Preach about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11274]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, "Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus." I said, "That's where I got my information about hell.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In friendship I early was taught to believe; . . . .  I have found that a friend may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16865]]></link><description><![CDATA[In friendship I early was taught to believe; . . . .  I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to assume there will be more deals. That certainly would be a positive for credit quality in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38803]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to assume there will be more deals. That certainly would be a positive for credit quality in the equipment space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54924]]></link><description><![CDATA[All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ones that are lost will probably be lost for good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ones that are lost will probably be lost for good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/278]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33828]]></link><description><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homelessness among seniors is a tragedy we never want to see happen. Fortunately, the city does not have a large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Homelessness among seniors is a tragedy we never want to see happen. Fortunately, the city does not have a large population of seniors without permanent housing, and although we have seen a slight increase - less than one-half percent - they make up less than 3 percent of the city's homeless population overall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for resources. While our current allocation of resources to the Twin Peaks Court may not be ideal, it is an appropriate allocation when all factors are considered. While I realize this will be disappointing news to you, I can assure you the matter was given serious thought before a decision was made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you feel like an idiot even complaining about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63901]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme;  Though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58977]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme;  Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull;   Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preferment goes by letter and affection, And not by old gradation, where each second  Stood heir to th's first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preferment goes by letter and affection, And not by old gradation, where each second  Stood heir to th's first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a river in Macedon; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth;… and there is salmons in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55968]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a river in Macedon; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth;… and there is salmons in both. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know oneself, one should assert oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64178]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know oneself, one should assert oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is structural: retail consolidation, difficulties in the classified auto space and competition from other media. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is structural: retail consolidation, difficulties in the classified auto space and competition from other media.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For oute of olde feldys, as men sey, Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;  And out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1730]]></link><description><![CDATA[For oute of olde feldys, as men sey, Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;  And out of old bokis, in good fey,   Comyth al this newe science that men lere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28747]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mad fellow met me on the way and told me I had unloaded all the gibbets and pressed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55892]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mad fellow met me on the way and told me I had unloaded all the gibbets and pressed the dead bodies. No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I 'll not march through Coventry with them, that 's flat: nay, and the villains march wide betwixt the legs, as if they had gyves on; for indeed I had the most of them out of prison. There 's but a shirt and a half in all my company; and the half-shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like an herald's coat without sleeves. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63691]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been great on defense this year. He's been a great example for our young big guys. He's a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34526]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been great on defense this year. He's been a great example for our young big guys. He's a great off-the-ball defender, and some of the little things he does don't always show up on the stat sheet. We're going to miss him a lot. Other guys have to step up and do a great job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of the poor, the privilage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of the poor, the privilage of the underprivilaged, the exclusive club of the excluded masses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night is the mother of Councels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night is the mother of Councels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's a soup kitchen? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13035]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's a soup kitchen?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54614]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light Winged Smoke Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and the messenger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light Winged Smoke Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn, Circling above the hamlets as thy nest; Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts; By night star-veiling, and by day Darkening the light and blotting out the sun; Go thou my incense upward from this hearth, And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.-Henry David Thoreau-.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They can't hurt you unless you let them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10245]]></link><description><![CDATA[They can't hurt you unless you let them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46551]]></link><description><![CDATA[A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These kinds of problems tend to cool investors' buying sentiment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39856]]></link><description><![CDATA[These kinds of problems tend to cool investors' buying sentiment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's elimination time and we were kind of tight. When the home run came it gave us a relief. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40571]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's elimination time and we were kind of tight. When the home run came it gave us a relief. That team is tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The statistics seem to reflect that many of the people who sought shelter in and around Houston have decided to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40993]]></link><description><![CDATA[The statistics seem to reflect that many of the people who sought shelter in and around Houston have decided to stay. Luckily, our market had the available supply of homes for sale and lease to absorb the number of people who needed a place to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An upbraided morsell never choaked any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49133]]></link><description><![CDATA[An upbraided morsell never choaked any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12454]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12454</guid></item></channel></rss>