<?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 ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47552]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shame in finding someone else to be attractive, or good company. Even if they don't like you, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22303]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shame in finding someone else to be attractive, or good company. Even if they don't like you, there is still no shame. If you happen to be fond of someone, and they're not fond of you, it's OK.. You don't have to wait and see if they'll love you back. You can announce it.. Joy in life comes from expressing ourselves, in taking risks and jumping in. Everyone is not going to like you. But you can like who you like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century    In questions of this sort there are two things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century    In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained. Secondly, since Scripture doth admit of diverse interpretations, that no one cling to any particular exposition with such pertinacity that, if what he supposed to be the teaching of Scripture should afterward turn out to be clearly false, he should nevertheless still presume to put it forward, lest thereby the sacred Scriptures should be exposed to the derision of unbelievers and the way of salvation should be closed to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells!  What a world of happiness their harmony foretells   Through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells!  What a world of happiness their harmony foretells   Through the balmy air of night    How they ring out their delight!     From the molten golden notes,      And all in tune       What a liquid ditty floats        To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats         On the moon!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59855</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[The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62860]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48292]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62983]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an expressive frame of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.   - James Anthony Froude, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.   - James Anthony Froude,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're not given the chance that a lot of other children are given. They deserve better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28854]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're not given the chance that a lot of other children are given. They deserve better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do our own private protection for our own cell phones. The reality is everything is available to you if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40118]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do our own private protection for our own cell phones. The reality is everything is available to you if you connive enough. It doesn't surprise me you can get other people's cell phone bills for a fee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage.Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage.Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a heartacheNothing but a heartacheHits you when it's too lateHits you when you're down ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16360]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a heartacheNothing but a heartacheHits you when it's too lateHits you when you're down]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shad-bush, white with flowers, Brightened the glens; the new leaved butternut  And quivering poplar to the roving breeze ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shad-bush, white with flowers, Brightened the glens; the new leaved butternut  And quivering poplar to the roving breeze   Gave a balsamic fragrance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more self-love than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23158]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more self-love than love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4472]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -Krishnamurti. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18963]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -Krishnamurti.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have identified 30 service personnel ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â 29 men and one woman ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â who could use our services. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have identified 30 service personnel ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â 29 men and one woman ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â who could use our services.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposedlimitations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21804]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposedlimitations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15825]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4670]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God; Life, love, and joy still gliding through, And watering our divine abode: That sacred stream, thine holy word, That all our raging fear controls; Sweet peace thy promises afford, And give new strength to fainting souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him laugh who wins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him laugh who wins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which to-day are fables to us! [Fr., Combien de choses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14981]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which to-day are fables to us! [Fr., Combien de choses nous servoient heir d'articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd'hui!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66675]]></link><description><![CDATA[My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the old dog barke he gives counsell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49515]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the old dog barke he gives counsell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the wisest of all counselors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the wisest of all counselors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most confused we ever get is when we're trying to convince our heads of something our heart knows is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most confused we ever get is when we're trying to convince our heads of something our heart knows is a lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52861]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9717]]></link><description><![CDATA[So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness of the strain.   - Sarah Williams ("Saidie"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrons from around the world have always been gearing together for benefits--it's the serendipity effect, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patrons from around the world have always been gearing together for benefits--it's the serendipity effect,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35101]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't use it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By this leek, I will most horribly revenge: I eat and eat, I swear. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55971]]></link><description><![CDATA[By this leek, I will most horribly revenge: I eat and eat, I swear. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force: Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far we have no reason to complain nor to suspect any unfair or inappropriate policy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35207]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far we have no reason to complain nor to suspect any unfair or inappropriate policy,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35207</guid></item></channel></rss>