<?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[We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35970]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's good for you!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64189]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday  The apologetic of the New Testament, and of the early centuries generally, was addressed to men who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday  The apologetic of the New Testament, and of the early centuries generally, was addressed to men who had been brought up within one or other of the great pre-Christian religious systems and who had staunchly defended their own inherited traditions against the innovation of the Christian outlook; whereas any apologetic that is to be effective in this country today must be addressed to men who stand within the inheritance of the Christian tradition and know nothing, save by hearsay, of any other, but who have now in varying degrees disengaged themselves from this tradition and whose quarrel with Christianity is therefore undertaken from the point of view either of no religion at all or of some very vague and tenuous residuum of Christian religiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["There's a time in your life where everyone's got to tell someone to f**k off. So you might as well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18307]]></link><description><![CDATA["There's a time in your life where everyone's got to tell someone to f**k off. So you might as well show someone how to do it."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37224]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the name of honor, more than I fear death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63883]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If customers are able to reduce their water use, then Lake Decatur may not drop to a more critical level. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39690]]></link><description><![CDATA[If customers are able to reduce their water use, then Lake Decatur may not drop to a more critical level. If the lake level falls another foot, the city will have to implement mandatory water conservation measures, which have not been done since the drought of 1988.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845   While many Americans are still firmly committed to the traditional, supernatural conceptions of a personal God, a Divine Savior, and the promise of eternal life, the trend is away from these convictions. The fact is that a demythologized modernism is overwhelming the traditional Christ-centered, mystical faith. For the modern skeptics are not the apostates, village atheists, or political revolutionaries of old. The leaders of today's challenge to traditional beliefs are principally theologians -- those in whose care the church entrusts its sacred teachings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a surplus of those birds to carry over. The fact that there was a shortage of 2-year-olds to hunt last year meant more pressure on the older birds, so that cuts down the carry over on those, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is trying to preserve a piece of land that's got oil wells all over it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Horas non numero nisi serenas." There stands in the garden of old St. Mark  A sun dial quaint and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58313]]></link><description><![CDATA["Horas non numero nisi serenas." There stands in the garden of old St. Mark  A sun dial quaint and gray.   It takes no heed of the hours which in dark    Pass o'er it day by day.     It has stood for ages amid the flowers      In that land of sky and song.       "I number none but the cloudless hours,"        Its motto the live day long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This kid can do both well. We really saved us a pick by taking him because he can do both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38346]]></link><description><![CDATA[This kid can do both well. We really saved us a pick by taking him because he can do both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart Is true as steel. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55522]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart Is true as steel. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enemies carry a report in form different from the original. [Lat., Nam inimici famam non ita ut nata est ferunt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enemies carry a report in form different from the original. [Lat., Nam inimici famam non ita ut nata est ferunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't see that I'm going to be a much different person? I signed the contract. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41633]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't see that I'm going to be a much different person? I signed the contract.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A goal without a plan is just a wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A goal without a plan is just a wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China has declared its commitment to human rights and has raised expectations for the country to match its growing prosperity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41091]]></link><description><![CDATA[China has declared its commitment to human rights and has raised expectations for the country to match its growing prosperity with a firm commitment to advancing human rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another May new buds and flowers shall bring: Ah! why has happiness no second Spring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another May new buds and flowers shall bring: Ah! why has happiness no second Spring?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These men that kill 100, 50 and 70 men a day -- have they been put to death. How many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28310]]></link><description><![CDATA[These men that kill 100, 50 and 70 men a day -- have they been put to death. How many have been put to death? How many? The National Assembly is supposed to represent the Iraqi people. All I hear is we will do this and we will do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17505]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't say enough about the guys we've got on this team. It's not just the guys that play, it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38106]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't say enough about the guys we've got on this team. It's not just the guys that play, it's everyone that contributes every day. It's been a real fun ride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too great haste leads us to error. [Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too great haste leads us to error. [Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We might not need Barry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34859]]></link><description><![CDATA[We might not need Barry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pressure of getting an order right is greater than sinking a putt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martha has been a terrific partner. I've gotten to know her well of late, ... I can only see her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martha has been a terrific partner. I've gotten to know her well of late, ... I can only see her strengthening her relationship with us...I counsel with Martha. She's constantly helping me search out ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray,  And, darkly circled, gave at noon  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray,  And, darkly circled, gave at noon   A sadder light than waning moon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  If faith is the gaze of the heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  If faith is the gaze of the heart at God, and if this gaze is but the raising of the inward eyes to meet the all-seeing eyes of God, then it follows that it is one of the easiest things possible to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The neer to the church, the further from God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The neer to the church, the further from God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end: and much study is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4535]]></link><description><![CDATA[And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end: and much study is a weariness of the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warre is deaths feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warre is deaths feast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36924]]></link><description><![CDATA[For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not legible, but audible. Our science has always desired to monitor, measure, abstract, and castrate meaning, forgetting that life is full of noise and that death alone is silent: work noise, noise of man, and noise of beast. Noise bought, sold, or prohibited. Nothing essential happens in the absence of noise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50270]]></link><description><![CDATA[In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness is the repose of Passion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness is the repose of Passion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted. [Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10664]]></link><description><![CDATA[By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted. [Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19927]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Normally, the appeals process in a case like this takes a couple of months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Normally, the appeals process in a case like this takes a couple of months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18462</guid></item></channel></rss>