<?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[Feast of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 Commemoration of William & Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 Commemoration of William & Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 & 1890   Bernard [of Clairvaux] did not stop with love for God or Christ, he insisted also that the Christian must love his neighbors, including even his enemies. Not necessarily that he must feel affection for them -- that is not always possible in this life, though it will be in heaven -- but that he must treat them as love dictates, doing always for others what he would that they should do for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A certain man has called us, "of all peoples the wisest in action," but he added, "the stupidest in speech." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13913]]></link><description><![CDATA[A certain man has called us, "of all peoples the wisest in action," but he added, "the stupidest in speech."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than bytheir understandings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than bytheir understandings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sends cold according to Cloathes. [God sends cold according to clothes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49275]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sends cold according to Cloathes. [God sends cold according to clothes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A-four and a-three and a-two and a-one... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15208]]></link><description><![CDATA[A-four and a-three and a-two and a-one...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who in this world of ours their eyes In March first open shall be wise;  In days of peril ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who in this world of ours their eyes In March first open shall be wise;  In days of peril firm and brave,   And wear a Bloodstone to their grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35266]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and enjoy them. I've helped the team win with the bat before, but it's nice to do it with the glove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10943]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women see better than men. Men see lazily, if they do not expect to act. Women see quite without any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women see better than men. Men see lazily, if they do not expect to act. Women see quite without any wish to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What they presumably need to do today is come up with something that is realistic enough and acknowledges enough of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39999]]></link><description><![CDATA[What they presumably need to do today is come up with something that is realistic enough and acknowledges enough of the judge's finding that he takes the proposal seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cock has great influence on this own dunghill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cock has great influence on this own dunghill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46596]]></link><description><![CDATA[You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a real trickle down effect when there isn't much snow. Resorts, restaurants, ski shops - we're all impacted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40754]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a real trickle down effect when there isn't much snow. Resorts, restaurants, ski shops - we're all impacted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47663]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors, and that's what it would take.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun, centre and sire of light, The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun, centre and sire of light, The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10376]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582  It was no exceptional thing for Jesus to withdraw Himself "into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582  It was no exceptional thing for Jesus to withdraw Himself "into the wilderness to pray." He was never for one moment of any day out of touch with God. He was speaking and listening to the Father all day long; and yet He, who was in such constant touch with God, felt the need, as well as the joy, of more prolonged and more quiet communion with Him... Most of the reasons that drive us to pray for strength and forgiveness could never have driven Him; and yet He needed prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17145]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.   - George Washington,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a marvelous feeling when someone says "I want to do this song of yours" because they've connected to it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43525]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a marvelous feeling when someone says "I want to do this song of yours" because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man'sfoot long enough to enable him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21842]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man'sfoot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55777]]></link><description><![CDATA[To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7085]]></link><description><![CDATA[God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking His words and causing the power of them to persist across the years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters--from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number--a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36566]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in order to address the increasing needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother of light! how fairly dost thou go Over those hoary crests, divinely led!  Art thou that huntress of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mother of light! how fairly dost thou go Over those hoary crests, divinely led!  Art thou that huntress of the silver bow   Fabled of old? Or rather dost thou tread    Those cloudy summits thence to gaze below,     Like the wild chamois from her Alpine snow,      Where hunters never climbed--secure from dread?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But ask not thou if happiness be there, If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,  Or if the brow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51081]]></link><description><![CDATA[But ask not thou if happiness be there, If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,  Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47987]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just about all I can take of myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2253]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just about all I can take of myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning  I spied three ships come sailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8633]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning  I spied three ships come sailing in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and repulses. There can be nothing more terrible or wonderful than to be stricken with love for Christ so deeply that the whole being goes out in a pained adoration of His person, an adoration that disturbs and disconcerts while it purges and satisfies and relaxes the deep inner heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63060]]></link><description><![CDATA[If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53981]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29473]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other historic periods where we've cut dramatically the size of the police force, there's been a concomitant increase ... in crime, ... You can't compromise public safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eighty percent of success is showing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eighty percent of success is showing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit, But the trail of the serpent is over them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65868]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you see someone like that who's in the spotlight and working hard and still not having a big head ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32090]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you see someone like that who's in the spotlight and working hard and still not having a big head and coming to work every day, it makes you want to play harder for the guy. People were getting crazy out there. There's nothing better than that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24100]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my speciality, that's what I've been brought here to do, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my speciality, that's what I've been brought here to do, and I want to score plenty ; like I did with Barcelona. And here, there's every reason to think I can do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56726</guid></item></channel></rss>