<?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[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885  Continuing a short series on prayer: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885  Continuing a short series on prayer:   Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Christopher Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question... I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious to society. He insisted on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was her way of dealing with the grief. She was really venting when I was just sobbing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41612]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was her way of dealing with the grief. She was really venting when I was just sobbing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52869]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49857]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the Christmas holyday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the Christmas holyday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition to the economic impact dollar figure, of particular interest to us was that the All-Star Game and related ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40411]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition to the economic impact dollar figure, of particular interest to us was that the All-Star Game and related events generated nearly 20,000 hotel room nights, with an average lodging expense of $403 per group.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before, they used to tell you who to vote for, but not this time, ... The management of the elections ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before, they used to tell you who to vote for, but not this time, ... The management of the elections is better today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by holding elections. Silencing the leadership, the king hopes, will silence the people. Such actions belie his stated belief in democratic principles and the rule of law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without forgiveness, there's no future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without forgiveness, there's no future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Before the officers were sworn to their new ranks, several residents spoke publicly at the meeting about the promotions.] I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31149]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Before the officers were sworn to their new ranks, several residents spoke publicly at the meeting about the promotions.] I stand here to say thank you, ... You earned your due. I'm very, very proud of my Police Department in Neptune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's all I could think to do, and after I did that, it let go. And I wanted to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30643]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's all I could think to do, and after I did that, it let go. And I wanted to get to shore as soon as I could. The thought crossed my mind that I might not make it back in and it was just pretty hectic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike income, or even sales taxes, property taxes are not accurate indicators of your cash at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike income, or even sales taxes, property taxes are not accurate indicators of your cash at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells of the earth, many a fair pearle in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells of the earth, many a fair pearle in the bosome of the sea, that never was seene nor never shall bee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10826]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They succeed, because they think they can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51832]]></link><description><![CDATA[They succeed, because they think they can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35562]]></link><description><![CDATA[During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum while providing maximum exposure. He was instrumental in developing an Air Force Reserve Player of the Game' award presented at all home games. He has promoted Military Appreciation Days and first pitch opportunities for all branches of the military. His patriotism is second to none, and his marketing expertise has greatly benefited the 302nd Airlift Wing recruiting effort over the past ten years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tone of campaigning in the last week has gone sour. There's been mudslinging and some uncalled for utterances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tone of campaigning in the last week has gone sour. There's been mudslinging and some uncalled for utterances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toughness played a much bigger role on those teams. We had eight legitimate fighters. I helped with that toughness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Toughness played a much bigger role on those teams. We had eight legitimate fighters. I helped with that toughness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A normal show would cost somebody to have a professional handler, about $75 a show. At Westminster, because the handlers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33825]]></link><description><![CDATA[A normal show would cost somebody to have a professional handler, about $75 a show. At Westminster, because the handlers are all champions, the fees can more than double. Probably more like $200.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62865]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good orators, when they are out, they will spit. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good orators, when they are out, they will spit. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64241]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know what we are, but know not what we may be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very painful. I'm trying to keep a smile and not think about it, but give (Socorro) credit. They played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34400]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very painful. I'm trying to keep a smile and not think about it, but give (Socorro) credit. They played hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66803]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43023]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In the slanting sun of late afternoon the shadows of great branches reached across the river, and the trees took the river in their arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31024]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about a mile from Robin Williams, and so I made all of the other comics jealous because I got to get a ride home with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starred forget-me-nots smile sweetly, Ring, bluebells, ring!  Winning eye and heart completely,   Sing, robin, sing!   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starred forget-me-nots smile sweetly, Ring, bluebells, ring!  Winning eye and heart completely,   Sing, robin, sing!    All among the reeds and rushes,     Where the brook its music hushes,      Bright the caloposon blushes,__       Laugh, O murmuring Spring!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy your game and chase your dreams, because dreams do come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy your game and chase your dreams, because dreams do come true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62727]]></link><description><![CDATA[My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy.
]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In discourse more sweet, (For Eloquence the Sound, Song charmes the sense,)  Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9924]]></link><description><![CDATA[In discourse more sweet, (For Eloquence the Sound, Song charmes the sense,)  Others apart sat on a hill retir'd,   In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high    Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will and Fate,     Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute;      And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe, with the addition of those additional Iraqi forces, with the gelling of the Iraqi chain of command, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38362]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe, with the addition of those additional Iraqi forces, with the gelling of the Iraqi chain of command, with good leadership by Prime Minister Allawi and his ministers, that the elections will be able to be held,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore, For by his side a pouch he wore,  Replete with strange hermetic powder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore, For by his side a pouch he wore,  Replete with strange hermetic powder   That wounds nine miles point-blank would solder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our own in-house experiments, she couldn't get out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37733]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our own in-house experiments, she couldn't get out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Third act of the eternal play! In poster-like emblazonries  "Autumn once more begins today"--   'Tis written all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Third act of the eternal play! In poster-like emblazonries  "Autumn once more begins today"--   'Tis written all across the trees    In yellow like Chinese.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was surprised by the atmosphere in the stadium in Chicago. The fans were loud. Yankee Stadium can be loud. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was surprised by the atmosphere in the stadium in Chicago. The fans were loud. Yankee Stadium can be loud. Those people gave them a run for their money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I 'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I 'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mark the Evangelist  Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mark the Evangelist  Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free... If we understand our first and sole duty to consist of loving God supremely and loving everyone, even our enemies, for God's dear sake, then we can enjoy spiritual tranquilly under every circumstance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47836</guid></item></channel></rss>