<?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 bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33868]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day,  The great, the important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15370]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day,  The great, the important day, big with the fate   Of Cato, and of Rome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are not fifty ways of fighting, there\'s only one, and that\'s to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66655]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are not fifty ways of fighting, there\'s only one, and that\'s to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would that I were low laid in my grave: I am not worth this coil that 's made for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would that I were low laid in my grave: I am not worth this coil that 's made for me. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest happiness of the greatest number. [Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest happiness of the greatest number. [Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A work of skill, surpassing sense, A labor of Omnipotence;  Though frail as dust it meet thine eye,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17597]]></link><description><![CDATA[A work of skill, surpassing sense, A labor of Omnipotence;  Though frail as dust it meet thine eye,   He form'd this gnat who built the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9712]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17348]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37419]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quiet mind cureth all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quiet mind cureth all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The child is learning academic skills while helping others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The child is learning academic skills while helping others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/126]]></link><description><![CDATA[No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal caught in a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. That is the secret of good judgment. Repeatedly place your pet opinions and prejudices before God. He will surprise you by showing you that the best of them need refining and some the purification of destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled to stay in the league. He's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31414]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled to stay in the league. He's a great person to model yourself after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never believe your doubts and never doubt your beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never believe your doubts and never doubt your beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The airlines are part of the overall surveillance network. We have a history of working with CDC to identify passengers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39581]]></link><description><![CDATA[The airlines are part of the overall surveillance network. We have a history of working with CDC to identify passengers who might be ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49087]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5393]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thief believes everybody steals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46974]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thief believes everybody steals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My home is in Heaven. I\'m just traveling through this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66681]]></link><description><![CDATA[My home is in Heaven. I\'m just traveling through this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains,  Dungeon, or beggary, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4339]]></link><description><![CDATA[O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains,  Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a generation of young people who have grown up with recycling, and now they can't throw a can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42005]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a generation of young people who have grown up with recycling, and now they can't throw a can away. I think that will happen with water conservation. The priority should be in helping people learn how to do it themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57096]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must lead by example of mercy and forgiveness, a trait every Muslim must have by very definition of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34342]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must lead by example of mercy and forgiveness, a trait every Muslim must have by very definition of being a follower of Islam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1067]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2331]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done;  But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes,   Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows    A harvest of barren regrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward yourgoals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem. . . Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids tend to be younger and don't have as much driving experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids tend to be younger and don't have as much driving experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65730]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no reason to suspect this was anything other than, well, a burglary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40654]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no reason to suspect this was anything other than, well, a burglary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28766]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire.  And burns in meadow-grass the phlox  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26624]]></link><description><![CDATA[When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire.  And burns in meadow-grass the phlox   His torch of purple fire:    . . . .     And when the punctual May arrives,      With cowslip-garland on her brow,       We know what once she gave our lives,        And cannot give us now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the self that was given; and second, upon the depths of the giving. Friend and foe alike are agreed on the question of the character of Jesus Christ... Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus. Character is supreme in life, and hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing -- so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26410]]></link><description><![CDATA[One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you maybe fall in again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. -Robert F. Kennedy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O lovers! Be careful in those dangerous first days! Once you’ve brought breakfast in bed you’ll have to bring it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4166]]></link><description><![CDATA[O lovers! Be careful in those dangerous first days! Once you’ve brought breakfast in bed you’ll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me free,  The loveliest things that still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me free,  The loveliest things that still remain,   Than thus remember thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physical activity has been shown to be beneficial for health and aging in a number of areas. This emerging association ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physical activity has been shown to be beneficial for health and aging in a number of areas. This emerging association between exercise and cognitive health is increasingly important to understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the summer's in prime Wi' the flowers richly blooming,  And the wild mountain thyme   A' the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the summer's in prime Wi' the flowers richly blooming,  And the wild mountain thyme   A' the moorlands perfuming.    To own dear native scenes     Let us journey together,      Where glad innocence reigns       'Mang the braes o' Balquhither.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the little people pay taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the little people pay taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57053]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57053</guid></item></channel></rss>