<?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[When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14114]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. "God wishes," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52303]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. "God wishes," said Calvin, "that one should put aside all humanity when it is a question of striving for His glory.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63463]]></link><description><![CDATA[A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4771]]></link><description><![CDATA[By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55444]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54100]]></link><description><![CDATA[That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor's sixth husband. I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how to make it interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty to reporting.Thus, if a legend told of a notable hero that all men spoke of his prowess any bard who valued his life would hastily add except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a loony, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him. Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like: His mighty steed was fast as the wind, on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three, any loose talk about a beloved having a face that could launch a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed own a very large seaport. Patrician Olaf II was eventually killed during an experiment conducted in the palace grounds to prove the disputed accuracy of the proverb The Pen is mightier than the Sword.In his memory it was decided that the proverb would from now on include the phrase: only if the Sword is very small and the Pen very sharp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, good mother, good looking, good tempered, well groomed and unaggressive]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the trip, the president will explain that the people of Afghanistan want an end to terrorism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40044]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the trip, the president will explain that the people of Afghanistan want an end to terrorism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...anyone who writes about "Darwin's theory of evolution" in the singular, without segregating the theories of gradual evolution, common descent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57081]]></link><description><![CDATA[...anyone who writes about "Darwin's theory of evolution" in the singular, without segregating the theories of gradual evolution, common descent, speciation, and the mechanism of natural selection, will be quite unable to discuss the subject competently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...we are apt to forget that the vast majority of men and women who fell under the totalitarian spell was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47257]]></link><description><![CDATA[...we are apt to forget that the vast majority of men and women who fell under the totalitarian spell was activated by unselfish motives, ready to accept the role of martyr or executioner, as the cause demanded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62390]]></link><description><![CDATA[You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penalties, penalties, penalties. But you know what, nobody on that team ever gave up. Nobody on that team ever quit. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Penalties, penalties, penalties. But you know what, nobody on that team ever gave up. Nobody on that team ever quit. Nobody thought we wouldn't hold them and go into overtime or do something big in the end zone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. -Rebecca West.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65153]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Era of good feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Era of good feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this tournament represents is a mid-season gut-check. There are 16 good teams in this tournament, any one of which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39474]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this tournament represents is a mid-season gut-check. There are 16 good teams in this tournament, any one of which can win at any time. This tournament really lets you see what you need to work on and what you're doing well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm focused on going out and competing and winning a starting job. My mindset has to be that next level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31505]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm focused on going out and competing and winning a starting job. My mindset has to be that next level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice that we have a lot of people that can contribute in different spots and pick up the slack. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36196]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice that we have a lot of people that can contribute in different spots and pick up the slack. We are not generating a greater volume of shots, but a better quality of shot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will be required to increase the quality of life and health is a coming together of technology and values, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22800]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will be required to increase the quality of life and health is a coming together of technology and values, based on a scientific guiding principle that people can agree on. Securing a healthy global future requires this guiding principle to preserve freedom of spirit yet be as provable as the laws of physics. A guiding principle that addresses the meaning of life and is compelling enough to generate social cohesion and behaviors that serve the greater whole. After thirty years of investigation and research, it has become clear to me that the answer lies within the human heart. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16468]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hug is a handshake from the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62885]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hug is a handshake from the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2159]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53307]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  When all is done, the hell of hells, the torment of torments, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  When all is done, the hell of hells, the torment of torments, is the everlasting absence of God, and the everlasting impossibility of returning to his presence; sayes the Apostle, it is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Yet there was a case, in which David found an ease, to fall into the hands of God, to scape the hands of men: When God's hand is bent to strike, it is a fearefull thing, to fall into the hands of the living God; but to fall out of the hands of the living God, is a horror beyond our expression, beyond our imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, thou hast some crotchets in thy head now. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, thou hast some crotchets in thy head now. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no clue where they came from, ... We don't know if someone raised them and let them go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30710]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no clue where they came from, ... We don't know if someone raised them and let them go or they got loose. We just don't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too bad we didn't win. It would have been a lot of commotion and would have ended their win streak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too bad we didn't win. It would have been a lot of commotion and would have ended their win streak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No day so clear but hath dark clouds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49649]]></link><description><![CDATA[No day so clear but hath dark clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53760]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made... [Romans 1:20].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees.  Three centuries he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees.  Three centuries he grows, and three he stays   Supreme in state; and in three more decays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh, if thou art wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh, if thou art wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3996]]></link><description><![CDATA[No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan the envious said with a sigh: Christians know more about their hell than I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan the envious said with a sigh: Christians know more about their hell than I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1176]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17235]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 8 Equities: Physical, Spiritual, Psychological, Intellectual,Emotional, Financial, Social and Family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21909]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 8 Equities: Physical, Spiritual, Psychological, Intellectual,Emotional, Financial, Social and Family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27615]]></link><description><![CDATA[What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins at the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins at the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30351]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The suggestions provide framework of how to change our culture. We are going through semester plans and are trying to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The suggestions provide framework of how to change our culture. We are going through semester plans and are trying to figure out how to use the suggestions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32938</guid></item></channel></rss>