<?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[Early yesterday morning, Dole approached the port to see if we could do anything in advance of that 30th of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early yesterday morning, Dole approached the port to see if we could do anything in advance of that 30th of September date, and all of the agencies, all of the service providers came together and we were able to receive the ship this morning around 10:30.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit with him was all the test of truth; "It must be right: I've done it from my youth." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit with him was all the test of truth; "It must be right: I've done it from my youth."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Christians are reluctant to become involved in public affairs be cause politics is a "dirty business", but the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many Christians are reluctant to become involved in public affairs be cause politics is a "dirty business", but the same people are generally quite happy to go into business life, which is in its way just as "dirty". If the dubious practices and moral compromises of every walk of life were dissected and made known with the glare of publicity which shines on the activities of politicians, then those who like to think that they can keep their hands clean would have very few professions to choose from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date;  Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date;  Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate,   Full on thy bloom,    Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight     Shall be thy doom!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47347]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we work upon marble it will perish. If we work upon brass time will efface it. If we rear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43054]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we work upon marble it will perish. If we work upon brass time will efface it. If we rear temples they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon men's immortal minds, if we imbue them with high principles, with the just fear of God and love of their fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, and which will brighten and brighten to all eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is my religion - I could die for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is my religion - I could die for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11464]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what seniors are for, to win a ballgame for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37179]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what seniors are for, to win a ballgame for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is leading, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is leading, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he is doing; when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope! thou nurse of young desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope! thou nurse of young desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is far more often a shield than a lance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is far more often a shield than a lance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see them here is a dream come true. Los Angeles has been my hometown for so long, so to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41575]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see them here is a dream come true. Los Angeles has been my hometown for so long, so to have them here is beyond words. I'm going to come here very often and bring friends to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. . -John Templeton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contrary to what many people may think, the nation's children are faring better in many respects than they have in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contrary to what many people may think, the nation's children are faring better in many respects than they have in previous years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? [Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? [Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae  Tempora di superi?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the consolidation at retail, manufacturers are looking at how they can have more control over their business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42480]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the consolidation at retail, manufacturers are looking at how they can have more control over their business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What ye have been ye still shall be When we are dust the dust among,  O yellow flowers! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10969]]></link><description><![CDATA[What ye have been ye still shall be When we are dust the dust among,  O yellow flowers!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto  Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde   Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HBO is, and will continue to be, the most profitable network in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31568]]></link><description><![CDATA[HBO is, and will continue to be, the most profitable network in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're not given the chance that a lot of other children are given. They deserve better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28854]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're not given the chance that a lot of other children are given. They deserve better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is any result over 90 percent it is better to investigate those again. We are reviewing all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34844]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is any result over 90 percent it is better to investigate those again. We are reviewing all the numbers, yes and no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41514]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have insurance. Their homes are completely gone and they probably won't be able to rebuild and regain their livelihoods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have done it by really knowing their customers better than perhaps probably any other food retailer, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34137]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have done it by really knowing their customers better than perhaps probably any other food retailer,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will show myself highly fed and lowly taught. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55720]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will show myself highly fed and lowly taught. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the doctrines of the Gospel. A reflecting Christian sees more to excite his astonishment, and to exercise his faith, in the state of things between Temple Bar [in Dublin] and St. Paul's [in London], than in what he reads from Genesis to Revelation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was simply amazed; in my 20-plus years as a funeral home director, I have never seen workers come out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40410]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was simply amazed; in my 20-plus years as a funeral home director, I have never seen workers come out in force in a display of respect as I had here today. There were state highway department workers at every intersection on the way to the cemetery and about 40 to 50 state trucks on hand. The Illinois Department of Transportation takes care of its own. It was very impressive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very comfortable with that overall total reduction in risk, and I would not be able to say that there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very comfortable with that overall total reduction in risk, and I would not be able to say that there is anything that I can tell that should stop them from going ahead and flying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the flag of England? Ye have but my breath to dare, Ye have but my waves to conquer. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16139]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the flag of England? Ye have but my breath to dare, Ye have but my waves to conquer. Go forth, for it is there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53636]]></link><description><![CDATA[God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sister and my sister's child, Myself and children three,  Will fill the chaise: so you must ride  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48933]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sister and my sister's child, Myself and children three,  Will fill the chaise: so you must ride   On horseback after me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational;  But he, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational;  But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,   And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15495</guid></item></channel></rss>