<?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[Right now it's just the evaluation process. I have a very supportive family who would like to see me coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now it's just the evaluation process. I have a very supportive family who would like to see me coach again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good to see us rise to occasion. Getting an early lead gives you a mental edge. You know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33414]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good to see us rise to occasion. Getting an early lead gives you a mental edge. You know one mistake is not going to beat you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughsto forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughsto forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're talking to a lot of major groups that may not have considered us in the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40404]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're talking to a lot of major groups that may not have considered us in the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65588]]></link><description><![CDATA[To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has become clear from the huge crowds on the street for the queen ... is that they do appreciate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31386]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has become clear from the huge crowds on the street for the queen ... is that they do appreciate the sense of continuity, of steadiness that the queen gives by having been in that role for a very long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15700]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60397]]></link><description><![CDATA[It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57479]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46439]]></link><description><![CDATA[My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44369]]></link><description><![CDATA[My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So show a little inspiration/ show a little spark/ show the world a little act when you show it your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57193]]></link><description><![CDATA[So show a little inspiration/ show a little spark/ show the world a little act when you show it your heart/ we've got two lives--one we're given,/ and the other one we make/ and the world won't stop/ and actions speak louder/ listen to your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took her into the doctor, and at first they didn't know what was wrong. She went down so quick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40948]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took her into the doctor, and at first they didn't know what was wrong. She went down so quick in a few days. I thank God for the doctor at the clinic in Joes. They drew her blood and said, 'You have 48 hours to get her to Children's (Hospital).' I was devastated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In small communities, so many big things happen that it's hard to choose just one person to honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42002]]></link><description><![CDATA[In small communities, so many big things happen that it's hard to choose just one person to honor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52834]]></link><description><![CDATA[To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one use of the Bible is to make us look at Jesus, that through Him we might know His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one use of the Bible is to make us look at Jesus, that through Him we might know His Father and our Father, His God and our God. Till we thus know Him, let us hold the Bible dear as the moon of our darkness, by which we travel toward the east; not dear as the sun whence her light cometh, and towards which we haste, that, walking in the sun himself, we may no more need the mirror that reflected his absent brightness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where thegoalposts are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22190]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where thegoalposts are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By-and-by has no end. [Lat., Modo, et modo, non habebent modum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59297]]></link><description><![CDATA[By-and-by has no end. [Lat., Modo, et modo, non habebent modum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53104]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as most of the customers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a big difference between thinking: I'm in a relationship and something's wrong. Therefore something must be wrong with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1277]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a big difference between thinking: I'm in a relationship and something's wrong. Therefore something must be wrong with the relationship. and thinking I'm in a relationship and we've got problems. This is evidence that you are different than me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62478]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary voyage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and oppressed subjects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. •Otto Von Bismarck  Peace with a club in hand is war. •Portuguese Proverb   The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. •Bernard Mannes Baruch  The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. •Chinese Proverb   Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5172]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11800]]></link><description><![CDATA[When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where stray ye, Muses! in what lawn or grove, . . . .  In those fair fields where sacred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where stray ye, Muses! in what lawn or grove, . . . .  In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides,   Or else where Cam his winding vales divides?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. [Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. [Ger., Das Uebel macht eine Geschichte und das Gute keine.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" -- a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty and war itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45164]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not singular except in syllable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not singular except in syllable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49121]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In quarreling the truth is always lost ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52692]]></link><description><![CDATA[In quarreling the truth is always lost]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9859</guid></item></channel></rss>