<?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[There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1473]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The numbers were right on target, but you got [the price of] oil taking off, approaching $26 a barrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30767]]></link><description><![CDATA[The numbers were right on target, but you got [the price of] oil taking off, approaching $26 a barrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988   There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988   There are no crown wearers in heaven who were not cross bearers here below.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and perfect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and perfect obedience to an absolute geometry that even stones -- maybe only the stones -- understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21119]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel John Peel was somebody that we could all trust. Throughout his life, he gave people a sense of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel John Peel was somebody that we could all trust. Throughout his life, he gave people a sense of a bigger world out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long ago a man of the world was defined as a man who in every serious crisis is invariably wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long ago a man of the world was defined as a man who in every serious crisis is invariably wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5660]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9722]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. I always send them a plant to wish them well. Of course, it's a cactus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was alway yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing to make it too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55912]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was alway yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing to make it too common. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I am thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59160]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I am thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the four years I have coached Caitlin, I have seen no players with even close to her speed. She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35628]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the four years I have coached Caitlin, I have seen no players with even close to her speed. She can control the ball, take it away from other players and stop impossible shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our envy of others devours us most of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our envy of others devours us most of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sweetly solemn though comes to me over and over, I am nearer to home today than I have ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15231]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sweetly solemn though comes to me over and over, I am nearer to home today than I have ever been before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you care for someone it's not all about being with them. It's about being there for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62948]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you care for someone it's not all about being with them. It's about being there for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51069]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63474]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life throws you curve balls, but you either learn to swerve them or hit them like there is no tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life throws you curve balls, but you either learn to swerve them or hit them like there is no tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities,  A still and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities,  A still and quiet conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;  When the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24161]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;  When the air does laugh with our merry wit,   And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune sides with him who dares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune sides with him who dares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome dutyinto an interesting opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome dutyinto an interesting opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--  They had been fou for weeks thegither! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16762]]></link><description><![CDATA[His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither--  They had been fou for weeks thegither!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night of the Wolf, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night of the Wolf,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30074]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the mystery of personal selection at the heart of it. The second challenge has been to impose order onto the things seen and to supply the visual context and the intellectual framework - that to me is the art of photography.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up springs the lark, Shrill-voiced, and loud, the messenger of morn;  Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up springs the lark, Shrill-voiced, and loud, the messenger of morn;  Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings   Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts    Calls up the tuneful nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8926]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53414]]></link><description><![CDATA[In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. [Ephesians 1:7].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, hell! to choose love by another's eyes. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55510]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, hell! to choose love by another's eyes. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16563]]></link><description><![CDATA[To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15115]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day the faithful will have it all! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15003]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day the faithful will have it all!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye rigid Ploughman! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours.  Advance! spare not! nor look behind!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye rigid Ploughman! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours.  Advance! spare not! nor look behind!   Plough deep and straight with all your powers!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dances Under the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dances Under the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows;  Old fold and young together, and children mingled among them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62119]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57380]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57380</guid></item></channel></rss>