<?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[A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13583]]></link><description><![CDATA[A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a precious gift. Don't waste it being unhappy, dissatisfied, or anything else you can be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a precious gift. Don't waste it being unhappy, dissatisfied, or anything else you can be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17416</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[Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2432]]></link><description><![CDATA[America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61432]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of your strength is not by merely winning all of your life's battles. When you go through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of your strength is not by merely winning all of your life's battles. When you go through tough circumstances and seeing every reason to quit but you just won't, that is strength!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very large hurricane, a very powerful hurricane. Wherever you have the eye of this system, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40857]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very large hurricane, a very powerful hurricane. Wherever you have the eye of this system, you are going to have a potentially catastrophic disaster there. This is the worst-case scenario for a hurricane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I saw it last year, the fans, the crowd, the competition, I knew I wanted to be in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36307]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I saw it last year, the fans, the crowd, the competition, I knew I wanted to be in the county meet. Now I just want to go out there and have a good showing against the rest of the top guys in the county and just let the best man win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as the team goes, other than Riley, we left some strokes out on the course today. We'll get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30426]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as the team goes, other than Riley, we left some strokes out on the course today. We'll get back after it, starting in Pierre on Monday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17835]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1611]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by convention--to appreciate authentic beauty in all forms, whether we like it or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melissa is a very versatile player. She has a great game sense and a great defensive presence on the field. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Melissa is a very versatile player. She has a great game sense and a great defensive presence on the field. She has proven she can play back and midfield and is ready for this level. One of the best things about Melissa is that she really enjoys to compete. She has a tremendous amount of passion for the game and I believe she will make a significant contribution as a freshman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29565]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very difficult to shoot when you turn the ball over before you get the opportunity to shoot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35998]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very difficult to shoot when you turn the ball over before you get the opportunity to shoot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is, as it were, a second self. [Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16768]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is, as it were, a second self. [Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that you want to find a solution that the Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and harmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40142]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that you want to find a solution that the Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and harmony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51745]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13224]]></link><description><![CDATA[O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14109]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is going to go wherever it (can) make money. I don't know how elected officials would feel about expanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is going to go wherever it (can) make money. I don't know how elected officials would feel about expanding the city limits at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23523]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can do no great things; only small things with great love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2178]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can do no great things; only small things with great love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to have him back, but I am not optimistic. It could fall apart, but they are past ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to have him back, but I am not optimistic. It could fall apart, but they are past the money and now working on terms that are easier to resolve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, this is the most important game since we played Moody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32609]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, this is the most important game since we played Moody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea, into which the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea, into which the more I enter the more I find, and the more I find the more I seek. The soul cannot be satiated in your abyss, for she continually hungers after you, the eternal Trinity, desiring to see you with the light of your light. As the hart desires the springs of living water, so my soul desires to leave the prison of this dark body and see you in truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53178]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can experience loss of memory, daytime sleepiness. They can also have a difficulty concentrating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39463]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can experience loss of memory, daytime sleepiness. They can also have a difficulty concentrating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. [Fr., Est bien fou du cerveau ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. [Fr., Est bien fou du cerveau  Qui pretend contenter tout le monde et son pere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26344]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14883]]></link><description><![CDATA[I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1659]]></link><description><![CDATA[The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And force them, though it was in spite Of Nature and their stars, to write. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3517]]></link><description><![CDATA[And force them, though it was in spite Of Nature and their stars, to write.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58966]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/563]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He beat the bushes without taking the birds. [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14930]]></link><description><![CDATA[He beat the bushes without taking the birds. [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It felt good to finally get the chance to play and show what I can do. If I had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34559]]></link><description><![CDATA[It felt good to finally get the chance to play and show what I can do. If I had to judge myself, I?d say it was fair, but around here, you never know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48945]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won't have a society if we destroy the environment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13312]]></link><description><![CDATA[We won't have a society if we destroy the environment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see my reputation is at stake; My fame is shrewdly gored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see my reputation is at stake; My fame is shrewdly gored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53892</guid></item></channel></rss>