<?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[Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19240]]></link><description><![CDATA[True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18168]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921  I would not favour a fiction to keep a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921  I would not favour a fiction to keep a whole world out of hell. The hell that a lie would keep any man out of is doubtless the very best place for him to go to. It is truth... that saves the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34277]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This bold bad man. -King Henry VIII. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56034]]></link><description><![CDATA[This bold bad man. -King Henry VIII. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your neighbor is the man who needs you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your neighbor is the man who needs you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With self-discipline most anything is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12400]]></link><description><![CDATA[With self-discipline most anything is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of sovereign parts he is esteem'd; Well fitted in arts, glorious in arms: Nothing becomes him ill that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of sovereign parts he is esteem'd; Well fitted in arts, glorious in arms: Nothing becomes him ill that he would well. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936  It should be noted, at least by those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936  It should be noted, at least by those who accept Christ's claim to be God, that he by no means fits into the picture of the "mystic saint". Those who are fascinated by the supposed superiority of the mystic soul might profitably compile a list of its characteristics and place them side by side with those of Christ. The results would probably expose a surprising conclusion. There is, in fact, no provision for a "privileged class" in genuine Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes a great difference in our feelings towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes a great difference in our feelings towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer; as also it makes a vast difference in their feelings towards us if they know that we are in the habit of praying for them. There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the same exercise of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10300]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music, not only across genres ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35217]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music, not only across genres but across generations as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without adding any more to what has already been said; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57912]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without adding any more to what has already been said; for it would be foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46607]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2783]]></link><description><![CDATA[For spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still amorous, and fond, and billing, Like Philip and Mary, on a shilling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still amorous, and fond, and billing, Like Philip and Mary, on a shilling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are only trying to protect our investments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32606]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are only trying to protect our investments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sole desire, one passion now remains To keep life's fever still within his veins,  Vengeance! dire vengeance on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54092]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sole desire, one passion now remains To keep life's fever still within his veins,  Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who cast   O'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of success is showing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of success is showing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on alldarknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on alldarknesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66432]]></link><description><![CDATA[After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plans differ; the planners are all alike... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47644]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plans differ; the planners are all alike...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea makes you laugh, and you're instantly sympathetic. We've all lived through that moment where we had sex for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea makes you laugh, and you're instantly sympathetic. We've all lived through that moment where we had sex for the first time. You're terrified, so the idea of a guy so scared he let it get past him is relatable to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13659]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are trying and we continue to try. We have increased oil production to over 10 million barrels a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40148]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are trying and we continue to try. We have increased oil production to over 10 million barrels a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are for a comprehensive solution to the immigration process. There was talk of a lot of little things on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28771]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are for a comprehensive solution to the immigration process. There was talk of a lot of little things on Monday. We decided to have a larger one which we hope will catch the attention of elected officials, especially the state and federal officials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And her face so fair Stirr'd with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14851]]></link><description><![CDATA[And her face so fair Stirr'd with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15266]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a three run error on the umpire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32147]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a three run error on the umpire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - antihumanism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12463]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - antihumanism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had to repay almost $3,000 to groups and people who had given us money thinking it was deductible, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38117]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had to repay almost $3,000 to groups and people who had given us money thinking it was deductible, and I figure we've lost maybe another $4,000 in donations we would have gotten since this came up. So we're hurting. We need some help to pay the bills and keep our programs going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. - Aenid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. - Aenid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever preaches with love preaches sufficiently against heresy, though he may never utter a controversial word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever preaches with love preaches sufficiently against heresy, though he may never utter a controversial word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars, Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields  Of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57813]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars, Which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields  Of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64346]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people are to be taken in very small doses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people are to be taken in very small doses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14758</guid></item></channel></rss>