<?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[No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60100]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is one great art of conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is one great art of conversation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is woman there is magic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is woman there is magic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The (steam) sterilizers right now use 9,000 watts of electricity each, and these will be down to 1,500 watts apiece. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The (steam) sterilizers right now use 9,000 watts of electricity each, and these will be down to 1,500 watts apiece. That's a big savings. You maybe don't have to bring along as many generators. You don't burn as much fuel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toilets. These men should not be encouraged, their fantasies are sadly low-rent and unimaginative. Affect an aloof, cool demeanor as soon as any man tries to draw you out. Unless, of course, he's the pilot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price we have to pay for all this is someplace. Early in the century, we're going to see a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42255]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price we have to pay for all this is someplace. Early in the century, we're going to see a real good old-fashioned panic of the kind we haven't seen in a long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no otherdiscipline to impose, if we would but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no otherdiscipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept lifeunquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run awayfrom, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in theend. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy,and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one forhim who has the vision to recognize it as such.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. [Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60389]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. [Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme il veut l'etre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15412]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63434]]></link><description><![CDATA[There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full restoration, if you're talking about the way they were in 1972, I think is impossible. A lot of cities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full restoration, if you're talking about the way they were in 1972, I think is impossible. A lot of cities have been built in the lowlands that have been dried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Left that command Sole daughter of his voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Left that command Sole daughter of his voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951  To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951  To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's care is more evident in some instances than in others; and upon such instances men seize, and call them providences. It is well that they can; but it would be gloriously better if they could believe that the whole matter is one grand providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The girls had to play in the rain for most of the first nine holes and the wind was gusting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The girls had to play in the rain for most of the first nine holes and the wind was gusting for the whole day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Excellency, I am aware of my responsibilities, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your Excellency, I am aware of my responsibilities,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Okonwko was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Okonwko was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have. Life is a gift!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apollo does not always bend his bow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apollo does not always bend his bow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody is going to have to step in and take the load. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody is going to have to step in and take the load.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58964]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14893]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63302]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36819]]></link><description><![CDATA[One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the joy of a lifetime, ... I am speaking on behalf of all the people that suffered under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28921]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the joy of a lifetime, ... I am speaking on behalf of all the people that suffered under his rule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till then, good-night! You wish the time were now? And I.  You do not blush to wish it so? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till then, good-night! You wish the time were now? And I.  You do not blush to wish it so?   You would have blush'd yourself to death    To own so much a year ago.     What! both these snowy hands? ah, then      I'll have to say, Good-night again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5132]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The global atmosphere is still unclear and the local picture is also generating some tensions. The near-term outlook for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The global atmosphere is still unclear and the local picture is also generating some tensions. The near-term outlook for the market is not good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started very well but I got unlucky while he scored on almost every ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41638]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started very well but I got unlucky while he scored on almost every ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19603]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground. We've been working for many years on this project. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33456]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground. We've been working for many years on this project.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness. The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by st ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaim You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; I now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although no deal is yet final, all interested parties are expected to congregate in Detroit next Wednesday to iron out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although no deal is yet final, all interested parties are expected to congregate in Detroit next Wednesday to iron out the final details.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33364]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal is to create a new use for the manure that's surrounding the town ? as a biofuel,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13592]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyfull of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4093]]></link><description><![CDATA[The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men forget but never forgive. Women forgive but never forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men forget but never forgive. Women forgive but never forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14322]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57160</guid></item></channel></rss>