<?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[When it first happened, I thought about losing [a shot at] the NBA. Once they said I had the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40359]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it first happened, I thought about losing [a shot at] the NBA. Once they said I had the same thing [former Longhorn and current Kansas City Chiefs running back] Priest Holmes had, I knew I'd be all right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lie and listen to the hissing waves, Wherein our boat seems sharpening its keel,  Which on the sea's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4399]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lie and listen to the hissing waves, Wherein our boat seems sharpening its keel,  Which on the sea's face all unthankful graves   An arrowed scratch as with a tool of steel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft, I shot his fellow of the selfsame flight The selfsame way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55549]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft, I shot his fellow of the selfsame flight The selfsame way, with more advised watch, To find the other forth; and by adventuring both, I oft found both. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . there is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55130]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . there is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience, or derived in some way from our senses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way to break the ice is with a sense of humor. Not making light of it, but using it to break the ice. Personality and having a sense of humor helps generate people's interest and puts them at a sense of ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He tells old wives' tales much to the point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50247]]></link><description><![CDATA[He tells old wives' tales much to the point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real secret to success is enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real secret to success is enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first game up there we had a chance to close the door and they came back and tied the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37603]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first game up there we had a chance to close the door and they came back and tied the score and won the game. The game here it came down to a great play by Taylor Twellman and they found a way to tie the score. We just have to find a way to do that little bit extra to finish off a game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53514]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The contractors that they're trying to hire to do these repairs are the same people that have been displaced or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The contractors that they're trying to hire to do these repairs are the same people that have been displaced or are working on everybody else's stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We noticed that. But we've got to take care of this game (George Mason) first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42258]]></link><description><![CDATA[We noticed that. But we've got to take care of this game (George Mason) first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11018]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. -As You Like It. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55676]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you hit a shot at the end of a quarter or a half, that gives you a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31278]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you hit a shot at the end of a quarter or a half, that gives you a lot of momentum if the game is close. Rochester played us tough and made a lot of shots they needed to. We needed to dig down deep and play well defensively to get some stops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does all the little things ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â taking charges, defending tough guys. And for a guy to rebound like he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29627]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does all the little things ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â taking charges, defending tough guys. And for a guy to rebound like he does at his size, that's extraordinary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15759]]></link><description><![CDATA[The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are fagots and fagots. [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9162]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are fagots and fagots. [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What mighty contests rise from trivial things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What mighty contests rise from trivial things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore!  It bears: "Eternity, be thou   My refuge!" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14085]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore!  It bears: "Eternity, be thou   My refuge!" and no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18755]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole thing goes back to the presence of God, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole thing goes back to the presence of God,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27509]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977  We shall benefit very much from the Sacrament if this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977  We shall benefit very much from the Sacrament if this thought has been impressed and engraved upon our minds that none of the brethren can be injured, despised, rejected, abused, or in any way offended by us, without [our] injuring, despising, and abusing Christ by the wrongs we do; that we cannot disagree with our brethren without at the same time disagreeing with Christ; that we cannot love Christ without loving Him in the brethren; that we ought to take the same care of our brethren's bodies as we take of our own; for they are members of our body; and that, as no part of our body is touched by any feeling of pain which is not spread among all the rest, so we ought not to allow a brother to be affected by any evil, without being touched with compassion for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22283]]></link><description><![CDATA[In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the swallows homeward fly, When the roses scattered lie,  When from neither hill or dale,   Chants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4234]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the swallows homeward fly, When the roses scattered lie,  When from neither hill or dale,   Chants the silvery nightingale:    In these works my bleeding heart     Would to thee its brief impart;      When I thus thy image lose       Can I, ah! can I, e'er know repose?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This dance of death which sounds so musically Was sure intended for the corpse de ballet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11020]]></link><description><![CDATA[This dance of death which sounds so musically Was sure intended for the corpse de ballet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to any good relationship, on-screen and off, is communication, respect, and I guess you have to like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to any good relationship, on-screen and off, is communication, respect, and I guess you have to like the way the other person smells -- and he smelled real nice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the opposing schools agree. They become the unspoken presuppositions of all thought, and common and unquestioningly accepted foundations on which all discussion proceeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is the science which considers truth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be good and you will be lonely ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be good and you will be lonely]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Horse made, and a man to make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49037]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Horse made, and a man to make.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul, biting for anger at the clog ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2821]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul, biting for anger at the clog of his body, desired to fret a passage through it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information. -Kurt Vonnegut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17203]]></link><description><![CDATA[If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10955]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be firstovercome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be firstovercome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have been expecting this system to weaken for the last few days, but the system has not weakened. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40853]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have been expecting this system to weaken for the last few days, but the system has not weakened. I cannot speculate about it because we don't know why.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27875]]></link><description><![CDATA[No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In silence, . . . Steals on soft-handed Charity,  Tempering her gifts, that seem so free,   By ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5702]]></link><description><![CDATA[In silence, . . . Steals on soft-handed Charity,  Tempering her gifts, that seem so free,   By time and place,    Till not a woe the bleak world see,     But finds her grace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53000</guid></item></channel></rss>