<?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[Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1742]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of you.  O, Father, give to your child what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of you.  O, Father, give to your child what he himself knows not how to ask.  Teach me to pray. Pray yourself in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do your best work when you’re having fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62470]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do your best work when you’re having fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16294]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is Love without his wings! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is Love without his wings!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The No. 1 risk factor is year-round playing of a sport, ... It starts with minor injuries, and by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37040]]></link><description><![CDATA[The No. 1 risk factor is year-round playing of a sport, ... It starts with minor injuries, and by the time they are in high school, it turns up as a serious injury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24128]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first -- an attempted suicide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65023]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no need to hide the reality from the world. Unless something is done urgently, the situation will most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34826]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need to hide the reality from the world. Unless something is done urgently, the situation will most certainly spiral out of control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer  In the earthen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48069]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer  In the earthen vessel, holding treasure,   But the main thing is, does it hold good measure    Heaven soon sets right all other matters!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have gone from a minivan to a full-size cargo van to a FedEx delivery truck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41809]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have gone from a minivan to a full-size cargo van to a FedEx delivery truck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just went to roll around with him for a little bit. He got his first points. And dislocated my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39385]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just went to roll around with him for a little bit. He got his first points. And dislocated my elbow. I guess that was the passing of the torch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival  To an impatient child that hath new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2760]]></link><description><![CDATA[So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival  To an impatient child that hath new robes   And may not wear them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50263]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62792]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness. - The Art of Being Ruled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness. - The Art of Being Ruled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modest doubt is call'd The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To the bottom of the worst. -Troilus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modest doubt is call'd The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To the bottom of the worst. -Troilus and Cressida. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which sufficeth is not little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49788]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which sufficeth is not little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Word of God is the informing power of the revelation of God in the finite world. It is not, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Word of God is the informing power of the revelation of God in the finite world. It is not, by any figure, to be identified with a book, or a temple, or a minister, or a shrine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And broughte of mighty ale a large quart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12996]]></link><description><![CDATA[And broughte of mighty ale a large quart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11853]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43596]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16543]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness - A Real Stress Buster -Ed Howe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tetchy and wayward. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tetchy and wayward. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That 400-person party would cost about $500 a head, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32947]]></link><description><![CDATA[That 400-person party would cost about $500 a head,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right, ... And he goes about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right, ... And he goes about seeing that things turn out that way with, of course, a lot of people suffering along the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side which has the best football coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17707]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side which has the best football coach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8813]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow,  Gloves as sweet as damask roses,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow,  Gloves as sweet as damask roses,   Masks for faces and for noses,    Bugle bracelet, necklace amber,     Perfume for a lady's chamber,      Golden quoifs and stomachers       For my lads to give their dears,        Pins and poking-sticks of steel,         What maids lack from head to heel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't the incompetent who destroys an organization. The incompetent never gets in a position to destroy it. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/318]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't the incompetent who destroys an organization. The incompetent never gets in a position to destroy it. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interest rates remain at relatively low levels and consequently the mortgage business remains robust, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Interest rates remain at relatively low levels and consequently the mortgage business remains robust,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52558]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion. [Lat., Diis proximus ille est  Quem ratio non ira movet: qui factor rependens   Consilio punire potest.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  As the devil showed great skill in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  As the devil showed great skill in tempting men to perdition., equal skill ought to be shown in saving them. The devil studied the nature of each man, seized upon the traits of his soul, adjusted himself to them and insinuated himself gradually into his victims's confidence -- suggesting splendors to the ambitious, gain to the covetous, delight to the sensuous, and a false appearance of piety to the pious -- and a winner of souls ought to act in the same cautious and skillful way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ups and downs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salt, when dissolved in water, may disappear, but it does not cease to exist. We can be sure of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Salt, when dissolved in water, may disappear, but it does not cease to exist. We can be sure of its presence by tasting the water. Likewise, the indwelling Christ, though unseen, will be made evident to others from the love which he imparts to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems -- but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're that young, you can't come to grips emotionally so you isolate yourself from your teammates. So my junior ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41332]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're that young, you can't come to grips emotionally so you isolate yourself from your teammates. So my junior and senior years, I felt it was no longer my team. I lost a lot of good relationships and friendships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5819</guid></item></channel></rss>