<?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 man must learn to forgive himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53273]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16341]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. [Fr., Toutes les passions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45606]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. [Fr., Toutes les passions ne sout autre chose que les divers degres de la chaleur et de la froideur du sang.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44102]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46774]]></link><description><![CDATA[No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it lasts; that is what can help determine the seriousness of your situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66784]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the worlda portion of its lost heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21838]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the worlda portion of its lost heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11277]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57285]]></link><description><![CDATA[A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse;  Fear, for their scourge, means villains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53795]]></link><description><![CDATA[High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse;  Fear, for their scourge, means villains have,   Thou art the torturer of the brave!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34748]]></link><description><![CDATA[In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That three-point play, you could tell the excitement in the girls. That was definitely the turning point in the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41778]]></link><description><![CDATA[That three-point play, you could tell the excitement in the girls. That was definitely the turning point in the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the earlier Methodist class meetings, members were expected every week to answer some extremely personal questions, such as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7633]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the earlier Methodist class meetings, members were expected every week to answer some extremely personal questions, such as the following: Have you experienced any particular temptations during the past week? How did you react or respond to those temptations ? Is there anything you are trying to keep secret, and, if so, what? At this point, the modern Christian swallows hard! We are often coated with a thick layer of reserve and modesty which covers "a multitude of sins" -- usually our own. Significantly, James 5:16-20, the original context of that phrase, is the passage which urges, "Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17723]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence shows us that there are more overweight children now and more overweight infants and toddlers than there were 20 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evidence shows us that there are more overweight children now and more overweight infants and toddlers than there were 20 or 30 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishment - there are consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9844]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishment - there are consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[`But the Emperor has nothing on at all!' said a little child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36288]]></link><description><![CDATA[`But the Emperor has nothing on at all!' said a little child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47830]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee.Unfortunately, she was just coming home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21335]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee.Unfortunately, she was just coming home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15253]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5826]]></link><description><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2201]]></link><description><![CDATA[That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any combination of alcohol and gasoline is very unforgiving of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any combination of alcohol and gasoline is very unforgiving of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58354]]></link><description><![CDATA[The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no grief like the grief that does not speak ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18322]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no grief like the grief that does not speak]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't wait. The time will never be just right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't wait. The time will never be just right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws,which are exact and cannot be changed. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21179]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws,which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey themor disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring youmore problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/321]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tools were made and born with hands, Every farmer understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tools were made and born with hands, Every farmer understands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest,  Lend less than thou owest,   Ride more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest,  Lend less than thou owest,   Ride more than thou goest,    Learn more than thou trowest,     Set less than thou throwest;      Leave thy drink and thy whore,       And keep in-a-door,        And thou shalt have more         Than two tens to a score.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square person has squeezed himself into the round hole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll make the fur Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48714]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll make the fur Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not replacing DIY with DIFM by any means, ... What we're doing is broadening our DIY model to include ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31546]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not replacing DIY with DIFM by any means, ... What we're doing is broadening our DIY model to include the do-it-for-me category.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate ingratitude more in man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,  Or any taint of vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51529]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate ingratitude more in man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,  Or any taint of vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47888</guid></item></channel></rss>