<?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[Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks with garbage? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks with garbage?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17277]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's CNN for security geeks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34183]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's CNN for security geeks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51275]]></link><description><![CDATA[For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel bad that I don't feel worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel bad that I don't feel worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in law is essential to the philosophical conception of prayer. If the universe were a mere chaos of chances, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in law is essential to the philosophical conception of prayer. If the universe were a mere chaos of chances, or if it were a result of absolute necessity, there would be no place for intelligent prayer; but if it is under the control of a Lawgiver, wise and merciful, not a mere manager of material machinery, but a true Father of all, then we can come to such a Being with our requests -- not in the belief that we change His great plans, nor that any advantage could result from this if it were possible, but that these plans may be made in his boundless wisdom and love to meet our necessities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10118]]></link><description><![CDATA[People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it- walk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It'll be a solid number, but it won't post the 8.2 percent growth we saw for the third quarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38037]]></link><description><![CDATA[It'll be a solid number, but it won't post the 8.2 percent growth we saw for the third quarter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27681]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For everything seemed resting on his nod, As they could read in all eyes. Now to them,  Who were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45999]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything seemed resting on his nod, As they could read in all eyes. Now to them,  Who were accustomed, as a sort of god,   To see the sultan, rich in many a gem,    Like an imperial peacock stalk abroad     (That royal bird, whose tail's a diadem,)      With all the pomp of power, it was a doubt       How power could condescend to do without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the weather has been the same for 364 days. It's just a gut-level, immediate concern that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the weather has been the same for 364 days. It's just a gut-level, immediate concern that most people have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale, and this cuff was but to knock at your ear, and beseech listening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25170]]></link><description><![CDATA[And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale, and this cuff was but to knock at your ear, and beseech listening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press not a falling man too far! -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Press not a falling man too far! -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52685]]></link><description><![CDATA[People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am in Rome! Oft as the morning ray Visits these eyes, waking at once I cry,  Whence this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54411]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am in Rome! Oft as the morning ray Visits these eyes, waking at once I cry,  Whence this excess of joy? What has befallen me?   And from within a thrilling voice replies,    Thou art in Rome! A thousand busy thoughts     Rush on my mind, a thousand images;      And I spring up as girt to run a race!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it gently. That was just why it stung you, said his Mother. The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you. Whatever you do, do with all your might.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very pleased to report an adjusted net profit for what is seasonally our weakest quarter. Our people are working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30226]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very pleased to report an adjusted net profit for what is seasonally our weakest quarter. Our people are working hard to provide excellent value for our customers and improve efficiency. Add to that a fare environment that allows us to recover a greater portion of our high fuel costs, and we've got a great start to the year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final reality, and the ultimate fact of our total situation to which we need to be adjusted, is God. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final reality, and the ultimate fact of our total situation to which we need to be adjusted, is God. That indeed would be my definition of God: God is He with whom we have ultimately to do, the final reality to which we have to face up, and with whom we have, in the last resort, to reckon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49376]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4191]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16779]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66528]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last;  One speaks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53889]]></link><description><![CDATA[In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last;  One speaks the glory of the British queen,   And one describes a charming Indian screen;    A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes;     At every word a reputation dies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49862]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a roomalone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21686]]></link><description><![CDATA[All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a roomalone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. [Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8715]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. [Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will follow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9209]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will follow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being in politics is like coaching football. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being in politics is like coaching football. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17732]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The carriers are realizing to get the last customers they need to offer more than just a mass approach. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The carriers are realizing to get the last customers they need to offer more than just a mass approach. The companies offer everything, but it's not customized to really penetrate the rest of the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41634</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[It went very well. We developed a plan of action that one of our solicitors will be brining to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37775]]></link><description><![CDATA[It went very well. We developed a plan of action that one of our solicitors will be brining to our next meeting, ... The context of the solution is an attempt to remedy the situation at the cause while trying to give the homeowners some immediate relief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is abscent when the act is justified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed  A youth, who bore, 'mid snow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2330]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed  A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice   A banner with the strange device,    Excelsior!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of two everlasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of two everlasting hostile empires, Necessity and Freewill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the NHL's repair year, ... They have to treat it almost like a new production introduction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39951]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the NHL's repair year, ... They have to treat it almost like a new production introduction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39951</guid></item></channel></rss>