<?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[YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62471]]></link><description><![CDATA[YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give importance to trifling matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48552]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give importance to trifling matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48552</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[I feel like we have to go out and earn respect, and the only way to do that is go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like we have to go out and earn respect, and the only way to do that is go out and play hard for four quarters and win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65008]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866   The early Hebrews learned at the foot of Mount Sinai ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866   The early Hebrews learned at the foot of Mount Sinai that in the sight of God there is indeed a difference between the sacred and the profane, but there is no difference between the spiritual and the social.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Byrd Amendment virtually defines corporate welfare. This is a massive payola scheme that takes money out of the US ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Byrd Amendment virtually defines corporate welfare. This is a massive payola scheme that takes money out of the US Treasury and uses it to line the pockets of private companies that have done nothing to earn it except sign on to antidumping petitions that drive up prices for American consumers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks,automatically enroll in the University of Adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks,automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20524]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et n'a pas de pieds.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry, Of bugles going by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry, Of bugles going by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43190]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to grow organically, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to grow organically,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41125]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My whole life has been nothing but trying to find a way to take care of my mom and take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66523]]></link><description><![CDATA[My whole life has been nothing but trying to find a way to take care of my mom and take care of my family as quickly as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn. [Sp., Como el hacer mal viene ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn. [Sp., Como el hacer mal viene de natural cosecha, facilmente se aprende el hacerle.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all, the group must keep remembering that true growth in grace is not to be achieved by our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all, the group must keep remembering that true growth in grace is not to be achieved by our own efforts or contriving, but must be received as the gift of God's Spirit, working in and among us. The work of the group is to keep open the channels of receptiveness through study, discipline, prayer, and self-offering. When a group learns to live in this faith, it can keep the lines of endeavor tentative and sensitive to new headings and possibilities, on the one hand; and, on the other, move forward resolutely under such light as is now given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29550]]></link><description><![CDATA[However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe in life's message; follow your hearts desired fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe in life's message; follow your hearts desired fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are two travellers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog--come here, you scamp!  Jump for the gentleman--mind your eye! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12671]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are two travellers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog--come here, you scamp!  Jump for the gentleman--mind your eye!   Over the table,--look out for the lamp!    The rogue is growing a little old;     Five years we've tramped through wind and weather,      And slept out-doors when nights were cold,       And ate and drank and starved together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47976]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very excited about these stem cells. We're really on the cusp of making some big leaps forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28548]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very excited about these stem cells. We're really on the cusp of making some big leaps forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance--the cheerful man will do more in the same time, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance--the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it ;better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17334]]></link><description><![CDATA[The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits the all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46551]]></link><description><![CDATA[A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our Lord began his ministry he announced a manifesto, far more comprehensive, thoroughgoing, and revolutionary than any socialism, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6490]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our Lord began his ministry he announced a manifesto, far more comprehensive, thoroughgoing, and revolutionary than any socialism, which spoke of the good news to the poor, release for prisoners, and recovery of sight to the blind. The Church must learn to stand solidly behind all efforts to bring fuller life to people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lovely being, scarcely formed or moulded, A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3844]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lovely being, scarcely formed or moulded, A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I understand everybody's frustration. The bottom line is it has been a tough year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36070]]></link><description><![CDATA[I understand everybody's frustration. The bottom line is it has been a tough year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4297]]></link><description><![CDATA[We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4297</guid></item></channel></rss>