<?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[One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26290]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. - Tremendous Trifles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62390]]></link><description><![CDATA[You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a team goes through a streak like we're on, it's real easy to lose confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37354]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a team goes through a streak like we're on, it's real easy to lose confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that endures is not overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49335]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that endures is not overcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft as some song divine, thy story flows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For style beyond the genius never dares. [Fr., Che stilo oltra l'ingegno non si stende.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58097]]></link><description><![CDATA[For style beyond the genius never dares. [Fr., Che stilo oltra l'ingegno non si stende.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion is a skillfully marketed product sold to women at a crisis time in their life. If the product is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abortion is a skillfully marketed product sold to women at a crisis time in their life. If the product is defective, she can't return it for a refund.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395]]></link><description><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite honestly, I haven't had time to think about it. I've been too busy preparing for a football game. I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite honestly, I haven't had time to think about it. I've been too busy preparing for a football game. I've got enough to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does not make a very great difference what side of Christ's work attracts us and appeals to us most; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6511]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does not make a very great difference what side of Christ's work attracts us and appeals to us most; doubtless Christ has many ways of drawing men to Himself. One side of Christ's work will appeal most to one mind, another to another. The mistake that is often made by those who speak most about Christian experience is that they are so apt to insist upon everyone else's experience -- on penalty of its utter worthlessness -- being exactly the same as their own. The great thing is that we should be attracted by Christ in some way, that we should come to God in that spirit of penitence which Christ taught was the one condition of acceptance with Him, and with that steady purpose of amendment which is, as he always taught, a part of true penitence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to pinch, ... We want to make a circle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28987]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to pinch, ... We want to make a circle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11052]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a shame the game wasn't on ESPN-Plus because that would have been play of the day for sure. Actually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29740]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a shame the game wasn't on ESPN-Plus because that would have been play of the day for sure. Actually I didn't think my pass was all that good, but Trent got to it and, well, that was awesome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You make trade offs: do you want to get everything that's relevant or do you want to miss some things? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41803]]></link><description><![CDATA[You make trade offs: do you want to get everything that's relevant or do you want to miss some things? The feedback I'm hearing from companies is, if you can get them 50 per cent or 80 percent there, that makes a huge impact,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27439]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have the best site in Bellefonte. They have a wonderful tradition of success with Schnitzels and Daniels. To take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31498]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have the best site in Bellefonte. They have a wonderful tradition of success with Schnitzels and Daniels. To take that gamble to rebuild, it will pay off. The community is behind them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55578]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things that are, Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd. How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, Hugg'd and embraced by the strumpet wind! How like the prodigal doth she return, With over-weather'd ribs and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet wind! -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.  The sudden blush ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.  The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow;   They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats,    And flare up bodily, wings and all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about creating buzz, ... We have the course, the accommodations, the resort-type area . . . This news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35345]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about creating buzz, ... We have the course, the accommodations, the resort-type area . . . This news is just a step closer to really making this marathon shine as an international event.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field,  Still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field,  Still on their dinner turn--   Let such pot-boiling varlets stay at home,    And wield a flesh-hook rather than a sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just read this great science fiction story. It's about how machines take control of humans and turn them into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just read this great science fiction story. It's about how machines take control of humans and turn them into zombie slaves! ... HEY! What time is it?? My TV show is on!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1975]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who fears noises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4193]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/589]]></link><description><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yonkers that have hearts of oak at fourscore yeares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yonkers that have hearts of oak at fourscore yeares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While I breath, I hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19814]]></link><description><![CDATA[While I breath, I hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52853]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3451]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really beautiful for Carlos and I think it was also important for his own moral that he got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40101]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really beautiful for Carlos and I think it was also important for his own moral that he got to see himself in a situation where he was just as strong and perhaps even stronger than the other favorites. If there hadn't been that flat bit half way up the climb, I actually think he could have taken the stage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.   - Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5023]]></link><description><![CDATA[You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.   - Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34485]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is a bee. / It has a song / It has a sting / Ah, too, it has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is a bee. / It has a song / It has a sting / Ah, too, it has a wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ants never sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ants never sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've been unwilling to sell to date, and I don't see what would have changed their mind at this point ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38451]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've been unwilling to sell to date, and I don't see what would have changed their mind at this point in the game. You could make the argument that they are in turnaround, and selling now might be at the bottom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have the highest customer satisfaction that I've seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38963]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have the highest customer satisfaction that I've seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38963</guid></item></channel></rss>