<?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[Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to get the attention of the audience in the opposite way it's done in Hollywood today, which is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to get the attention of the audience in the opposite way it's done in Hollywood today, which is to bombard the audience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you write it down, you have a better chance of making your dreams come true. And it's finally here, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31947]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you write it down, you have a better chance of making your dreams come true. And it's finally here, right in front of me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something made of nothing, tasting very sweet, A most delicious compound, with ingredients complete;  But if as on occasion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something made of nothing, tasting very sweet, A most delicious compound, with ingredients complete;  But if as on occasion the heart and mind are sour,   It has no great significance, it loses half its power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said each day, he wants to work as hard as Dan did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32435]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said each day, he wants to work as hard as Dan did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like fragile ice anger passes away in time. [Lat., Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like fragile ice anger passes away in time. [Lat., Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kelvin knew nothing about ground [fighting], and that's why he lost. His striking is good and as a fighter, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kelvin knew nothing about ground [fighting], and that's why he lost. His striking is good and as a fighter, he can only become better. He's only going to get better, and this will be a very big experience for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked about coming out and playing 32 minutes of solid basketball and I think we played 27 or 28 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34115]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked about coming out and playing 32 minutes of solid basketball and I think we played 27 or 28 minutes very well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52874]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have had three really good meetings and we are still visiting. There will be an announcement next week. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31712]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have had three really good meetings and we are still visiting. There will be an announcement next week. That was at my request because I want this recruiting class to get all of the attention it deserves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a positive cash flow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a positive cash flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27160</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[To touch the quick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55144]]></link><description><![CDATA[To touch the quick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families. "Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no heresies in a dead religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19207]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no heresies in a dead religion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right: I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou givest life and love for Greece and Right: I will stand by thee lest thou shouldst be weak,  Not weak of soul.--I will but hold in sight   Thy marvelous beauty.--Here is    She you seek!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is written by the victors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19304]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is written by the victors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3113]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, they will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and their incomes dissipated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't attach yourself too much to anything that needs to go.Everything in this world is not permanent..You just have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't attach yourself too much to anything that needs to go.Everything in this world is not permanent..You just have to love it while you have it...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61651]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.  For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,   And April's in the West wind, and daffodils.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't win the section this year, and, after that, we set this as our goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't win the section this year, and, after that, we set this as our goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12223]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48233]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done is interrupted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is so fast that there are days when the person who says it can't be done is interrupted by the person who is doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2188]]></link><description><![CDATA[I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand ofa neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22690]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand ofa neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. [Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. [Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our inventions mirror our secret wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11643]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won't be able to do this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgment to do aught, which else fee will  Would not admit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgment to do aught, which else fee will  Would not admit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.  God calleth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.  God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge   To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.    The worst speak something good. If all want sense,     God takes a text, and preaches patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9561]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, there are two paths you can go byBut in the long runThere's still time to change the road you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, there are two paths you can go byBut in the long runThere's still time to change the road you're on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60646]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47551]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very hard for adults to change their personality, and Harvard needs a personality who can get all the faculty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30742]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very hard for adults to change their personality, and Harvard needs a personality who can get all the faculty and schools to work together for the good of the university.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/680]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41339</guid></item></channel></rss>