<?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[Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788  Matthew xi. 27. JESUS, the infinite I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788  Matthew xi. 27. JESUS, the infinite I AM, With God essentially the same, With him enthroned above all height, As God of God, and Light of Light, Thou art by thy great Father known, From all eternity his Son. Thou only dost the Father know, And wilt to all thy followers show, Who cannot doubt thy gracious will His glorious Godhead to reveal; Reveal him now, if thou art he, And live, eternal Life, in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The heart's slavish and dogged devotion to its idol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The heart's slavish and dogged devotion to its idol is what fathers of the Church have called "the bondage of the will". This bondage becomes most painfully apparent in our lives when we earnestly feel the need of changing but cannot; when we are attracted to another value that for one reason or another conflicts with the desires of our true god --that value nearest and dearest to us. But our true god lies so deeply inside us that often we are not even consciously aware of its presence or of what it actually is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,  Wrought in a sad sincerity;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,  Wrought in a sad sincerity;   Himself from God he could not free;    He builded better than he knew;     The conscious stone to beauty grew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2923]]></link><description><![CDATA[The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? -- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19329]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul, Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off. - Psychological Reflections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had a turtle, a guinea pig, a dog, girlfriends, and many sweet, playful, sleepy, loving, delicious cats. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had a turtle, a guinea pig, a dog, girlfriends, and many sweet, playful, sleepy, loving, delicious cats. I love the way cats look at me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50867]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should have cut back and gotten into the end zone. I thought I could make it. I should have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should have cut back and gotten into the end zone. I thought I could make it. I should have lifted my knees up a little higher. Maybe I could have gotten in there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43001]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43923]]></link><description><![CDATA[I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted. [Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's kind of a mess, and they wanted some fix. This would be a good fix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's kind of a mess, and they wanted some fix. This would be a good fix.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am pleased to return to finish the job that is undone, ... And that is to lead the Columbus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36108]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am pleased to return to finish the job that is undone, ... And that is to lead the Columbus Crew to the MLS Cup in 2004.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a transitional name with a lot of support behind its plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38810]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a transitional name with a lot of support behind its plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great concept. I saw this house in the fall on a night tour and it's just amazing to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40438]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great concept. I saw this house in the fall on a night tour and it's just amazing to see it now, just a few months later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indifference is the invisible giant of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter where we play. Our guys love a tough crowd. Hopefully, Lawrence will provide that. I'm sure they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39638]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter where we play. Our guys love a tough crowd. Hopefully, Lawrence will provide that. I'm sure they will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three weeks into the NFL season, it's hard to say which team is the best in the business, ... So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three weeks into the NFL season, it's hard to say which team is the best in the business, ... So far, I've got it narrowed down to Tampa Bay, Cincinnati and [the University of Southern California].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I rose up at the dawn of day,-- "Get thee away! get thee away!  Pray'st thou for riches? Away, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26231]]></link><description><![CDATA[I rose up at the dawn of day,-- "Get thee away! get thee away!  Pray'st thou for riches? Away, away!   This is the throne of Mammon grey."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4093]]></link><description><![CDATA[The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope the departue is joyful and I hope never to return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11913]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope the departue is joyful and I hope never to return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It walked around and seemed like she was OK. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41798]]></link><description><![CDATA[It walked around and seemed like she was OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clothes don't make the man, but clothes have got many a man a good job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clothes don't make the man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere in the twentieth century we stopped regarding children as property and started seeing them as people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere in the twentieth century we stopped regarding children as property and started seeing them as people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63425]]></link><description><![CDATA[As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sad are only those who understand ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sad are only those who understand]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Righteousness exalteth a nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Righteousness exalteth a nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47545]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks but seldom changes the way the world works. Lasting historical change comes not through tidal waves but through the irresistible creeping tide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eloquence may set fire to reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eloquence may set fire to reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romance is the poetry of literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romance is the poetry of literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The project continues to work for us and for the developer as the pieces come together, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36889]]></link><description><![CDATA[The project continues to work for us and for the developer as the pieces come together,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of such importance is early training. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of such importance is early training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66742</guid></item></channel></rss>