<?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[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64643]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52250]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless man, although it can pity him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danielle probably finishes 98 percent of the time down there. She got in great position. Us guards just need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Danielle probably finishes 98 percent of the time down there. She got in great position. Us guards just need to feed her the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck and tilt at all I meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck and tilt at all I meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51812]]></link><description><![CDATA[In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17899]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The judges and prosecutors are under threat and pressure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28433]]></link><description><![CDATA[The judges and prosecutors are under threat and pressure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660  Words are merely carriers of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660  Words are merely carriers of the secret, supernatural communications, the light and call of God. That is why spiritual books bear such different meanings for different types and qualities of soul, why each time we read them they give us something fresh, as we can bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that riseth first, is first drest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49390]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that riseth first, is first drest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display.  And let thy strength be seen:   But O, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16581]]></link><description><![CDATA[If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display.  And let thy strength be seen:   But O, if Fortune fill thy sail    With more than a propitious gale,     Take half thy canvas in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat;  There's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46603]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat;  There's a human look in its swelling breast,   And the gentle curve of its lowly crest;    And I often stop with the fear I feel--     He runs so close to the rapid wheel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity is a parade.  Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity is a parade.  Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the distance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10445]]></link><description><![CDATA[The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No letters after your name are ever going to be a total guarantee of competence any more than they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9203]]></link><description><![CDATA[No letters after your name are ever going to be a total guarantee of competence any more than they are a guarantee against fraud. Improving competence involves continuing professional development ... That is the really crucial thing, not just passing an examination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr., Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr., Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement,  Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66362]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majority of investors would like to keep the current tenant, and if someone wants to stay, we will try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majority of investors would like to keep the current tenant, and if someone wants to stay, we will try to match them up with an investor. The ones that really want to stay express an interest and come talk to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37479]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to have more enthusiasm to bring graft cases out into the open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about making a tradition about attending state tournaments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1900]]></link><description><![CDATA[At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction is not a dream. nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction is not a dream. nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65413]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat. (Death levels sceptre and the law.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat. (Death levels sceptre and the law.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30240]]></link><description><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over the garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No, that's trend!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banish night! Welcome light!Love is the brightest star! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Banish night! Welcome light!Love is the brightest star!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're smart in that aspect. We know our spots. We get to where we need to be. We press as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41777]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're smart in that aspect. We know our spots. We get to where we need to be. We press as much as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greene wood makes a hott fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greene wood makes a hott fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was about as different from home as I could imagine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41168]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was about as different from home as I could imagine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectuals are too sentimental for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With love and patience, nothing is impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20664]]></link><description><![CDATA[With love and patience, nothing is impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977   Where would you be if God took away all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977   Where would you be if God took away all your Christian work? Too often it is our Christian work that is worshiped and not God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer, And sent me away with a Flea in my ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer, And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3420]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11803]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think everybody knows, at least everybody who is on the bubble, so to speak. All you can do is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think everybody knows, at least everybody who is on the bubble, so to speak. All you can do is do everything you possibly can every time you get a chance to make it a hard decision for them. When you get the opportunity, you just want to give them reasons to keep you around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50275]]></link><description><![CDATA[In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is hard work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the child of God. There must be light, else there could be no shadow. Jesus is the light. He has overcome death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45175]]></link><description><![CDATA[The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45175</guid></item></channel></rss>