<?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[For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13161]]></link><description><![CDATA[For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God: and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sweat. If anything comes easy to me I mistrust it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/442]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sweat. If anything comes easy to me I mistrust it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully, in a year, when we come back to Iowa City, it'll be tough to get in the door because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully, in a year, when we come back to Iowa City, it'll be tough to get in the door because people want to come out and hear us. The goal is to keep building, and that takes time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've kind of been in denial about this problem. Denial is no longer an option. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30388]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've kind of been in denial about this problem. Denial is no longer an option.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sven-Goran Eriksson is a good man, he should teach him [Michael Owen] to respect everyone. Who is he anyway? Who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sven-Goran Eriksson is a good man, he should teach him [Michael Owen] to respect everyone. Who is he anyway? Who is he?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God moves in a mysterious way,  His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61968]]></link><description><![CDATA[God moves in a mysterious way,  His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea,  And rides upon the storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health-care costs have been their No. 1 concern for 20 years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health-care costs have been their No. 1 concern for 20 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often do the spirits Of great events stride on before the events,  And in to-day already walks to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often do the spirits Of great events stride on before the events,  And in to-day already walks to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61401]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No tye can oblige the perfidious. [No tie can oblige the perfidious.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49656]]></link><description><![CDATA[No tye can oblige the perfidious. [No tie can oblige the perfidious.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18266</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 far, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37866]]></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/37866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. [We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game just came to me. I just relaxed a little bit and let it come to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game just came to me. I just relaxed a little bit and let it come to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it;  But be it known to Skin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it;  But be it known to Skin and Bone   That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45119]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59612]]></link><description><![CDATA[He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17830]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11811]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! -King Henry V. Prologue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55944]]></link><description><![CDATA[O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! -King Henry V. Prologue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8826]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of the meetings is to get community input regarding the management plan for the river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of the meetings is to get community input regarding the management plan for the river.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs; where the small flies were caught, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24240]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs; where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the law is quite stupid because nobody follows it. I'll take a full car if I need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the law is quite stupid because nobody follows it. I'll take a full car if I need to otherwise I usually just have about one or two people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With tooth and nail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48539]]></link><description><![CDATA[With tooth and nail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet thanks I must you con That you are thieves professed, that you work not  In holier shapes; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet thanks I must you con That you are thieves professed, that you work not  In holier shapes; for there is boundless theft   In limited professions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bully is a coward turned inside out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10372]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bully is a coward turned inside out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[bring stability to the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28273]]></link><description><![CDATA[bring stability to the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57765]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were inadvertently sending a message to the public that they were not welcome. We do want everyone in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34140]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were inadvertently sending a message to the public that they were not welcome. We do want everyone in the museum and we want to create a comfortable place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21242]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not exchange for the treasures of India. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53010]]></link><description><![CDATA[My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not exchange for the treasures of India.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying;  And this same flower that smiles to-day,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying;  And this same flower that smiles to-day,   To-morrow may be dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17872]]></link><description><![CDATA[If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417 Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  And what might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417 Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  And what might this noble Lord do of more worship and joy to me than to show me (that am so simple) this marvelous homeliness [i.e., naturalness and simplicity]? Thus it fareth with our Lord Jesus and with us. For truly it is the most joy that may be that He that is highest and mightiest, noblest and worthiest, is lowest and meekest, homeliest and most courteous: and truly this marvelous joy shall be shewn us all when we see Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40880]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21720</guid></item></channel></rss>