<?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[Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23913]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark! total eclipse,  Without all hope of day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4340]]></link><description><![CDATA[O dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark! total eclipse,  Without all hope of day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42849]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are in fact four very different stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52241]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are in fact four very different stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65782]]></link><description><![CDATA[To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creature;But still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid feature:Yet ne'er with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25299]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creature;But still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid feature:Yet ne'er with wits profane to rangeBe complaisance extended;An atheist laugh's a poor exchangeFor deity offended. - Epistle to a Young Friend, An.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63275]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pass the approval test with her parents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2922]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23905]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29111]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41469]]></link><description><![CDATA[At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33131]]></link><description><![CDATA[From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45501]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22847]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4056]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we know what God is, we shall be gods ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17713]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we know what God is, we shall be gods ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38823]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was going to be close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. ------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8730]]></link><description><![CDATA[F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. ------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which he has no control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I criticize by creation--not by finding fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10735]]></link><description><![CDATA[I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make a lot of dumb mistakes. Just mental errors down the stretch. Turnovers. Just mental lapses that come back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42265]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make a lot of dumb mistakes. Just mental errors down the stretch. Turnovers. Just mental lapses that come back and get us. ... Giving somebody an open 3-pointer. Not being in the right place on a play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60411]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was adored once too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was adored once too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. What news on the Rialto? -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62821</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 would like to have him back, but I am not optimistic. It could fall apart, but they are past ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to have him back, but I am not optimistic. It could fall apart, but they are past the money and now working on terms that are easier to resolve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["meat produced under current factory farming conditions(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such meat, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/198]]></link><description><![CDATA["meat produced under current factory farming conditions(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such meat, halachically unacceptable (i.e. unacceptable in terms ofJewish law.)"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never expected this type of game in a mid-week contest with Cumberland. Trent pitched an outstanding game and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never expected this type of game in a mid-week contest with Cumberland. Trent pitched an outstanding game and I just hate to see him lose with this type of effort. I don't know if this defeat will help or hurt going into our Southern States Athletic Conference series with Reinhardt this weekend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right. And he goes about seeing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right. And he goes about seeing that things turn out that way -- with, of course, a lot of people suffering along the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59724]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt;  You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule   Should ever be kept at the front;--    Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head     And kick every worriment out of the bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55028]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   Who seeks for heaven alone to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul  May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;  While he who walks in love may wander far,  Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approachyou than when you approach them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21176]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approachyou than when you approach them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a chief part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a chief part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51815</guid></item></channel></rss>