<?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[The opposite of creativity is cynicism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of creativity is cynicism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is probably the best year of my career, and we are having a good year. It's fun when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40167]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is probably the best year of my career, and we are having a good year. It's fun when you have support from everyone, and everyone is on the same page. It's rare that it happens at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5747]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27793]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came in wanting to focus on some of their guys but we couldn't recover from that first goal. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30828]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came in wanting to focus on some of their guys but we couldn't recover from that first goal. They have a couple of guys that that really flow that team. After they got that first goal, we kind of hit the panic button.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles  If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles  If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57090]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17606]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64865]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coast was clear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coast was clear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq has several sects, religions and nationalities so this list is the best choice for the Iraqis who realize that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iraq has several sects, religions and nationalities so this list is the best choice for the Iraqis who realize that the voting for Iraq will achieve better security, ... The sectarianism will lead to sectarian fights, which has a beginning but no end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when the sun in all his state, Illumed the eastern skies,  She passed through glory's morning gate,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11162]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when the sun in all his state, Illumed the eastern skies,  She passed through glory's morning gate,   And walked in Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66223]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5836]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is leading, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is leading, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he is doing; when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The industry is awash in federal drilling permits. They have so many, they don't know what to do with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The industry is awash in federal drilling permits. They have so many, they don't know what to do with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the earlier Methodist class meetings, members were expected every week to answer some extremely personal questions, such as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7633]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the earlier Methodist class meetings, members were expected every week to answer some extremely personal questions, such as the following: Have you experienced any particular temptations during the past week? How did you react or respond to those temptations ? Is there anything you are trying to keep secret, and, if so, what? At this point, the modern Christian swallows hard! We are often coated with a thick layer of reserve and modesty which covers "a multitude of sins" -- usually our own. Significantly, James 5:16-20, the original context of that phrase, is the passage which urges, "Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe  As left ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15506]]></link><description><![CDATA[His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe  As left him not, till penitence had won   Lost favor back again, and clos'd the breach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5703]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hoping we could develop a code fair to everyone throughout the city, but more importantly we need to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35751]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm hoping we could develop a code fair to everyone throughout the city, but more importantly we need to have backbone to enforce whatever we do adopt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lebanese, during their uprising, went too far, as they put in question all police regimes in the Arab world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lebanese, during their uprising, went too far, as they put in question all police regimes in the Arab world which risked to reflect badly on Syria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty consists in wholesome restraint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just a great place to be a part of. I think (outsiders) are going to like it and they'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40125]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just a great place to be a part of. I think (outsiders) are going to like it and they'll want it in their town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17922]]></link><description><![CDATA[What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! what would the world be to us  If the children were no more? We should dread the desert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! what would the world be to us  If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us  Worse than the dark before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they calmly did rest,   And hung on the ether's invisible breast;    Than the vapours of earth they seemed purer, more bright,--     Oh! could they be clouds? 'Twas the necklace of night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54495]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66406]]></link><description><![CDATA[People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a helping hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19152]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a helping hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64716]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54594]]></link><description><![CDATA[See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13411]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of kids get caught in a gap. They think they're going to college, but when they graduate, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33190]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of kids get caught in a gap. They think they're going to college, but when they graduate, they have a job or are not sure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food has replaced sex in my life, now I can't even get into my own pants ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Food has replaced sex in my life, now I can't even get into my own pants]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43603]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/321]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it is a waste of time to ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2545]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it is a waste of time to ask who are guilty. [Lat., Trahit ipse furoris  Impetus, et visum est lenti quaesisse nocentum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sending e-mail helps to cut down the cost of First Friday, things like advertising and flyers. We're looking at $500 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sending e-mail helps to cut down the cost of First Friday, things like advertising and flyers. We're looking at $500 to 600 per month.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65077]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45619]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like for her to make more shots for us, but that's not the role she's embraced. Players figure out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37178]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like for her to make more shots for us, but that's not the role she's embraced. Players figure out what their own roles are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37178</guid></item></channel></rss>