<?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[Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29205]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body image and female sexuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23584]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4644]]></link><description><![CDATA[If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink,  And trust His mercy humbly for the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never raise your hand to your children ð it leaves your midsection unprotected ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never raise your hand to your children ð it leaves your midsection unprotected]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24322]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24587]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible. Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40719]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23325]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48649]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time not spent on love is wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time not spent on love is wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Missouri Bar runs people through Constitutional curriculum. I would like to see high schools take that up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34009]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Missouri Bar runs people through Constitutional curriculum. I would like to see high schools take that up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61469]]></link><description><![CDATA["The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, ideas, predjudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, predjudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. A thoughtless, freightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all it's own for the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is, is that these things can not be confined to the Twighlight Zone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always the best policy to speak the truth-- unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always the best policy to speak the truth-- unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65096]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probably 1-3 of them who may be able to run at the varsity level this season. It's hard to tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably 1-3 of them who may be able to run at the varsity level this season. It's hard to tell with new runners because they get injured so often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2609]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13041]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44087]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66128]]></link><description><![CDATA[This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we like it and it makes us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16118]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we like it and it makes us think and feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risk - If one as to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Risk - If one as to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64854]]></link><description><![CDATA[All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion. The mind that grows could not predict the times, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion. The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the mode of that spontaneity. God enters by a private door into every individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They worked closely with the industry, with experts, and I think they've come up with a good start. Finally, we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32395]]></link><description><![CDATA[They worked closely with the industry, with experts, and I think they've come up with a good start. Finally, we're getting there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking knave; a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23901]]></link><description><![CDATA[A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-faking, whoreson, glass-gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch; one whom I will beat into clamorous whining if thou deny'st the least syllable of thy addition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A retentive memory is a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A retentive memory is a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14810]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Christian penitent dares to ask that his many departures from the Christian norm, his impatience, gloom, self-occupation, unloving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7783]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Christian penitent dares to ask that his many departures from the Christian norm, his impatience, gloom, self-occupation, unloving prejudices, reckless tongue, feverish desires, with all the damage they have caused to Christ's Body, be set aside, because -- because, in spite of all, he longs for God and Eternal Life: then he must set aside and forgive all that the impatience, selfishness, bitter and foolish speech, and sudden yieldings to base impulse by others have caused him to endure. Hardness is the one impossible thing. Harshness to others in those who ask and need the mercy of God sets up a conflict at the very heart of personality and shuts the door upon grace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die,  Espied a feather of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13107]]></link><description><![CDATA[That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die,  Espied a feather of his own,   Wherewith he wont to soar so high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11223]]></link><description><![CDATA[We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23466]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being wrong should not be associated with failure. It should instead be celebrated, for it brings someone to a new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being wrong should not be associated with failure. It should instead be celebrated, for it brings someone to a new level of understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32969</guid></item></channel></rss>