<?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[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66808]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age needs so little but needs that little so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One swallowe proveth not that summer is neare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58436]]></link><description><![CDATA[One swallowe proveth not that summer is neare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41592]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In terms of risk, if something is not doing well, we are able to get out of it and take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33427]]></link><description><![CDATA[In terms of risk, if something is not doing well, we are able to get out of it and take risk with other, newer merchandise. We've just gotten a lot better at managing our inventories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prayers worked, very simply. But we need more prayers. He's not out of it yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prayers worked, very simply. But we need more prayers. He's not out of it yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the cheif ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way and they'll knock your socks off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29706]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think that's necessarily true. I feel the same way about exotic dancers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29206]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think that's necessarily true. I feel the same way about exotic dancers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time, Ere humane stature purged the gentle weal;  Ay, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time, Ere humane stature purged the gentle weal;  Ay, and since too, murders have been performed   Too terrible for the ear. The time has been    That, when the brains were out, the man would die,     And there an end. But now they rise again,      With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,       And push us from our stools. This is more strange        Than such a murder is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assertiveness is not what you do, it's who you are! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assertiveness is not what you do, it's who you are!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all complexions the culled sovereignty Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,  Where several worthies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all complexions the culled sovereignty Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,  Where several worthies make one dignity,   Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16919]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Salerio:) . . . if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. (Solanio:) I would she were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17890]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Salerio:) . . . if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. (Solanio:) I would she were as lying a gossip in that as ever knapped ginger or made her neighbors believe she wept for the death of a third husband.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65635]]></link><description><![CDATA[A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19632]]></link><description><![CDATA[A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24208]]></link><description><![CDATA[One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the weather has been the same for 364 days. It's just a gut-level, immediate concern that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the weather has been the same for 364 days. It's just a gut-level, immediate concern that most people have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29562]]></link><description><![CDATA[But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations.Then someone got the idea that there were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21682]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations.Then someone got the idea that there were greater sources of supply deeperdown. A well was drilled five thousand feet deep. The result? A gusher.Too many of us operate on the surface. We never go deep enough to findsupernatural resources. The result is, we never operate at our best. Moretime and investment is involved to go deep but a gusher will pay off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64919]]></link><description><![CDATA[When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused. All of my remaining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36852]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused. All of my remaining days, I will feel tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct and for what I have done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More will mean worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41916]]></link><description><![CDATA[More will mean worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33868]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24318]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure love produces pure nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure love produces pure nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5757]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of almost unlimited extension in all directions. Christians should seek for inner enlargement till their outward dimension gives no hint of the vastness within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14654]]></link><description><![CDATA[" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can and take the winding paths. Experience the exhilaration of the view from the edge. Because the moments spent there, that take your breath away, are what make you feel truly alive."--- Copyright © 2000 Stacey Charter]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12930]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3970]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both ways ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43324]]></link><description><![CDATA[That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both ways]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of shadows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24765]]></link><description><![CDATA[A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of shadows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ says that not alone in the Church is there forgiveness of sins, but that where two or three are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ says that not alone in the Church is there forgiveness of sins, but that where two or three are gathered together in His name they shall have the right to promise to each other comfort and the forgiveness of sins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On painting and fighting looke aloofe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49682]]></link><description><![CDATA[On painting and fighting looke aloofe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49682</guid></item></channel></rss>