<?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[Reach for the moon, because if you don't make it you'll land among the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reach for the moon, because if you don't make it you'll land among the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We certainly understand parents' concerns, and we don't want to associate ourselves with promoting alcohol to youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32672]]></link><description><![CDATA[We certainly understand parents' concerns, and we don't want to associate ourselves with promoting alcohol to youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11361]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41807]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas are bankrupt, and that the party basically takes their loyalty for granted, ... Then the Republicans start coming around ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â and we're like the lonely girl standing against the wall at a dance. Even if you know it's lip service, you feel receptive, just because somebody has bothered to come over and pay attention to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how our failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55645]]></link><description><![CDATA[I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63660]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wrong way is to open a Linux company that acts as a wall between the developer and the user, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wrong way is to open a Linux company that acts as a wall between the developer and the user,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15897]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56186]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We put a bite of food from every dish onto each plate and when they've gone through the line, their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42373]]></link><description><![CDATA[We put a bite of food from every dish onto each plate and when they've gone through the line, their plates are piled high. They were stuffed last year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we can all die laughing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65007]]></link><description><![CDATA[I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10577]]></link><description><![CDATA[An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relying on our nation and armed forces, we will make the aggressor regret its actions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relying on our nation and armed forces, we will make the aggressor regret its actions,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools tell us if they want it or not and then we route it around to as many schools as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Schools tell us if they want it or not and then we route it around to as many schools as we can. You pick us basically.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always succeed in producing a result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64633]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always succeed in producing a result.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that the very earliest influence was a horror of having to work in a bank or an office, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35092]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that the very earliest influence was a horror of having to work in a bank or an office, a desire for a free and creative life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11329]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It definitely is a signal of change - this engine is not just continuing on at the same pace as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31180]]></link><description><![CDATA[It definitely is a signal of change - this engine is not just continuing on at the same pace as it was in the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was very, very challenging. There was never a doubt that it was important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34967]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was very, very challenging. There was never a doubt that it was important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studious of elegance and ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Studious of elegance and ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45713]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the industry is indeed vulnerable because what they are doing is not right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the industry is indeed vulnerable because what they are doing is not right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ankle was going toward the left and my foot was going toward the right. I was shaking, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39303]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ankle was going toward the left and my foot was going toward the right. I was shaking, and they kept covering my eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more self-love than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23158]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jealousy there is more self-love than love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The restlessness that comes upon girls upon summer evenings results in lasting trouble unless it is speedily controlled. The right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17471]]></link><description><![CDATA[The restlessness that comes upon girls upon summer evenings results in lasting trouble unless it is speedily controlled. The right kind of man does not look for a wife on the streets, and the right kind of girl waits till the man comes to her home for her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24290]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This competition highlights the strengths of the new system. You can have rankings but still have people be very close. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30053]]></link><description><![CDATA[This competition highlights the strengths of the new system. You can have rankings but still have people be very close. The new system allows for unpredictability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50158]]></link><description><![CDATA[For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord have mercy. In her heart, she loved us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord have mercy. In her heart, she loved us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is going to take me two-and-a-half hours - so instead of a nice meal I'm going to be stuck ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41907]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is going to take me two-and-a-half hours - so instead of a nice meal I'm going to be stuck with beans on toast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fascism is a religious concept ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fascism is a religious concept]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890   In the first ages, [catechizing] was a work of long time; months, sometimes years, were devoted to the arduous task of disabusing the mind of the incipient Christian of its pagan errors, and of moulding it upon the Christian faith. The Scriptures indeed were at hand for the study of those who could avail themselves of them, but St. Iranaeus does not hesitate to speak of whole races who had been converted to Christianity, without being able to read them. To be unable to read or write was in those times no evidence of want of learning; the hermits of the deserts were, in one sense of the word, illiterate, yet the great St. Anthony, though he knew not letters, was a match in disputation for the learned philosophers who came to try him.  ... John Henry Newman, "What is a University?" August 12, 2000   Any single verse of the Bible, taken in isolation, may actually be dangerous to your spiritual health. Every part of it must be read in relation to the whole message.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23914]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5430]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle" "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16752]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16752</guid></item></channel></rss>