<?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[You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12118]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology is fine. . ., but that popular vision of the future, where you plug somebody in and leave them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology is fine. . ., but that popular vision of the future, where you plug somebody in and leave them there and they don't get out and interact with actual flesh-and-blood humans -- you know the answer before I say it -- that's not good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the middle of church, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33782]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the middle of church,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13075]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23966]]></link><description><![CDATA[A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37614]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none other hath, when they are known,   They are found shallow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who wish to sing always find a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who wish to sing always find a song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11008]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52636]]></link><description><![CDATA[To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65198]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ones that are lost will probably be lost for good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ones that are lost will probably be lost for good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't put robbers to work in a bank ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3719]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't put robbers to work in a bank]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20767]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is tougher than any loss that we've had this year. It doesn't feel good to lose that streak. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34768]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is tougher than any loss that we've had this year. It doesn't feel good to lose that streak. We know we are better than that. We just didn't bring it today for some reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60855]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood. Stones have been known to move and trees to speak; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood. Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;  Augures and understood relations have   By maggot-pies and choughs and rooks brought forth    The secret'st man of blood. What is the night?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The book which you are reading aloud is mine, Fidentinus; but, while you read it so badly, it begins to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The book which you are reading aloud is mine, Fidentinus; but, while you read it so badly, it begins to be yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coventry is a tremendous test for our squad. They have a great history in this game, a great coach in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coventry is a tremendous test for our squad. They have a great history in this game, a great coach in Mick Adams, and I look forward to hosting them in July.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48218]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to find a language to communicate with the folks who sign our checks to help them understand that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39847]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to find a language to communicate with the folks who sign our checks to help them understand that they will not be able to build a valuable journalistic brand without good journalism, which is expensive. This creates a chasm between us that admittedly will be very hard to bridge ... Our job is not to give the public what they think they want because what they want changes or is wrong. Look at how it changed after 9/11. Before 9/11 the public was less interested, according to every survey, in Islam or international news. After 9/11, they asked, 'How come you didn't tell us more about Islam and what was going on?' What the public wants is more about Brad and Angelina.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way is an ill neighbour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49930]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way is an ill neighbour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would not be happening if the race was close or if [Democratic candidate Fernando] Ferrer was winning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35633]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would not be happening if the race was close or if [Democratic candidate Fernando] Ferrer was winning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit. -William James.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as we change the first light bulb, they'll start saving money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34192]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as we change the first light bulb, they'll start saving money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the independents are doing well because they've found their special niche and can do it for less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29719]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the independents are doing well because they've found their special niche and can do it for less than a lot of the major chains can and they've been able to capitalize on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19878]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broad-based upon her people's will, And compassed by the inviolate sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broad-based upon her people's will, And compassed by the inviolate sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more men ennobled by study than by nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58051]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no way the UAW can reach an agreement with Delphi without GM coming to the table much more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35590]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no way the UAW can reach an agreement with Delphi without GM coming to the table much more than they have so far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brighter you are, the more you have to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27644]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33929]]></link><description><![CDATA[[One such item was an early 1900s royal scepter of England's King Edward VII. The lot opened with a minimum of $1,000. Thirty-five bids later, it sold for $40,100.] Any time an item sells for 40 times its opening bid, you've got to give it the credit it deserves, ... This auction has gone a long way to establishing the standards for many collectibles that to this point did not have benchmarks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20309]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roof is completely gone and there are some floors that are collapsing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34393]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roof is completely gone and there are some floors that are collapsing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34374]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assume a virtue if you have it not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assume a virtue if you have it not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh-at yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21943]]></link><description><![CDATA[You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh-at yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You tell a tale to a dead man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51763]]></link><description><![CDATA[You tell a tale to a dead man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51763</guid></item></channel></rss>