<?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[It's a heartacheNothing but a heartacheHits you when it's too lateHits you when you're down ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16360]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a heartacheNothing but a heartacheHits you when it's too lateHits you when you're down]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66865]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46293]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53740]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I came in, there was so much cheating and so many tricks, and they've pretty much taken that out. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37384]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I came in, there was so much cheating and so many tricks, and they've pretty much taken that out. Now, it comes down to reactions, quickness and your teammates. The guy who wins usually did a better job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that this will soon pass not only in the House but also the Senate, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that this will soon pass not only in the House but also the Senate,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12228]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why yes -- a bulletproof vest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why yes -- a bulletproof vest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kissed thee, ere I killed thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger doesn't win games ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger doesn't win games]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth,  And constancy lives in realms above; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth,  And constancy lives in realms above;   And life is thorny, and youth is vain;    And to be wrothe with one we love     Doth work like madness in the brain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've played a lot of games and there's not a lot of guys who have been through this before. Maybe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40555]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've played a lot of games and there's not a lot of guys who have been through this before. Maybe we're getting tired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence is that faculty of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is that faculty of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64660]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66101]]></link><description><![CDATA[People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have other fish to fry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16063]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have other fish to fry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107   Grace is the incomprehensible fact that God is well pleased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107   Grace is the incomprehensible fact that God is well pleased with a man, and that a man can rejoice in God. Only when grace is recognized to be incomprehensible is it grace. Grace exists, therefore, only where the Resurrection is reflected. Grace is the gift of Christ, who exposes the gulf which separates God and man, and, by exposing it, bridges it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting -- it has been found demanding, and not tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36799]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn. -Anon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn. -Anon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character matters; leadership descends from character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character matters; leadership descends from character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36001]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ It was pretty powerful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14601]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fashion of the day has been to attempt to convert by insisting on conversion; to exhort men to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fashion of the day has been to attempt to convert by insisting on conversion; to exhort men to be converted; to tell them to be sure they look at Christ instead of simply holding up Christ; to tell them to have faith rather than to supply its object; to lead them to work up their minds, instead of impressing upon them the thought of Him who can savingly work in them; to bid them to be sure their faith is justifying, that it is not dead, formal, self-righteous, or merely moral, instead of delineating Him whose image, fully delineated, destroys deadness, formality, self-righteousness; to rely on words, vehemence, eloquence, and the like, rather than to aim at conveying the one great idea, whether in words or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You win only if you aren't afraid to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44304]]></link><description><![CDATA[You win only if you aren't afraid to lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66187]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay alert, stay alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay alert, stay alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery will get you everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery will get you everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come when the rains Have glazed the snow and clothed the trees with ice,  While the slant sun of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come when the rains Have glazed the snow and clothed the trees with ice,  While the slant sun of February pours   Into the bowers a flood of light. Approach!    The incrusted surface shall upbear thy steps     And the broad arching portals of the grove      Welcome thy entering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deepest insight into the nature of God is expressed with a family analogy. He is both Father and Son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deepest insight into the nature of God is expressed with a family analogy. He is both Father and Son bound together in one Spirit. We are created to be brothers under God, the Father. The human family is our best illustration of how each person grows in his unique potentialities by sharing in the loving care of a society of other persons. Yet each member of the family discovers what it is to give of himself for the sake of the others. The human family is only an analogy both for our thought about God and about society; but no Christian thought gets very far away from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9846]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard . . . . . . the great echo flap  And buffet round the hills from bluff ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13304]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard . . . . . . the great echo flap  And buffet round the hills from bluff to bluff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition, and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I definitely can see him playing in the big leagues. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I definitely can see him playing in the big leagues. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62225]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8751]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time for work,--yet take Much holiday for art's and friendship's sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time for work,--yet take Much holiday for art's and friendship's sake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16732</guid></item></channel></rss>