<?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[That's why we're doing what we're doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35293]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why we're doing what we're doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd missed some easy shots and made some ordinary decisions . . . but (coach Al Westover) encourages us to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31639]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd missed some easy shots and made some ordinary decisions . . . but (coach Al Westover) encourages us to shoot. Mac gave me the shot from the play we drew up and it felt good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard work has a future. Laziness pays off now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard work has a future. Laziness pays off now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick guys get tired; big guys don't shrink. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quick guys get tired; big guys don't shrink.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20907]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts of dead ideas and lifeless old beliefs. They have no tangibility, but they haunt us all the same and we can not get rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. Ghosts must be all over the country. as thick as the sands of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66720]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  The glory of God is a living man; and the life of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  The glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Princess and the Pea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Princess and the Pea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11082]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47380]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16740]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not good fishing before the net. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not good fishing before the net.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is fifteen years older than I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is fifteen years older than I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I consider how my light is spent  Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8154]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I consider how my light is spent  Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,  And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present  My true account, lest He returning chide,  "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need  Either man's work, or His own gifts. Who best  Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state Is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed,  And post o'er land and ocean without rest;  They also serve who only stand and wait.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. -Chuang Tzu.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no longer looking for a Soviet division; the threat is now about a person, ... The problem you're talking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39686]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no longer looking for a Soviet division; the threat is now about a person, ... The problem you're talking about is how do you find one person, among 20-some million in Iraq, who has the ability to move. That's very difficult, but that's the war we're in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get off the grapevine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because I could not stop for deathHe kindly stopped for meThe carriage held but just ourselvesAnd immortaility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because I could not stop for deathHe kindly stopped for meThe carriage held but just ourselvesAnd immortaility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a long work sleep may be naturally expected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50268]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14171]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4627]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't expect any major surprises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41951]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't expect any major surprises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxen and the ButchersThe oxen once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who practiced a trade destructive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1559]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Oxen and the ButchersThe oxen once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who practiced a trade destructive to their race. They assembled on a certain day to carry out their purpose, and sharpened their horns for the contest. But one of them who was exceedingly old (for many a field had he plowed) thus spoke: These Butchers, it is true, slaughter us, but they do so with skillful hands, and with no unnecessary pain. If we get rid of them, we shall fall into the hands of unskillful operators, and thus suffer a double death: for you may be assured, that though all the Butchers should perish, yet will men never want beef. Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16352]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking backward we could almost see, suspended with the most delicate equipoise above the flat little island, the ghostly shapes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Looking backward we could almost see, suspended with the most delicate equipoise above the flat little island, the ghostly shapes of those twin orbs of the Empire, the cricket ball and the blackball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more scarce. Rather, if history is any guide, natural resources will progressively become less costly, hence less scarce, and will constitute a smaller proportion of our expenses in future years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitting at home the way I do, I'd just love the hear from people. It'd be a great help in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sitting at home the way I do, I'd just love the hear from people. It'd be a great help in passing the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47694]]></link><description><![CDATA[And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11923]]></link><description><![CDATA[No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are so appreciative of the men and women in uniform who are protecting us, whether in Afghanistan or Iraq ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35548]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are so appreciative of the men and women in uniform who are protecting us, whether in Afghanistan or Iraq or on ships around the world. For our security, they are taking the offensive to the terrorists overseas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most cheerleaders have knee problems. I had just gotten back from the doctor about two weeks before this happened with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most cheerleaders have knee problems. I had just gotten back from the doctor about two weeks before this happened with a bruised meniscus and tendonitis in my patella. A lot of the girls on the squad have irregular cartilage and torn ligaments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1173]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for Sean, I don't think there would be a triathlon club. There wouldn't have been enough influence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37771]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for Sean, I don't think there would be a triathlon club. There wouldn't have been enough influence to get it done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowledge is the image of existence; and things mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47440]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowledge is the image of existence; and things mean and splendid exist alike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen -- that's the most exalting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11972</guid></item></channel></rss>