<?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[Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936   [The Christian] refuses to give his heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936   [The Christian] refuses to give his heart to, or be taken in by, the values and pleasures off this passing world. He does not hesitate to use all that is good and beautiful and true, partly because he knows that his God gives him "richly all things to enjoy", and partly because he knows that in all life's impermanent beauties and pleasures, there is the promise of the real and permanent which he is thoroughly convinced will exceed his wildest expectations. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out;  For our bad neighbor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51367]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out;  For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,   Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The operator doesn't have to stare at the screen and guess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The operator doesn't have to stare at the screen and guess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never take a job where winter winds can blow up your pants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never take a job where winter winds can blow up your pants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12598]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In lang, lang days o' simmer, When the clear and cloudless sky  Refuses ae weep drap o' rain  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58253]]></link><description><![CDATA[In lang, lang days o' simmer, When the clear and cloudless sky  Refuses ae weep drap o' rain   To Nature parched and dry,    The genial night, wi' balmy breath,     Gars verdue, spring anew,      An' ilka blade o' grass       Keps its ain drap o' dew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me, If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19773]]></link><description><![CDATA[I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me, If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about their explosiveness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about their explosiveness, what I have seen is they have a lot of versatility,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the lover's gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the lover's gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are those who have burned schools and killed doctors, nurses and many other innocent Afghans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40049]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are those who have burned schools and killed doctors, nurses and many other innocent Afghans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a test of trust-building. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40299]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a test of trust-building.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8850]]></link><description><![CDATA[The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60289]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54850]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all the time. No one can have his own way all the time, and no one is right all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a thousand major shareholders that I know would be selling stock because of portfolio diversification, I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37826]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a thousand major shareholders that I know would be selling stock because of portfolio diversification, I would rather do a secondary offering than have them sell in dribs and drabs. It makes a lot of sense to do it in one fell swoop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I light my candle from their torches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25049]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I light my candle from their torches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two babies were born on the same day at the same hospital. They lay there and looked at each other. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two babies were born on the same day at the same hospital. They lay there and looked at each other. Their familiescame and took them away. Eighty years later, by a bizarre coincidence, they lay in the same hospital, on their deathbeds, next to each other. One of them looked at the other and said, So. What did you think?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question: How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Return of the Bunny Suicides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Return of the Bunny Suicides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a team they know that they can finish high and be in contention in tournaments. It means that much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30428]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a team they know that they can finish high and be in contention in tournaments. It means that much more to them out there on the course. We're not there yet. We need to continue to improve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44612]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is exempt from taking nonsense; the misfortune is to do it solemnly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true poem rests between the words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true poem rests between the words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, good my lord, Let there be some more test made of my mettle  Before so noble and so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, good my lord, Let there be some more test made of my mettle  Before so noble and so great a figure   Be stamped upon it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hustle and bustle of Charlottesville has been great to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hustle and bustle of Charlottesville has been great to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in love is not complete until he is married. Then he is finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25794]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in love is not complete until he is married. Then he is finished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13536]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16530]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O world, how apt the poor are to be proud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48211]]></link><description><![CDATA[O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar, Making the hard way sweet and delectable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51504]]></link><description><![CDATA[And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar, Making the hard way sweet and delectable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing impossible to him who will try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63300]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing impossible to him who will try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42677]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is Microsoft buying Apple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20973]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 Commemoration of William & Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 Commemoration of William & Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 & 1890   Bernard [of Clairvaux] did not stop with love for God or Christ, he insisted also that the Christian must love his neighbors, including even his enemies. Not necessarily that he must feel affection for them -- that is not always possible in this life, though it will be in heaven -- but that he must treat them as love dictates, doing always for others what he would that they should do for him.  ... A. C. McGiffert, A History of Christian Thought  August 21, 2000   At the very moment when the pulpit has fallen strangely silent about sin, fiction can talk of little except evil, not indeed viewed as sin, but apparently as the invariable ways of a peculiarly repulsive insect, which it can't help, poor thing; and there is no manner of use expecting anything from it, except the nastiness natural to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and desperately require our assistance to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and desperately require our assistance to make it through until the next rains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2263]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is never finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is never finished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to basketball, I've never been nervous in my life. Why start now? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32251]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to basketball, I've never been nervous in my life. Why start now?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13769]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If .. 'Ifs and buts' were candy and nuts...oh, what a party we would have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28135]]></link><description><![CDATA[If .. 'Ifs and buts' were candy and nuts...oh, what a party we would have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8886]]></link><description><![CDATA[A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12395</guid></item></channel></rss>