<?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[The Cock and the Jewel A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1514]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cock and the Jewel A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, Chicago's a great town; what can I say? It has a lot of diversity. You can find so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, Chicago's a great town; what can I say? It has a lot of diversity. You can find so many different kinds of people there. It breeds a certain self-confidence and a willingness to work hard for what you want. I don't know, maybe they put something in the water -- the river is green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They played a triangle-and-two on us. They matched up Corrie and Rachel and left our posts open. Corrie, Rachel and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32104]]></link><description><![CDATA[They played a triangle-and-two on us. They matched up Corrie and Rachel and left our posts open. Corrie, Rachel and Morgan were able to get the ball to our post players and we beat them inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43587]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believing in our goals to the point of acting upon them as though they are real already is the ultimate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believing in our goals to the point of acting upon them as though they are real already is the ultimate test of our faith and faithfulness -- and the ultimate trigger for their realization when the time is right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's not exactly a guy who invites the limelight, and he's not a showboat. He's really rather shy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33255]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's not exactly a guy who invites the limelight, and he's not a showboat. He's really rather shy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things (than your child)? [Lat., Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis,  Cum facias pejora senex?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19498]]></link><description><![CDATA[90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebble to vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61009]]></link><description><![CDATA[The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebble to vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was cooking breakfast this morning for my kids, and I thought, "He's (Ronald Reagan) just like a Teflon frying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10153]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was cooking breakfast this morning for my kids, and I thought, "He's (Ronald Reagan) just like a Teflon frying pan: Nothing sticks to him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26568]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43150]]></link><description><![CDATA[However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely useful. The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence. No matter what, no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25920]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence. No matter what, no matter where, it's always home, if love is there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean. -David Searls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean. -David Searls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, ... but delight to be alone and single with Omnipresency... Life is pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/963]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have seven suburban New York stores that people can go to if they can't get to the Manhattan location. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41667]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have seven suburban New York stores that people can go to if they can't get to the Manhattan location.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56414]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said it got lost somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37756]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said it got lost somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from gay cities, and the ways of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from gay cities, and the ways of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What exile from himself can flee? To zones, though more and more remote,  Still, still pursues, where'er I be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59203]]></link><description><![CDATA[What exile from himself can flee? To zones, though more and more remote,  Still, still pursues, where'er I be,   The blight of life--the demon Thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12090]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead, he killed people by lying and concealing the plot ... that resulted in the worst terrorist attack in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead, he killed people by lying and concealing the plot ... that resulted in the worst terrorist attack in the country's history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60598]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12301]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65039]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18908]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of reactions. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The samples of Martian rock and soil would be in a container designed to withstand the impact and maintain its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The samples of Martian rock and soil would be in a container designed to withstand the impact and maintain its integrity as well as the integrity of the samples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly,--if it be wrong leave it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly,--if it be wrong leave it undone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I try to control too much, the flow is gone. With our sport, you have to let things flow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40774]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I try to control too much, the flow is gone. With our sport, you have to let things flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I 'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I 'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is the architect of his own fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is the architect of his own fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn duty, in the performance of acts which all self-respecting individuals refrain from as a matter of common decency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51576]]></link><description><![CDATA[A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51576</guid></item></channel></rss>