<?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[To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25102]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10425]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38462]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces doesn't want to be in a position where anyone might say she has divided loyalties. I don't believe for a second she would have had them, but symbols are important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thorough preparation makes its own luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thorough preparation makes its own luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flies are busiest about leane horses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flies are busiest about leane horses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has been a big thrill not only for our boys, but for the families. And we are all so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40111]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has been a big thrill not only for our boys, but for the families. And we are all so grateful for the opportunity. These boys are growing up right before our eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the recognition program is a valuable way of recognizing contributions from individuals whether they're teacher or administrators. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the recognition program is a valuable way of recognizing contributions from individuals whether they're teacher or administrators. It's also a way of us informing the community ... I think it's also a way of learning from our own peers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61478]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39543]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which is absolutely banned, or slide towards illegality by its tacit acceptance that torture is sometimes OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. We own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. We own this shit. Basketball, baseball, football, golf, tennis, and as soon as they make a heated hockey rink we'll take that shit too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She concedes that she's the one she pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27884]]></link><description><![CDATA[She concedes that she's the one she pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12403]]></link><description><![CDATA[By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62058]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as many issues related to privacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as many issues related to privacy as in the U.S..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill news, madam, Are swallow-winged, but what's good  Walks on crutches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill news, madam, Are swallow-winged, but what's good  Walks on crutches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1922]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. -Helen Rowland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am gone, remember me with smiles and laughter, as that is how I will remember you. But if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53783]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am gone, remember me with smiles and laughter, as that is how I will remember you. But if you should remember me with tears and sorrow, I may not remember you at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20090]]></link><description><![CDATA[A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19416]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is virtue's opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is virtue's opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With light volume, we're going to bounce around like a ping-pong ball. I wouldn't take any moves this week as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36834]]></link><description><![CDATA[With light volume, we're going to bounce around like a ping-pong ball. I wouldn't take any moves this week as a clear indication of anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base is the slave that pays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base is the slave that pays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the mother of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the mother of health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our main goal is to accelerate their educations, ... But we hope that after they go to college, they'll return ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our main goal is to accelerate their educations, ... But we hope that after they go to college, they'll return to make their homes and careers in Texas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We brought the mall back, they were brought back really quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31119]]></link><description><![CDATA[We brought the mall back, they were brought back really quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War will exist until that distant day when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12815]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior does today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  I hear no one boast, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then, what profiteth this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love. If you're so consumed by hatred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love. If you're so consumed by hatred for someone, you might as well be loving them, because you're thinking about them for the same amount of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Jesus, like all other religious leaders, taught men to pray, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417  Jesus, like all other religious leaders, taught men to pray, that is, He taught them to look away from the world of ordinary sense impressions and to open the heart and spirit to God; yet He is always insistent that religion must be related to life. It is only by contact with God that a better quality of living can be achieved -- and Jesus Himself, as the records show, speent many hours in communion with God -- yet that new quality of life has to be both demonstrated and tested in the ordinary rough-and-tumble of plain living. It is in ordinary human relationships that the validity of a man's communion with God is to be proved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280  If He hath promised to make us happy, though He hath not particularly declared to us wherein this happiness shall consist, yet we may trust Him that made us, to find out ways to make us happy, and may believe that He who made us, without our knowledge or desire, is able to make us happy beyond them both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66300]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27147</guid></item></channel></rss>