<?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[Feast of the Holy Cross   When scientists are honest, as most of them are, they are well aware ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross   When scientists are honest, as most of them are, they are well aware of the fact that their competence in science does not give them a clue to the problem of how their science should be used in the service of man. The sensitive visitor to the mesas of Los Alamos is almost sure to meditate on the experience of that gifted man, Klaus Fuchs. Though his work in the laboratories was outstanding, his decision concerning the use of what he knew was disastrous. What if, in addition to his scientific competence, the younger Fuchs had shared something of the Christian conviction of his father, Emil Fuchs? Much of the subsequent history of our earth might then have been different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15869]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15018]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61945]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from paucity of experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When friends are at your hearthside met, Sweet courtesy has done its most  If you have made each guest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19852]]></link><description><![CDATA[When friends are at your hearthside met, Sweet courtesy has done its most  If you have made each guest forget   That he himself is not the host.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Build castles in the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Build castles in the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56922]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52707]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old muleskinners told how the mules were waiting at the shaft when they arrived each morning. They wanted relief from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old muleskinners told how the mules were waiting at the shaft when they arrived each morning. They wanted relief from the heat, deerflies and mosquitoes just like the men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's sad but sometimes a community doesn't truly appreciate what it has until it's gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29328]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's sad but sometimes a community doesn't truly appreciate what it has until it's gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is a game of inches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is a game of inches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63694]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime,  Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries   Brighten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime,  Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries   Brighten Autumn's sob'rer time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19480]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26054]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29093]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with the pragmatists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4180]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19074]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19074</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[He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14512]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, nothing hurts worse than pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, nothing hurts worse than pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another islisten to each other's stories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22439]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another islisten to each other's stories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance is a nickname for Providence. [Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance is a nickname for Providence. [Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45052]]></link><description><![CDATA[To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That team is good. They could smell it. They're very strong in front of the net, and we had problems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36153]]></link><description><![CDATA[That team is good. They could smell it. They're very strong in front of the net, and we had problems with their size all weekend. The one key difference was their size because we got out-strength a little bit. I thought we had five to eight scoring chances thwarted by them because they we just stronger than us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Current condition of the BYU football program? I think it's in good shape. We've got some good young players. We've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Current condition of the BYU football program? I think it's in good shape. We've got some good young players. We've had two or three pretty good recruiting years. We lost some players, obviously, that hurt us, but you always have turnover in college through attrition (graduation, transfers). That's the nature of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory and defeat are each of the same price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory and defeat are each of the same price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They make a desert and they call it peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51671]]></link><description><![CDATA[They make a desert and they call it peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were afraid that Holocaust survivors would not like the idea of the play, but I think that the Israeli ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were afraid that Holocaust survivors would not like the idea of the play, but I think that the Israeli audience is more mature today than it was 30 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way ofpeace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21149]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way ofpeace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred withlove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61372]]></link><description><![CDATA[That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65637]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come here this time as the special envoy of the secretary general on UN reform only, not as someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come here this time as the special envoy of the secretary general on UN reform only, not as someone who is entrusted with the task of talking about the situation in Myanmar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12697]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own failures and their own successes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the largest ever TV audience; the busiest Web site in the world; the largest ever online petition -- The Live ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40849]]></link><description><![CDATA[the largest ever TV audience; the busiest Web site in the world; the largest ever online petition -- The Live 8 list; the largest ever text petition; the largest ever response to a TV show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/117]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57531]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's still out enjoying his life and my brother is gone. We would like to see a little bit of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29200]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's still out enjoying his life and my brother is gone. We would like to see a little bit of justice, that's all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12781]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7152]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22892</guid></item></channel></rss>