<?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[Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the rush to rebuild in the southern states, Americans should pause to think more deeply about what it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33214]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the rush to rebuild in the southern states, Americans should pause to think more deeply about what it would take to create more equitable and healthier communities in New Orleans and throughout the affected area,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23905]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that after they get their degrees, they'll make their home and careers back in Texas, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34174]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that after they get their degrees, they'll make their home and careers back in Texas,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15302]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They felt like losing the school was losing the community really. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29024]]></link><description><![CDATA[They felt like losing the school was losing the community really.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29460]]></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/29460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned that, before you reach an objective, you must be ready with a new one, and you must start ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21898]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned that, before you reach an objective, you must be ready with a new one, and you must start to communicate it to the organization. But it is not the goal itself that is important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He told me that bin Laden is saying to President Clinton that the battle has not started yet and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28231]]></link><description><![CDATA[He told me that bin Laden is saying to President Clinton that the battle has not started yet and they will answer these raids with actions, not words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  It is only by fidelity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit... No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26468]]></link><description><![CDATA[A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61807]]></link><description><![CDATA[What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time, Ere humane stature purged the gentle weal;  Ay, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blood hath been shed ere now, i' th' olden time, Ere humane stature purged the gentle weal;  Ay, and since too, murders have been performed   Too terrible for the ear. The time has been    That, when the brains were out, the man would die,     And there an end. But now they rise again,      With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,       And push us from our stools. This is more strange        Than such a murder is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60943]]></link><description><![CDATA[To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to a friend's house is never long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to a friend's house is never long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you go out like that at home, it hurts. I had hoped to see a lot more effort today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35397]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you go out like that at home, it hurts. I had hoped to see a lot more effort today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a possibility that we will see some form of rationing with the conditions being as bad or worse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35141]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a possibility that we will see some form of rationing with the conditions being as bad or worse than many people thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57433]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43693]]></link><description><![CDATA[When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had the lead in every third period of every game this year, so it's not like we were getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37349]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had the lead in every third period of every game this year, so it's not like we were getting killed, just finding ways to blow it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36173]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her honeymoon, and that's priceless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31494]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because it's a waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to have a fairly recent analysis of the impacts before they can apply these categorical exclusions. If they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32777]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to have a fairly recent analysis of the impacts before they can apply these categorical exclusions. If they're planning to improperly apply these exemptions ... in places where there are old land use plans that are out of date, then they are asking for legal trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is organised knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is organised knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish though eternal peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish though eternal peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41111]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car and I think over the 15 days we were the better all-round outfit. It's a fantastic feeling to win the Dakar. I experienced many highs and lows in my skiing career, but this is so different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever-unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge", not the Bible, save as leading to Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People get a little fed up and see their portfolio down significantly, and I always laugh to myself, because I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15680]]></link><description><![CDATA[People get a little fed up and see their portfolio down significantly, and I always laugh to myself, because I still got paid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're aware of it. There's no question after two seasons of 90-plus losses, fans don't necessarily feel that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31910]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're aware of it. There's no question after two seasons of 90-plus losses, fans don't necessarily feel that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is very important that we have access to safe, legal pregnancy termination services, whether it is emergency contraceptives right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31443]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is very important that we have access to safe, legal pregnancy termination services, whether it is emergency contraceptives right after the assault or an abortion service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45050]]></link><description><![CDATA[When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE   Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8005]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE   Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshippers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified. The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26450]]></link><description><![CDATA[One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice ... you feel ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13876]]></link><description><![CDATA[To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice ... you feel ... in yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much might be said on both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much might be said on both sides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, A-top on the topmost twig--which the pluckers forgot, somehow--  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, A-top on the topmost twig--which the pluckers forgot, somehow--  Forgot it not, nay, but got it not, for none could get it till now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. [It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,  Ch' uom per ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. [It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,  Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou attended gloriously from heaven, Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send  Thy summoning archangels to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23543]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou attended gloriously from heaven, Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send  Thy summoning archangels to proclaim   Thy dread tribunal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know that anyone is going to be bringing Bush into the state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31218]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know that anyone is going to be bringing Bush into the state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14942</guid></item></channel></rss>