<?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[Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, connected prayer, As lives of some, perhaps, have been and are; If, never leaving Thee, we have no need Our wandering spirits back again to lead Into Thy presence, but continued there Like angels standing on the highest stair Of the Sapphire Throne: this were to pray indeed!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to be the leading investment bank in the world, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to be the leading investment bank in the world,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten day ago I drowned these news in tears; And now, to add more measure to your woes,  I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ten day ago I drowned these news in tears; And now, to add more measure to your woes,  I come to tell you things sith then befallen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You won't believe this but we've actually had people coming in wanting to buy all of our old equipment. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29327]]></link><description><![CDATA[You won't believe this but we've actually had people coming in wanting to buy all of our old equipment. It's just too soon. Way too soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Herdsman and the Lost Bull A herdsman tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1523]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Herdsman and the Lost Bull A herdsman tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold. After a long and fruitless search, he made a vow that, if he could only discover the thief who had stolen the Calf, he would offer a lamb in sacrifice to Hermes, Pan, and the Guardian Deities of the forest. Not long afterwards, as he ascended a small hillock, he saw at its foot a Lion feeding on the Calf. Terrified at the sight, he lifted his eyes and his hands to heaven, and said: Just now I vowed to offer a lamb to the Guardian Deities of the forest if I could only find out who had robbed me; but now that I have discovered the thief, I would willingly add a full-grown Bull to the Calf I have lost, if I may only secure my own escape from him in safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would do a tour into the elementary schools every year, and then we did another kind of program where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28886]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would do a tour into the elementary schools every year, and then we did another kind of program where upper level students were brought into E.J. Thomas for a performance. What the Children's Concert Society did was share the cost with us, so although we were just doing excerpts, we could do it in a full production sense with orchestra and costumes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A guilty conscience never feels secure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A guilty conscience never feels secure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63980]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we would like a presence for the block party we have planned for April 22, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32388]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we would like a presence for the block party we have planned for April 22,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a three run error on the umpire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32147]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a three run error on the umpire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We needed more shots to go in the basket in the first and second quarters. We had some good looks. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33964]]></link><description><![CDATA[We needed more shots to go in the basket in the first and second quarters. We had some good looks. We've been making them all year. The bottom line is when you get good looks against a good team, you have to knock them down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line is this -- for how long can the military remain restrained? That we are just around the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is this -- for how long can the military remain restrained? That we are just around the corner from a major confrontation is not in doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,  So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51486]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,  So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human activity is prompted by desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11988]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human activity is prompted by desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot tell what the dickens his name is. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot tell what the dickens his name is. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60448]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't wait for answers... Just take your chances!Don't ask me why. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't wait for answers... Just take your chances!Don't ask me why.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63259]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's helping the stock price today, but gastric cancer is not one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's helping the stock price today, but gastric cancer is not one of the biggest markets for cancer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered. Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried. He said to her, If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is small businesses find their niche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is small businesses find their niche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51605]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52100]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts. - "Prisoners of their Hairdos".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New ideas stir from every corner. The show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions and embarrasing dilemmas. Beware of total ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16216]]></link><description><![CDATA[New ideas stir from every corner. The show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions and embarrasing dilemmas. Beware of total strangers and friends alike who shower you with comfortable sameness, and remain open to those who make you uneasy, for they are the true messengers of the future. -Rob Lebow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Joe has mentioned it and I've seen it written before, that our game may have cost them two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Joe has mentioned it and I've seen it written before, that our game may have cost them two or three games. They couldn't get that game out of their system, it was such a tough loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collective judgement of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Collective judgement of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free to back their own judgement despite collective disapproval.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that the Maoists will act without harming civilians while waging war against the state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40275]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that the Maoists will act without harming civilians while waging war against the state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37574]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. We did that, and then on offense, our size took over. We got an eight-point lead and got into our half-court stuff and ran our offense through our big guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2382]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the true face of America; not narrow values that divide us, but the shared values that unite us: family, faith, hard work, opportunity and responsibility for all, so that every child, every adult, every parent, every worker in America has an equal shot at living up to their God-given potential. That is the American dream and the American value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25161]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is nice to finish the home season with a victory, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41973]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nice to finish the home season with a victory,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the start of the year, I pray for the happiness of the Japanese people and peace in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34522]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the start of the year, I pray for the happiness of the Japanese people and peace in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he would tell you he wasn't very happy with the way he played overall last year. He's worked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he would tell you he wasn't very happy with the way he played overall last year. He's worked hard in individual workouts, and I know he has some big goals for this season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especiallyif one is to survive in the world. It takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21108]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especiallyif one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21108</guid></item></channel></rss>