<?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[Tom Goodwin was an actor-man, Old Drury's pride and boast,  In all the light and spritely parts,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Goodwin was an actor-man, Old Drury's pride and boast,  In all the light and spritely parts,   Especially the ghost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True prayer is something more than desire. It is no mere subjective instinct, ... no blind outreach. If it met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6584]]></link><description><![CDATA[True prayer is something more than desire. It is no mere subjective instinct, ... no blind outreach. If it met no response, no answer, it would soon be weeded out of the race. Prayer has stood the test of experience. In fact, the very desire to pray is in itself prophetic of a heavenly Friend. So this native need of the soul rose out of the divine origin of the soul, and it has steadily verified itself as a safe guide to reality. In the first instance it is not asking for anything, it is not petition; all it seeks is God Himself: Let me find Thee, let me know Thee, then I will ask of Thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3463]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have tried so hard to do right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have tried so hard to do right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48408]]></link><description><![CDATA[For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As innocent as a new-laid egg. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20952]]></link><description><![CDATA[As innocent as a new-laid egg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15275]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.Of all the wonders that I yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,It seems to me most strange that men should fear,Seeing that death, a necessary end,Will come when it will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...cops and reporters are much alike. Both are absolutely dedicated to doing the job at hand, regardless of obstacles. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44823]]></link><description><![CDATA[...cops and reporters are much alike. Both are absolutely dedicated to doing the job at hand, regardless of obstacles. And both, deep down, really believe the rules don't apply to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the reason we used asphalt instead of concrete for the road surface. It's easier and less costly to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38061]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the reason we used asphalt instead of concrete for the road surface. It's easier and less costly to repair asphalt rather than concrete roads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[do not want a peaceful settlement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29768]]></link><description><![CDATA[do not want a peaceful settlement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired-you quit when the gorilla is tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62385]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired-you quit when the gorilla is tired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success... it's what you do with what you've got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success... it's what you do with what you've got.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never get out of bed before noon ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never get out of bed before noon]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26844]]></link><description><![CDATA[You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is definitely true that having a common foe does give you something to shoot at. I'm just hoping that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34577]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is definitely true that having a common foe does give you something to shoot at. I'm just hoping that we don't fall into a pattern of simply playing catch-up with Microsoft, which is a danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18419]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's of stature somewhat low-- Your hero always should be tall, you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19224]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's of stature somewhat low-- Your hero always should be tall, you know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pomegranat, Apple-Tree and BrambleThe pomegranate and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful. When their strife was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Pomegranat, Apple-Tree and BrambleThe pomegranate and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful. When their strife was at its height, a Bramble from the neighboring hedge lifted up its voice, and said in a boastful tone: Pray, my dear friends, in my presence at least cease from such vain disputings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great acts are made up of small deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great acts are made up of small deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to prioritize the community's well-being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34725]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to prioritize the community's well-being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't run a business without taking risks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15863]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't run a business without taking risks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11502]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11502</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[Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into it. If they get you into it, you're in trouble. They play a bumping and pushing style, and if it's not called, your kids try to do it, too. It worked (for them) tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids. [Fr., Soldats, du haut ces Pyramide quarante siecles vous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids. [Fr., Soldats, du haut ces Pyramide quarante siecles vous contemplent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28876]]></link><description><![CDATA[A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're Fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23141]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're Fired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. There is only one thing, which somebody once put into my head, that I dislike in sleep; it is, that it resembles death; there is very little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in his last sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34410]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post I had several letters from anxious relatives, telling me that it was my duty to come home and thus ease my mother's anxiety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26214]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When eating an elephant take one bite at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32260]]></link><description><![CDATA[When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From our standpoint things have run pretty smoothly. We had all those bikes riding around in the rain (Saturday) night. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32886]]></link><description><![CDATA[From our standpoint things have run pretty smoothly. We had all those bikes riding around in the rain (Saturday) night. I would have anticipated more accidents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He profits most who serves best. -Arthur F. Sheldon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5110]]></link><description><![CDATA[He profits most who serves best. -Arthur F. Sheldon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask; yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage, And pious action, we do sugar o'er  The devil himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51264]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage, And pious action, we do sugar o'er  The devil himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14422]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53361]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracie comes home from the hospital after visiting a sick friend. (George) 'Where did you get the flowers?' (Gracie) 'I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracie comes home from the hospital after visiting a sick friend. (George) 'Where did you get the flowers?' (Gracie) 'I went to visit Mable.' (George) 'Yeah, so?' (Gracie) 'WELL, you told me to take her flowers!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Youth Volunteer Corps has helped us for about five years and we really depend on them to tackle big, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Youth Volunteer Corps has helped us for about five years and we really depend on them to tackle big, physical projects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't give up on love, because there is always someone who loves you. Even if it's not the person you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't give up on love, because there is always someone who loves you. Even if it's not the person you were hoping for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am really excited about my opportunity here. There's a lot of tradition at Hastings. In the past few years, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36038]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am really excited about my opportunity here. There's a lot of tradition at Hastings. In the past few years, the program hasn't been as successful as it was in the past, so I'm looking forward to moving forward with the kids. We're all working hard for a common goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36038</guid></item></channel></rss>