<?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[I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55954]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In heaven an angel is nobody in particular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2519]]></link><description><![CDATA[In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   Our knowledge of God is paradoxically not of him as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   Our knowledge of God is paradoxically not of him as the object of our scrutiny, but of ourselves as utterly dependent on his saving and merciful knowledge of us. It is in proportion, as we are known to him that we find our real being and identity in Christ. We know him in and through ourselves in so far as his truth is the source of our being and his merciful love is the very heart of our life and existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was something deep down inside I wanted to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37957]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was something deep down inside I wanted to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd, That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54804]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd, That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This garden is the crown jewel of the entire restoration project. The flowers cost $150,000. But it cost four times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33091]]></link><description><![CDATA[This garden is the crown jewel of the entire restoration project. The flowers cost $150,000. But it cost four times that for the layers upon layers of work in this garden that people never see, such as the archeology, the engineering, and the irrigation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you get closer to the election, the likelihood that Congress is going to be able to pass legislation, particularly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34650]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you get closer to the election, the likelihood that Congress is going to be able to pass legislation, particularly on what might be viewed as partisan or difficult issues, diminishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among Christians so much prominence has been given to the disciplinary effects of sorrow, affliction, bereavement, that they have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among Christians so much prominence has been given to the disciplinary effects of sorrow, affliction, bereavement, that they have been in danger of overlooking the other and more obvious side: that by every joy, by every favor, by every sign of prosperity -- yea, and by these chiefly -- God designs to educate and discipline His children. This one-sided view of the truth has made many morbid, gloomy Christians, who look for God's hand only in the lightning and never think of seeing it in the sunlight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5450]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a neighbor and trade partner, we are happy to provide assistance to the United States at the time of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30109]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a neighbor and trade partner, we are happy to provide assistance to the United States at the time of the disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48157]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught  The dialect they speak, where melodies   Alone are the interpreters of thought?    Whose household words are songs in many keys,     Sweeter than instrument of man e'er caught!   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54849]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of a family is life's greatest blessing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15152]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of a family is life's greatest blessing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're here because we want the board of trustees and ballet management to respond to their audience, their subscribers, their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32305]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're here because we want the board of trustees and ballet management to respond to their audience, their subscribers, their patrons and restore live music, Future Subscriber If There's Live Music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people"-that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. -Peter F. Drucker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, my conscience will be against it, ... I'm asking for a chance to look at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, my conscience will be against it, ... I'm asking for a chance to look at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darker than darkest pansies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darker than darkest pansies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54023]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If everything's under control, you're going too slow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41650]]></link><description><![CDATA[If everything's under control, you're going too slow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52443]]></link><description><![CDATA[If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The National Guard or any service is there for that reason. It's a job and it's what the military requires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The National Guard or any service is there for that reason. It's a job and it's what the military requires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to take this whole tournament one game at a time. We knew, going into this game, that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35789]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to take this whole tournament one game at a time. We knew, going into this game, that we couldn't take Sweden lightly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10242]]></link><description><![CDATA[God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great actions are not always true sons Of great and mighty resolutions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great actions are not always true sons Of great and mighty resolutions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good night! I have to say good night, To such a host of peerless things! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good night! I have to say good night, To such a host of peerless things!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240  We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, it is good to be "alone".... but that doesn't make us lonely. It is not a matter of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, it is good to be "alone".... but that doesn't make us lonely. It is not a matter of being present "with" someone, it is a matter of being present " to" someone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got just bits and pieces on Madison. But we've never worried about that before, you know, about being matched ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got just bits and pieces on Madison. But we've never worried about that before, you know, about being matched up with anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20041]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arouse the mind without resting it on anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30089]]></link><description><![CDATA[This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to get out of it as soon as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11598]]></link><description><![CDATA[The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some have meat but cannot eat; Some could eat but have no meat;  We have meat and can all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some have meat but cannot eat; Some could eat but have no meat;  We have meat and can all eat;   Blest, therefore, be God for our meat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is obviously the most thorny problem. The situation is still brittle, even though the Gate Gourmet dispute is nearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31738]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is obviously the most thorny problem. The situation is still brittle, even though the Gate Gourmet dispute is nearly over and BA is back working. There remains the possibility things will erupt again,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not expect good from another's death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not expect good from another's death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51331</guid></item></channel></rss>