<?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[Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26068]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got 200 e-mails (about it). Lots of people had the same reaction. They were assigned to read it in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40286]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got 200 e-mails (about it). Lots of people had the same reaction. They were assigned to read it in school and didn't. We try to take things that sometimes people turn off of because they're introduced to them too early or for some other reason, and try to make them entertaining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endearing Waltz--to thy more melting tune Bow Irish jig, and ancient rigadoon.  Scotch reels, avaunt! and country-dance forego   Your future claims to each fantastic toe!    Waltz--Waltz alone--both legs and arms demands,     Liberal of feet, and lavish of her hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someday will never come and take you by the hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someday will never come and take you by the hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My classes are really challenging. I didn't think senior year would be so tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40311]]></link><description><![CDATA[My classes are really challenging. I didn't think senior year would be so tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51510]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14736]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think some people found the production took away from the actual songs, which I can understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think some people found the production took away from the actual songs, which I can understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kim kept going back to medical, complaining about the contractions, but they just kept sending her back to her cell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kim kept going back to medical, complaining about the contractions, but they just kept sending her back to her cell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9913]]></link><description><![CDATA[In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control -- these three alone lead to power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control -- these three alone lead to power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48198]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn  And everybody's shouting   "Which Side Are You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn  And everybody's shouting   "Which Side Are You On?"    And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot     Fighting in the captain's tower      While calypso singers laugh at them       And fishermen hold flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications, ... It [the U.K. ruling] is a nice psychological ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications, ... It [the U.K. ruling] is a nice psychological boost but you can't extrapolate the U.S. ruling from this because of the different legal standards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12320]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57285]]></link><description><![CDATA[A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you truly love someone you don't judge them by their past, you accept it and leave it there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62958]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you truly love someone you don't judge them by their past, you accept it and leave it there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect. [Fr., Nul n'est content de sa fortune;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54724]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect. [Fr., Nul n'est content de sa fortune;  Ni mecontent de son esprit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide to take no more mathematics courses. They might be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26527]]></link><description><![CDATA[I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide to take no more mathematics courses. They might be able to hear the sound of closing doors. Everybody a mathematician?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56884]]></link><description><![CDATA[A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's less of the listen-and-learn type of documentary approach of 20 years ago and more of a live-and-learn approach through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32895]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's less of the listen-and-learn type of documentary approach of 20 years ago and more of a live-and-learn approach through the programming. The viewer learns through their experiences about what they're learning. Yes, it's entertainment, but it's really a program about going into the world of work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19229]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little experience often upsets a lot of theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/818]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13801]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34396]]></link><description><![CDATA[When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but any spark can ignite a fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58720]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44164]]></link><description><![CDATA[To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14136]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57148]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men. [Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men. [Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really get two weeks instead of three (after the dead period). It will be fast and furious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38027]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really get two weeks instead of three (after the dead period). It will be fast and furious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved? [Lat., Quis desiderio sit pudor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18332]]></link><description><![CDATA[What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved? [Lat., Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus  Tam cari capitis?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful people make money. It's not that people who make moneybecome successful, but that successful people attract money. They bringsuccess ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Successful people make money. It's not that people who make moneybecome successful, but that successful people attract money. They bringsuccess to what they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got a very big guy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34267]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got a very big guy,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17910]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American Baseball Coaches Association started All-American honors in that year. That was also the first year of the College ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American Baseball Coaches Association started All-American honors in that year. That was also the first year of the College World Series.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  What we have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  What we have been told is how we men can be drawn into Christ -- can become part of that wonderful present which the young Prince of the universe wants to offer to His Father -- that present which is Himself and therefore us in Him. It is the only thing we were made for. And there are strange, exciting hints in the Bible that when we are drawn in, a great many other things in Nature will begin to come right. The bad dream will be over: it will be morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8519</guid></item></channel></rss>