<?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 think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the broad issues that make up the life of the city, if you understand its history, if you understand its architecture and its neighborhood and its place, if you understand some of the ethical dilemmas that leaders must face as they make different choices about a city, and if you can articulate that in some kind of a creative process, then you are prepared to take an active role in decisions and choices that affect your life as well as the city's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must payattention to it. There is no substitute for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must payattention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your coreof inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let themoving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on thesurface of your being.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most respected women are the most oppressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most respected women are the most oppressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A penny spar'd is twice got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49065]]></link><description><![CDATA[A penny spar'd is twice got.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get paid to impact the world, not be impacted by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21834]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get paid to impact the world, not be impacted by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had the guts to invite someone like this and put on a show. And to do it, it takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29938]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had the guts to invite someone like this and put on a show. And to do it, it takes the whole town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56409]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22819]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy when I'm juggling, but I feel like I've gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 -- bowling balls. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40177]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy when I'm juggling, but I feel like I've gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 -- bowling balls. But, that's a good problem. I don't really have a complaint about that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is the sin of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is the sin of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very beautiful country and it has some of the Arab world's most interesting, best preserved, medieval ruins. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38599]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very beautiful country and it has some of the Arab world's most interesting, best preserved, medieval ruins. And it's also got a living culture which is exotic in the true sense of the word,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In talking to the guys elected, several of them were emotional about it. Many of them said this would probably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38784]]></link><description><![CDATA[In talking to the guys elected, several of them were emotional about it. Many of them said this would probably be the highest honor they would achieve in their careers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cowslip is a country wench. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cowslip is a country wench.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us,is a direct result of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60203]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us,is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can hurt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49957]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can hurt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give a sucker an even break. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give a sucker an even break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their only labour was to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe,  They sit, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their only labour was to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe,  They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme,   Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go,    Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and slow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He held his opponent to the fence, threw leg kicks, knees to the head, and punches. It was three minutes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32261]]></link><description><![CDATA[He held his opponent to the fence, threw leg kicks, knees to the head, and punches. It was three minutes of punishment and that's when the referee stopped the fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd be under the nearest table the second I felt the first shudder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd be under the nearest table the second I felt the first shudder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?  To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1724]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?  To view each love one blotted from life's page,   And be alone on earth as I am now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See, how these rascals use me! They will not let my play run; and yet they steal my thunder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/419]]></link><description><![CDATA[See, how these rascals use me! They will not let my play run; and yet they steal my thunder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our strength grows out of our weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our strength grows out of our weakness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phidias made the statue of Venue at Elis with one foot upon the shell of a tortoise, to signify two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Phidias made the statue of Venue at Elis with one foot upon the shell of a tortoise, to signify two great duties of a virtuous woman, which are to keep home and be silent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. [Fr., Je me hate de me moquer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24159]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. [Fr., Je me hate de me moquer de tous, de peur d'etre oblige d'en pleurer.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, people are doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kids walking to school are getting offered rides, players are getting let in line at the cafeteria, people are doing little things to show support. It's really great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of which misery I saw, part of which I was. [Lat., Quaeque ipse misserrima vidi, et quorum pars magna ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42773]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of which misery I saw, part of which I was. [Lat., Quaeque ipse misserrima vidi, et quorum pars magna fui.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an excellent deal for us because Pedro gives us more options in midfield and brings with him experience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35076]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an excellent deal for us because Pedro gives us more options in midfield and brings with him experience in European competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't think about it too much. We prepare hard every week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38104]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't think about it too much. We prepare hard every week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a retreat the lame are formost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49533]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a retreat the lame are formost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19328]]></link><description><![CDATA[History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11063]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go, forget me--why should sorrow O'er that brow a shadow fling?  Go, forget me--and to-morrow   Brightly smile ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go, forget me--why should sorrow O'er that brow a shadow fling?  Go, forget me--and to-morrow   Brightly smile and sweetly sing.    Smile--though I shall not be near thee;     Sing--though I shall never hear thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48449</guid></item></channel></rss>