<?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[Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with these kitties is that they had been in cages for so long, we recommended the foster person to let them run and play. Both of the cats ran for two days straight. They were so active; they were a ball of energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasing punishment that women bear. -The Comedy of Errors. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasing punishment that women bear. -The Comedy of Errors. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16770]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in the winde;  But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale and woe;   The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the same overthrowe.   - edited by John Payne Collier,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I teach that all are men are mad. [Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I teach that all are men are mad. [Lat., Doceo insanire omnes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The teachings of elegant sayings should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The teachings of elegant sayings should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, any price will be paid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terrorists don't advise the passengers on board that there's a bomb on board. They just blow it up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Terrorists don't advise the passengers on board that there's a bomb on board. They just blow it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34925]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to be a little bid on this one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the solution is simple, God is answering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65035]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the solution is simple, God is answering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tale in everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57930]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tale in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She didn't ask for this. It was a public safety issue and she just wanted to eliminate any perception of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36578]]></link><description><![CDATA[She didn't ask for this. It was a public safety issue and she just wanted to eliminate any perception of an ethical breach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexed by war, untroubled by hunger or fear, undivided by senseless distinctions of race, color or theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21890]]></link><description><![CDATA[My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28236]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would like to extend his bases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33532]]></link><description><![CDATA[An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are quite close to a common definition of safe harbor principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32869]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are quite close to a common definition of safe harbor principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20174]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life together under the Word will remain sound and healthy only where it does not form itself into a movement, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life together under the Word will remain sound and healthy only where it does not form itself into a movement, an order, a society... but rather where it understands itself as being a part of the one, holy, catholic, Christian Church, where it shares actively and passively in the sufferings and struggles of the whole Church. Every principle of selection, every separation connected with it that is not necessitated quite objectively by common work, local conditions, or family connections is of the greatest danger to a Christian community. When the way of intellectual or spiritual selection is taken, the human element always insinuates itself and robs the fellowship of its spiritual power and its effectiveness for the Church, and drives it into sectarianism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always wanted to play in the NHL, but last year when I was with the Dynamo, we won the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42308]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always wanted to play in the NHL, but last year when I was with the Dynamo, we won the championship. I wanted to stay so bad back there. I got some thoughts [about staying], but the NHL is here. I changed my mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4977]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been an awesome experience, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38776]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been an awesome experience,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16474]]></link><description><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold   Dominion over palm and pine--    Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,     Lest we forget--lest we forget!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20223]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest form of wisdom is kindness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest form of wisdom is kindness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32591]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a niche product. The technology will become mainstream quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6014]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, or vacuum cleaner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43587]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we've made a lot of really great progress moving things along. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29279]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we've made a lot of really great progress moving things along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you aren't room temperature, your situation can always be improved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17218]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you aren't room temperature, your situation can always be improved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion and strife bow down the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion and strife bow down the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once we lost scholarships our staff had to make some difficult personnel decisions. As a result, we have lost retention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once we lost scholarships our staff had to make some difficult personnel decisions. As a result, we have lost retention points because student-athletes have transferred when we were not able to renew their aid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess we were all guilty, in a way. We all shot him, we all skinned him, and we all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11756]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess we were all guilty, in a way. We all shot him, we all skinned him, and we all got a complimentary bumper sticker that said, "I helped skin Bob.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19824]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65276]]></link><description><![CDATA[All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein men find pleasure to be deceived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11536]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11536</guid></item></channel></rss>