<?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 am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am the creator of my life and my world. I meet daily challenges gracefully and with complete confidence. I fill my mind with positive, nurturing, and healing thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate and I love. Perchance you ask why I do that. I know not, but I feel that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18845]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate and I love. Perchance you ask why I do that. I know not, but I feel that I do and I am tortured. [Lat., Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40880]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From what far, heavenly height of hope Didst thou descend to light our way,  Cleaving with flash of snowy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60581]]></link><description><![CDATA[From what far, heavenly height of hope Didst thou descend to light our way,  Cleaving with flash of snowy robe   Time's dusky veil of twilight gray?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44640]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54573]]></link><description><![CDATA[My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy burden?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52168]]></link><description><![CDATA[But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science of fools with long memories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54831]]></link><description><![CDATA[The science of fools with long memories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth; His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,  His love sincere, his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16638]]></link><description><![CDATA[But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth; His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,  His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate,   His tears pure messengers sent from his heart,    His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51086]]></link><description><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16640]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diseases desperate grown By desparate appliance are relieved,  Or not at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diseases desperate grown By desparate appliance are relieved,  Or not at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today as we celebrate the birth, the life, the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is a time for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today as we celebrate the birth, the life, the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is a time for our nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought (against). It is a time to remember his fight for freedom, equality and dignity of all races and all people. He was an incredible man ... he forced our nation to look inside and face our own flaws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the time, my grandparents told my mom, "Lordy, what is Shannen doing?" Now I've calmed down. [on her reputation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4009]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the time, my grandparents told my mom, "Lordy, what is Shannen doing?" Now I've calmed down. [on her reputation for bad behavior].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still have to practice and play, and no matter where we do, the field is still going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30355]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still have to practice and play, and no matter where we do, the field is still going to be 100 yards, and they're doing a good job. The kids are doing everything we ask of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art;  And in a low expiring strain,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art;  And in a low expiring strain,   Play all the comfort o'er again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unconscious humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unconscious humor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64562]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5420]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have too great a soul to die like a criminal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58035]]></link><description><![CDATA[These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats. [Lat., Haec studia adolecentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis solatium et perfugium praebent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall—and farewell king! -King Richard II. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall—and farewell king! -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the position, but the disposition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21640]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the position, but the disposition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is one great art of conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is one great art of conversation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53657]]></link><description><![CDATA[In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and extremism, for we have to convince ourselves that what we took as second choice is the best there ever was. Thus blind faith is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves; insatiable desire a substitute for hope; accumulation a substitute for growth; fervent hustling a substitute for purposeful action; and pride a substitute for an unattainable self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible; so without that, without humility, no man shall hear God speak to his soul, though he hear three two-hour sermons every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very false gallop of verses. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55663]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very false gallop of verses. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few actions on Earth more profane than a governmental dream holding hostage the well-being of humanity. When such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few actions on Earth more profane than a governmental dream holding hostage the well-being of humanity. When such an abrogation occurs, the moral obligation between the government and the people dissolves, and ethics is reduced to insignificance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the teams at this point are running off adrenalin. Everyone is hungry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40328]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the teams at this point are running off adrenalin. Everyone is hungry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16641]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22145]]></link><description><![CDATA[All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes became heroes flaws and all. You don't have to be perfect tofulfill your dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes became heroes flaws and all. You don't have to be perfect tofulfill your dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37503]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have to include the Boeing-Airbus dispute - which, given its complexity, should be settled through negotiations anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have some very interesting products. There is more to come in 2007. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35188]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have some very interesting products. There is more to come in 2007.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kisses kept are wasted; Love is to be tasted.  There are some you love, I know;   Be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kisses kept are wasted; Love is to be tasted.  There are some you love, I know;   Be not loath to tell them so.    Lips go dry and eyes grow wet     Waiting to be warmly met,      Keep them not in waiting yet;       Kisses kept are wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a very volatile situation, one that has been going on for a month and will not go away. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37218]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a very volatile situation, one that has been going on for a month and will not go away. The U.S. has made it pretty clear they will react with overwhelming force if they feel threatened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.  These are portents; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.  These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope,   They do not point on me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the world loves a good loser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65237]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the world loves a good loser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65237</guid></item></channel></rss>