<?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[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker; lest in these things which please thee, thou displease. If souls please thee, be they loved in God: for they too are mutable, but in Him they are firmly established.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine June 15, 1996 Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Jesus remains unshaken as the practical man; and we stand exposed as the fools, the blunderers, the unpractical visionaries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62226]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the way the world ends ... Not with a bang but with a whimper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28739]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours that's relativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I won't be offended if someone chooses to violate it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36730]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I won't be offended if someone chooses to violate it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19563]]></link><description><![CDATA[I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow -- for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage. Indeed, I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24619]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to believe, given the level of discussion I've heard about it, that bankers are certainly out there identifying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35055]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to believe, given the level of discussion I've heard about it, that bankers are certainly out there identifying companies that are repatriating large sums and doing what they can to get their business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in chess, forethought wins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27737]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in chess, forethought wins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19319]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26534]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47301]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18584]]></link><description><![CDATA[She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I but hear her sing, I fare Like one that raises, holds his ear  To some bright star ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56455]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I but hear her sing, I fare Like one that raises, holds his ear  To some bright star in the supremest Round;   Through which, besides the light that's seen    There may be heard, from Heaven within,     The rests of Anthems, that the Angels sound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A master of straw eates a servant of steele. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49061]]></link><description><![CDATA[A master of straw eates a servant of steele.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It all revolves around Coach Willy. He's been my coach and my mentor since I was four years old. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33097]]></link><description><![CDATA[It all revolves around Coach Willy. He's been my coach and my mentor since I was four years old. When we're swimming, he doesn't even have to say anything. Just the thought of him being there forces you to try harder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morale is faith in the man at the top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morale is faith in the man at the top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A City that parlies is half gotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49007]]></link><description><![CDATA[A City that parlies is half gotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11540]]></link><description><![CDATA[False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We stuck to the game plan and we knew what they were doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37483]]></link><description><![CDATA[We stuck to the game plan and we knew what they were doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47087]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petty laws breed great crimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Petty laws breed great crimes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seal went into the restaurant and was askedby the waiter if he would like a Canadian Clubon the rocks. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20116]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seal went into the restaurant and was askedby the waiter if he would like a Canadian Clubon the rocks. He repliedno thank you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Joy to the world! the Lord is come!  Let earth receive her King; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Joy to the world! the Lord is come!  Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room,  And heav'n and nature sing. Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns!  Let men their songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,  Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow,  Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow  Far as the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace,  And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness,  And wonders of his love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say that cricket has nothing to do with politics and you say that cricket has nothing to do with life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say that cricket has nothing to do with politics and you say that cricket has nothing to do with life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A most unspotted lily shall she pass To the ground, and all the world shall mourn her. -King Henry VIII. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A most unspotted lily shall she pass To the ground, and all the world shall mourn her. -King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After it's all said and done, we usually have a couple thousand left, and we donate that to the Anacortes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37671]]></link><description><![CDATA[After it's all said and done, we usually have a couple thousand left, and we donate that to the Anacortes Boys and Girls Club.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62592]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28573]]></link><description><![CDATA[True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies have advertised ... that they're an equal opportunity company, and yet they're having difficulty finding the talented people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Companies have advertised ... that they're an equal opportunity company, and yet they're having difficulty finding the talented people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, it is certainly suspicious. Nothing has been ruled out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33717]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, it is certainly suspicious. Nothing has been ruled out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16562]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you are not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18797]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you are not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I watched the sky a long time, concluding that such beauty was reserved for distant, dangerous places, and that nature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14778]]></link><description><![CDATA[I watched the sky a long time, concluding that such beauty was reserved for distant, dangerous places, and that nature has good reason for exacting her own special sacrifices from those determined to witness them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little weunderstand about life, ourselves, and the world around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22758]]></link><description><![CDATA[True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little weunderstand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burroughs was a very political writer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Burroughs was a very political writer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job early in the game but were able to come on late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42125</guid></item></channel></rss>