<?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[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890  One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers, in which idle people indulge themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they'd pass the information on and they'd have it cleaned up. I guess when I called the police, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39051]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they'd pass the information on and they'd have it cleaned up. I guess when I called the police, they passed it on to the highway department.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56375]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I walked over, and you could feel the floor was lower than it should be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30508]]></link><description><![CDATA[I walked over, and you could feel the floor was lower than it should be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the best one yet - it's the fourth and it means a lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the best one yet - it's the fourth and it means a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a variety of intelligence and we're sure we're going to catch Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1684]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a variety of intelligence and we're sure we're going to catch Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar this year. We've learned lessons from Iraq and we're getting improved intelligence from the Afghan people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48045]]></link><description><![CDATA[God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,  A gauntlet with a gift in 't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33893]]></link><description><![CDATA[All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!  But 'twas not love which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61923]]></link><description><![CDATA[On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!  But 'twas not love which heaved her breast,   Fair child!--it was the bliss within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a melancholy that stems from greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14429]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know what off for John Kerry is because I believe him. I believe he'll be a good president and a much better president than George Bush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably ill-advised; the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous; the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They played like they were down 2-0. You've got to deal with a lot of variables and a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35325]]></link><description><![CDATA[They played like they were down 2-0. You've got to deal with a lot of variables and a lot of bumps in the road. You just move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. - The Treasure of Franchard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27609]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. - The Treasure of Franchard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've invited some legislators but they just looked at me like I was weird. Obviously, I haven't asked the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41756]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've invited some legislators but they just looked at me like I was weird. Obviously, I haven't asked the right ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's moved around, he's in a lot of different positions. They're really working it to him, getting him in some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30523]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's moved around, he's in a lot of different positions. They're really working it to him, getting him in some mismatch situations, throwing some crossing routes underneath, trying to isolate him on linebackers and situations like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20942]]></link><description><![CDATA[The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20535]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss,--  This art of writing billet-doux--   In buds, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47818]]></link><description><![CDATA[An exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss,--  This art of writing billet-doux--   In buds, and odors, and bright hues!    In saying all one feels and thinks     In clever daffodils and pinks;      In puns of tulips; and in phrases,       Charming for their truth, of daisies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear. [Lat., Oderint, dum metuant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear. [Lat., Oderint, dum metuant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would lead them into an election should that be held.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In quarreling the truth is always lost ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52692]]></link><description><![CDATA[In quarreling the truth is always lost]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you can become you are already. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21928]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you can become you are already.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their own minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42517]]></link><description><![CDATA[This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable TV,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19323]]></link><description><![CDATA[All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK banks provide a crucial service to the community and our economic security depends on them. Amicus is calling on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42007]]></link><description><![CDATA[UK banks provide a crucial service to the community and our economic security depends on them. Amicus is calling on National Australia to reverse this decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not caught up in terms of information and equipment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not caught up in terms of information and equipment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Based off of what I've heard overall, I think people were very pleased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Based off of what I've heard overall, I think people were very pleased.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is largely because civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52024]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is largely because civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that men as members of civilized society can pursue their individual ends so much more successfully than they could alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!"[Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34744]]></link><description><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!"[Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you", quoted in Saturday Review, April 5, 1958]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15601]]></link><description><![CDATA[For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43839]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24039]]></link><description><![CDATA[And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51954]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47235]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was supposed to be Urban Growth Management fees, but all it did was fuel sprawl, ... It didn't control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28715]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be Urban Growth Management fees, but all it did was fuel sprawl, ... It didn't control anything because it was uncontrolled at City Hall. It was a mess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've come to the time in my life where I'd like to step back and look at different avenues of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37609]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've come to the time in my life where I'd like to step back and look at different avenues of life and see where they lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32015]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't make the Duchess of Windsor into Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His mind his kingdom, and his will his law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27516]]></link><description><![CDATA[His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57900]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13404</guid></item></channel></rss>