<?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[Our kids are playing at or above any level of expectations that anyone has outside of Deep Run. Our boys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our kids are playing at or above any level of expectations that anyone has outside of Deep Run. Our boys believe in themselves, they believe in each other; the coaches believe in them; and they don't think they are out of any game, no matter what the score is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned,  The highest peak hasn't been climbed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned,  The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet,   The mightiest rivers aren't spanned;    Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted,     The chances have just begun      For the best jobs haven't been started,       The best work hasn't been done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27509]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! -As You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55638]]></link><description><![CDATA[And He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54806]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has many years of experience in this field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28967]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has many years of experience in this field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13569]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inspiration of the almighty gives man understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inspiration of the almighty gives man understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is the conscience of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is the conscience of the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9670]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are invested in their treatment. They want to see it succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28675]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are invested in their treatment. They want to see it succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52351]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh i' th' alehouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45490]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh i' th' alehouse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think she'll [Venus Williams] be around for a very long time. I doubt it will be a long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58960]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think she'll [Venus Williams] be around for a very long time. I doubt it will be a long career for her. She can make a lot more money out of (tennis) rather than in tennis."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle   Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change; and when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Barnabas the Apostle   Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change; and when we are right, make us easy to live with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pluck the vicious quitch Of blood and custom wholly out of him,  And make all clean and plant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51721]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pluck the vicious quitch Of blood and custom wholly out of him,  And make all clean and plant himself afresh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are pleased to have received approval of the transaction in all six states served by PacifiCorp. We remain on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35988]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are pleased to have received approval of the transaction in all six states served by PacifiCorp. We remain on schedule to close the transaction by the end of the first quarter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation that you ever had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It can save your marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It can save your marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61196]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does not rule the world. She is the world. Manifest in each of us, She can be known internally by every indivdual, in all her magnificent diversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write-down to speak-up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/553]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write-down to speak-up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17362]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1397]]></link><description><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either this or upon this. (Either bring this back or be brought back upon it.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either this or upon this. (Either bring this back or be brought back upon it.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.  Und ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20573]]></link><description><![CDATA[An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.  Und wer Vorderste ist, fuhrt die Heerde.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10724]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/797]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mob will now and then see things in a right light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mob will now and then see things in a right light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17857]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care;  The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care;  The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,   And bade it blossom there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lofty cane, a sword with silver hilt, A ring, two watches, and a snuff box gilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16419]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lofty cane, a sword with silver hilt, A ring, two watches, and a snuff box gilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47181]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22644]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66214]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66214</guid></item></channel></rss>