<?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[That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12626]]></link><description><![CDATA[That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:  From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12924]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A golden key will open every lock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23687]]></link><description><![CDATA[A golden key will open every lock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's fun being a kid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's fun being a kid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3144]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3144</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[All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65912]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17881]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path, to vanish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path, to vanish into the vast sea of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8840]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginnings of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginnings of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is influence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you share with someone else, and you don't agree with the person you share with, there's no sovereignty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42454]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you share with someone else, and you don't agree with the person you share with, there's no sovereignty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talk on principle, but we act on interest ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22952]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talk on principle, but we act on interest]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10252]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's errors are his portals of discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13357]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's errors are his portals of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now it's simply (about) getting the financial resources to get this thing finished. You'll never get another chance like this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now it's simply (about) getting the financial resources to get this thing finished. You'll never get another chance like this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10647]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite typical of people coming into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite typical of people coming into the Agency at that time. You could call it liberal anti-communism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60111]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth. [Lat., Teneris, heu, lubrica moribus aetas!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth. [Lat., Teneris, heu, lubrica moribus aetas!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15482]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. [Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Christians are ever to be united, they must be united in Christ, their living head and the source of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6517]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Christians are ever to be united, they must be united in Christ, their living head and the source of their spiritual life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must payattention to it. There is no substitute for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must payattention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your coreof inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let themoving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on thesurface of your being.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!   - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47943]]></link><description><![CDATA[So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!   - Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8663]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diet is a selection of food that makes other people lose weight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12210]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diet is a selection of food that makes other people lose weight]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must not measure the reality of love by feelings, but by results. Feelings are very delusive. They often depend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8377]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must not measure the reality of love by feelings, but by results. Feelings are very delusive. They often depend on mere natural temperament, and the devil wrests them to our hurt. A glowing imagination is apt to seek itself rather than God. But if you are earnest in striving to serve and endure for God's sake, if you persevere amid temptation, dryness, weariness, and desolation, you may rest assured that your love is real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59537]]></link><description><![CDATA[We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took the No. 1 team in the county right to the edge. I think we're playing our best ball ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32741]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took the No. 1 team in the county right to the edge. I think we're playing our best ball right now and that we sent a message tonight to the rest of the county: Meade is no pushover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. -James L. Fisher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42428]]></link><description><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57057]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's not growing, it's going to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21633]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's not growing, it's going to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis  Turpibus ac pravis omnes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20571]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis  Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4391</guid></item></channel></rss>