<?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 can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62297]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The system has always worked out good in the past. Parents of the younger students appreciate the calls that their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40765]]></link><description><![CDATA[The system has always worked out good in the past. Parents of the younger students appreciate the calls that their child is not there, and it brings attention to parents of older students that their child was absent without them knowing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are only trying to protect our investments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32606]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are only trying to protect our investments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first if many drug distribution cases we plan to prosecute in Hale County. If you intend to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29257]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first if many drug distribution cases we plan to prosecute in Hale County. If you intend to run drugs, you are going to do time in jail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They condemn that which they cannot comprehend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48883]]></link><description><![CDATA[They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll try to slow them down. They like to run, and we like to run. But we'll have to slow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40795]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll try to slow them down. They like to run, and we like to run. But we'll have to slow it down little bit and try to run what we want to run. They may have some depth, and I don't. We'll have to prepare for everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cause a day keeps reality away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22052]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cause a day keeps reality away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a downward risk presented by the evolution of oil prices and this risk has materialized in the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38003]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a downward risk presented by the evolution of oil prices and this risk has materialized in the last month.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who love deeply never grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who love deeply never grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think one of the other medium-tier airlines, outside the big three, are going to be looking at their strategic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31735]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think one of the other medium-tier airlines, outside the big three, are going to be looking at their strategic operations quite carefully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53826]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.  [Lat., Nam sera nunquam est ad bonos mores via.   Quem peonitet peccasse, paene est innocens.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The footsteps are terrifying, all coming towards you and none going back again. [Lat., Vestigia terrent  Omnia te adversum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The footsteps are terrifying, all coming towards you and none going back again. [Lat., Vestigia terrent  Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrorsum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the first quarter we were a little slow to get into our motion. Our job is to come off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31056]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the first quarter we were a little slow to get into our motion. Our job is to come off the bench and provide energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice. If you have to do with one who is unquestionably a slanderer, do not excuse him by calling him frank and free-spoken; do not call one who is notoriously vain, liberal and elegant; do not call dangerous levities mere simplicity; do not screen disobedience under the name of zeal; or arrogance, of frankness; or evil intimacy, of friendship. No, my friends, we must never, in our wish to shun slander, foster or flatter vice in others: but we must call evil evil, and sin sin, and so doing we shall serve God's glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It still feels like it's the NCAA Tournament. It's a game we've got to get by first to get to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It still feels like it's the NCAA Tournament. It's a game we've got to get by first to get to a powerhouse. The atmosphere is good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light, And drew behind the cloudy vale of night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light, And drew behind the cloudy vale of night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running has never failed to give me great end results, and that's why I keep coming back for more! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running has never failed to give me great end results, and that's why I keep coming back for more!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give up your seat in a car to a woman, and tread on your neighbor's foot to get even. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17153]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give up your seat in a car to a woman, and tread on your neighbor's foot to get even.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20180]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're one of the top one or two in the league, why should age be a question? It's different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38880]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're one of the top one or two in the league, why should age be a question? It's different if he's taking snaps and his rheumatism is acting up, you know what I mean?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something; Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53477]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realized that ritual will always mean throwing away something; Destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   Are but gigantic flights of stairs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4289]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56813]]></link><description><![CDATA[...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One gentleman said it was his quest to have gooseberry pie at RAGBRAI. He said he didn't get any the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31111]]></link><description><![CDATA[One gentleman said it was his quest to have gooseberry pie at RAGBRAI. He said he didn't get any the other year until he was getting on the bus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trees eate but once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trees eate but once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44990]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cat has too much spirit to have no heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cat has too much spirit to have no heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if he is going to be confirmed, there are strategic reasons to make the 'no' vote as high as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if he is going to be confirmed, there are strategic reasons to make the 'no' vote as high as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet grievest not; art angry, yet serene; changest Thy works, Thy purpose unchanged; receivest again what Thou findest, yet didst never lose; never in need, yet rejoicing in gains; never covetous, yet exacting usury. Thou receivest over and above, that Thou mayest owe; and who hath aught that is not Thine? Thou payest debts, owing nothing; remittest debts, losing nothing. And that have I now said, my God, my life, my holy joy? or what saith any man when he speaks of Thee? Yet woe to him that speaketh not, since mute are even the most eloquent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46363]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are cancer victims and survivors who are close to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39933]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are cancer victims and survivors who are close to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails and most oft there Where most it promises, and oft it hits Where hope is coldest and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails and most oft there Where most it promises, and oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sit with my toes in a brook, And if any one axes forwhy?  I hits them a rap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sit with my toes in a brook, And if any one axes forwhy?  I hits them a rap with my crook,   For 'tis sentiment does it, says I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only as good as the people you hire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66256]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only as good as the people you hire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burden is on the custodian of the record who makes the record public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burden is on the custodian of the record who makes the record public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17237]]></link><description><![CDATA[What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider  Of dusty and old titles, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61131]]></link><description><![CDATA[O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider  Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood   The earth when it is sick, and curest the world    O' the pleurisy of people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61131</guid></item></channel></rss>