<?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[The price of greatness is responsibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18273]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of greatness is responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66580]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19667]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is nought good a sleeping hound wake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12656]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nought good a sleeping hound wake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have to have body guards yet, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have to have body guards yet,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families of the 'disappeared' deserve answers immediately to their repeated demands for information about the fate of their loved ones. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families of the 'disappeared' deserve answers immediately to their repeated demands for information about the fate of their loved ones. Above all they deserve justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2332]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we will not be able to reach agreements in the end, this constitution is going to be presented to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36224]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we will not be able to reach agreements in the end, this constitution is going to be presented to the Iraqis in an Oct. 15 referendum. Legally we do not need the parliament to vote on the draft, but we need only a consensus so that all the Iraqis will say yes to the constitution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder why he shot me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder why he shot me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4564]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only little people pay taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only little people pay taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The place of justice is a hallowed place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The place of justice is a hallowed place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which of these two is the greater fool? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Which of these two is the greater fool?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold, there is forty ducats. Let me have A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear  As will disperse itself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold, there is forty ducats. Let me have A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear  As will disperse itself through all the veins   That the life-weary taker may fall dead,    And that the trunk may be discharged of breath     As violently as hasty powder fired      Doth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59187]]></link><description><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaither came in ranked nationally so we came out here tonight like we had nothing to lose. So instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gaither came in ranked nationally so we came out here tonight like we had nothing to lose. So instead of being uptight, we just came out relaxed and played our game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat. (Death levels sceptre and the law.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat. (Death levels sceptre and the law.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27870]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many who find the burdens, the anxiety, and the isolation of an individual existence unbearable. This is particularly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52353]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many who find the burdens, the anxiety, and the isolation of an individual existence unbearable. This is particularly true when the opportunities for self-advancement are relatively meager, and one's individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for. Such persons sooner or later turn their backs on an individual existence and strive to acquire a sense of worth and a purpose by an identification with a holy cause, a leader, or a movement. The faith and pride they derive from such an identification serve them as substitutes for the unattainable self-confidence and self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597   To have faith is to rely upon Christ, the Person, with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597   To have faith is to rely upon Christ, the Person, with the whole heart. It is not the understanding of the mind, not the theological opinion, not creed, not organization, not ritual. It is the koinonia of the whole personality with God and Christ, ... This experience of communion with Christ is itself the continual attitude of dependence on the Saviour which we call faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value of our company, including those proposed by Mr. Icahn and his group. Investors should rest assured that this evaluation is being done in a prudent and deliberate manner with an eye toward creating sustainable value for all of our shareholders and as always we will keep our shareholders informed regarding our initiatives and direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is the nation without a history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is the nation without a history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12315]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47398]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47383]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, it's too close to call. I had a lot of surprises last night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, it's too close to call. I had a lot of surprises last night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation ofsuccess, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation ofsuccess, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, andthat people can only experience true success and enduring happiness asthey learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14438]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clothes make the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clothes make the man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, ... It's a beautiful crazy cleaned-up hand and it's not mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, ... It's a beautiful crazy cleaned-up hand and it's not mine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37224]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38903]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36595]]></link><description><![CDATA[No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought, For these are the things Jesus taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61048]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wear the old coat and buy the new book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wear the old coat and buy the new book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We must never speak to simple, excitable people about "the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We must never speak to simple, excitable people about "the Day" without emphasizing again and again the utter impossibility of prediction. We must try to show them that that impossibility is an essential part of the doctrine. If you do not believe our Lord's words, why do you believe in His return at all? And if you do believe them, must you not put away from you, utterly and forever, any hope of dating that return?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8515</guid></item></channel></rss>