<?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[Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from first impressions. If your instincts tell you you're going to have a hard time working with someone, pass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told him to bring it down to the courthouse if he wants some of me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38120]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told him to bring it down to the courthouse if he wants some of me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your supper is like the Hidalgo's dinner; very little meat, and a great deal of tablecloth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your supper is like the Hidalgo's dinner; very little meat, and a great deal of tablecloth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth /the power to love /although I have put it last, is the rarest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37601]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so you know we gave up a bad goal in the beginning. We have to put ourselves in a better position where we have to defend a lead in the last ten minutes rather than try to come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have touched the highest point of all my greatness; And from that full meridian of my glory I haste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56039]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have touched the highest point of all my greatness; And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting: I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's every possibility that this is a murder we are dealing with, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32062]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's every possibility that this is a murder we are dealing with,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With tooth and nail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48539]]></link><description><![CDATA[With tooth and nail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the board members examined the options, they decided that putting up a new building with all the latest technology ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33176]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the board members examined the options, they decided that putting up a new building with all the latest technology would make the most sense. In the remodeling scenarios presented to the board, the district would spend a lot of money and still have old buildings that were just retrofitted. This way, it can have a new building by still utilizing the high school site and some of its facilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23744]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11917]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9425]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65289]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52342]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries greater weight than our self-interest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  We must try to be at one and the same time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  We must try to be at one and the same time for the Church and against the Church. They alone can serve her faithfully whose consciences are continually exercised as to whether they ought not, for Christ's sake, to leave her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shee spins well that breedes her children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shee spins well that breedes her children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end of culture is right living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end of culture is right living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52764]]></link><description><![CDATA[To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. -Josh Billings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25208]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. -Josh Billings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63053]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11714]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When 9-11 happened, our listeners were so generous, wanting to help and do anything they could, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40091]]></link><description><![CDATA[When 9-11 happened, our listeners were so generous, wanting to help and do anything they could,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8844]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready ;saddled and bridled to be ridden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63629]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My plan of building from the back continues. I'm very happy that, in Josh, we'll have one of the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31532]]></link><description><![CDATA[My plan of building from the back continues. I'm very happy that, in Josh, we'll have one of the best goalkeepers in the league returning to our team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we have to question many of the assumptions underlying our current philosophy. Assumptions like bigger is better; you can't stop progress; no speed is too fast; globalization is good. Then we have to replace them with some different assumptions: small is beautiful; roots and traditions are worth preserving; variety is the spice of life; the only work worth doing is meaningful work; biodiversity is the necessary pre-condition for human survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good people are always so sure they're right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good people are always so sure they're right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62723]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32475]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side is probably not providing the right answers. Then you've got to back step and redesign things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playboy has done a good job of positioning themselves on the Internet and with other forms of media. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Playboy has done a good job of positioning themselves on the Internet and with other forms of media. They have transitioned the company where it could be a brand for decades to come,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17505]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true wit or good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62060</guid></item></channel></rss>