<?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[What is lighter than the wind? A feather. What is lighter than a feather? Fire.  What lighter than a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61915]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is lighter than the wind? A feather. What is lighter than a feather? Fire.  What lighter than a fire? A woman.   What lighter than a woman? Nothing.    [Lat., Vente quid levius? fulgur. Quid fulgure? flamma     Flamma quid? mulier. Quid mulier? nihil.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam  Like islands on a dark blue sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam  Like islands on a dark blue sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than from our strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than from our strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Adam said, This is the bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26545]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Adam said, This is the bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like making As available to all students, ... That's not good either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31101]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like making As available to all students, ... That's not good either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is like Masturbation; In the end you're just screwing yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is like Masturbation; In the end you're just screwing yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46432]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32847]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe where we went.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our supply of ice and water is exceeding the demand right now. The ice and water will not be wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our supply of ice and water is exceeding the demand right now. The ice and water will not be wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real war will never get in the books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real war will never get in the books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25444]]></link><description><![CDATA[The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you're lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21680]]></link><description><![CDATA[No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you're lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to, Some rainbow in the sky, Some melody to sing to, Some service that is high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34925]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to be a little bid on this one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885  Continuing a short series on prayer: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885  Continuing a short series on prayer:   Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Christopher Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question... I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious to society. He insisted on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45259]]></link><description><![CDATA[In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't waste your youth growing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't waste your youth growing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snuffling through his nose some stale joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65467]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.rnZig Ziglar]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48217]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/402]]></link><description><![CDATA[A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to friends; and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're the truest representatives right now of their genres. The experience between us is over 50 years. They're not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41428]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're the truest representatives right now of their genres. The experience between us is over 50 years. They're not the hottest thing right now because they have a No. 1 single. What they embody is . . . music in the truest form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be conservative.....is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9863]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be conservative.....is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diligence is the mother of good luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diligence is the mother of good luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficulties that show what men are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12259]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficulties that show what men are]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4138]]></link><description><![CDATA[A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. [Lat., Beneficium non in eo quot fit aut datur consistit sed in ipso dantis aut facientis animo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they that are above Have ends in everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51914]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they that are above Have ends in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue,  Mildly and soft the western breeze   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58272]]></link><description><![CDATA[The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue,  Mildly and soft the western breeze   Just kiss'd the lake, just stirr'd the trees,    And the pleased lake, like maiden coy,     Trembled but dimpled not for joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hugs are part of everybody life for me. I’ll hug all sorts of people- I don’t worry about it looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hugs are part of everybody life for me. I’ll hug all sorts of people- I don’t worry about it looking unmanly or whatever. I think physical human contact is one of the things that makes living worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we hire new coaches we have to ask what ideas they have for raising funds to support the program, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35042]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we hire new coaches we have to ask what ideas they have for raising funds to support the program,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are words the heart can't express ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are words the heart can't express]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2157]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51513]]></link><description><![CDATA[When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are our most valuable natural resource. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are our most valuable natural resource.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful Father, by Whose providence my life has been prolonged, and Who has granted me now to begin another year of probation, vouchsafe me such assistance of Thy Holy Spirit, that the continuance of my life may not add to the measure of my guilt, but that I may so repent of the days and years passed in neglect of the duties which Thou hast set before me, in vain thoughts, in sloth, and in folly, that I may apply my heart to true wisdom, by diligence redeem the time lost, and by repentance, obtain pardon, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to have him back, but I am not optimistic. It could fall apart, but they are past ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to have him back, but I am not optimistic. It could fall apart, but they are past the money and now working on terms that are easier to resolve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit  Is feather'd oftentimes with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit  Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/777</guid></item></channel></rss>