<?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[and everything after that is just cost savings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34191]]></link><description><![CDATA[and everything after that is just cost savings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274  It is clear that he does not pray, who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274  It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3464]]></link><description><![CDATA[A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold,A ram caught in a thicket by its horns;Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.But the old man would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold,A ram caught in a thicket by its horns;Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.But the old man would not so, but slew his son...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9563]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea at first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to get to do the work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of Divine accident. -Sir Hugh Walpoe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doingordinary things extraordinarily well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doingordinary things extraordinarily well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've experienced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've experienced them both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34396]]></link><description><![CDATA[When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but any spark can ignite a fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In thy face have I seen the eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61870]]></link><description><![CDATA[In thy face have I seen the eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cops aren't going to touch this case, ... They only have enough resources to go after the big cases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cops aren't going to touch this case, ... They only have enough resources to go after the big cases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  The Church is an organism that grows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  The Church is an organism that grows best in an alien society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39485]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just like Britain and France.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This center is dedicated to long-term research, looking at future innovations and concepts that will be commercially available five to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40531]]></link><description><![CDATA[This center is dedicated to long-term research, looking at future innovations and concepts that will be commercially available five to 10 years down the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't play for safety--it's the most dangerous thing in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't play for safety--it's the most dangerous thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4281]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great end of life is not knowledge but action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great end of life is not knowledge but action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253   The Word of God can grow to be only a hunting-ground for texts; and we can preach, meaning intensely every word we utter, and yet in reality only lost for the moment like an actor in his part, or at least leaving it to the folk to live it out; for us, bless me, we have no time for that, but are already immersed, poor harried souls, in determining what we shall preach on next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65787]]></link><description><![CDATA[But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prayers worked, very simply. But we need more prayers. He's not out of it yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prayers worked, very simply. But we need more prayers. He's not out of it yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he achieved it, and can take no pride in it... for he cannot attribute it to his own powers, but attributes all his achievements to God, always renders thanks to him and constantly calls upon him, trembling lest he be deprived of help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square person has squeezed himself into the round hole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet  Detegere vultus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18477]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet  Detegere vultus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience, next, to thee I owe, Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd  In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience, next, to thee I owe, Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd  In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way,   And giv'st access, though secret she retire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame, But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame, But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27743]]></link><description><![CDATA[In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They love this spot. It's a high point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37850]]></link><description><![CDATA[They love this spot. It's a high point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little by little one walks far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little by little one walks far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13031]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44187]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good to see us rise to occasion. Getting an early lead gives you a mental edge. You know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33414]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good to see us rise to occasion. Getting an early lead gives you a mental edge. You know one mistake is not going to beat you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand;  Ring out the darkness of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand;  Ring out the darkness of the land;   Ring in the Christ that is to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success demands singleness of purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success demands singleness of purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon pull'd off her veil of light, That hides her face by day from sight  (Mysterious veil, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon pull'd off her veil of light, That hides her face by day from sight  (Mysterious veil, of brightness made,)   That's both her lustre and her shade),    And in the lantern of the night,     With shining horns hung out her light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got some real good looks ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41653]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got some real good looks]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20371]]></link><description><![CDATA[He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64052]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47764]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47764</guid></item></channel></rss>