<?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[During Apollo, there was no incentive to make things less expensive, only to win and beat the Soviet Union, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34595]]></link><description><![CDATA[During Apollo, there was no incentive to make things less expensive, only to win and beat the Soviet Union, ... That same philosophy that allowed us to win the space race slowed us down after the space race. The same people were in charge, the same philosophy was there. There was no incentive to make it economical or commercially feasible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44125]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12035]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12107]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping only that the futures power will shed light on a new and wonderful destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which two will, takes effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49789]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which two will, takes effect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23874]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36447]]></link><description><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap metal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are judged of by what you possess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50400]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are judged of by what you possess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After last season, I think that's when Drew really got interested in playing college sports, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31887]]></link><description><![CDATA[After last season, I think that's when Drew really got interested in playing college sports,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;  News from all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23339]]></link><description><![CDATA[He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;  News from all nations lumbering at his back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29556]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more merit, the less affection ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more merit, the less affection]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, the gift of nature, Love, the gift of life, a Kiss, the gift of Love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, the gift of nature, Love, the gift of life, a Kiss, the gift of Love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evils have their comfort, good none can support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evils have their comfort, good none can support.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication:  Glory, the grape, love, gold, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication:  Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk   The hopes of all men and of every nation;    Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk     Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion:      But to return,--Get very drunk; and when       You wake with headache, you shall see what then.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't play too well down there. Basically, the thought is in our head that we have to redeem ourselves. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36002]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't play too well down there. Basically, the thought is in our head that we have to redeem ourselves. If we do, we'll make school history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multitudinous echoes awoke and died in the distance. . . . .  And, when the echoes had ceased, like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Multitudinous echoes awoke and died in the distance. . . . .  And, when the echoes had ceased, like a sense of pain was the silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Prepared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be Prepared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6079]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,  Can blazon evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,  Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, And what to those we give, to Jove is lent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46463]]></link><description><![CDATA[By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52697]]></link><description><![CDATA[A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t expect everyone to understand your journey, especially if they have never had to walk your path. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don’t expect everyone to understand your journey, especially if they have never had to walk your path.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is going to be an interesting budget year. It'll all work out ... but it may be that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29336]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is going to be an interesting budget year. It'll all work out ... but it may be that we just meet our needs this year and do fewer wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae  Fumum et opes strepitumque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae  Fumum et opes strepitumque Romae.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61718]]></link><description><![CDATA[On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258   As Christians, and followers of Jesus, we have not taken ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258   As Christians, and followers of Jesus, we have not taken pride half seriously enough. But the Devil has. The Devil knows that as long as he can control human pride it does not matter how many prayer meetings, how many services, how much devotion goes on -- he can still wrack any group of Christians, sooner or later, and frustrate God's purpose for them, and for the world.  ... The Notebooks of Florence Allshorn August 11, 1999 Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890   Never... think we have a due knowledge of ourselves till we have been exposed to various kinds of temptations, and tried on every side. Integrity on one side of our character is no voucher for integrity on another. We cannot tell how we should act if brought under temptations different from those we have hitherto experienced. This thought should keep us humble. We are sinners, but we do not know how great. He alone knows who died for our sins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9443]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has always had more force than education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has always had more force than education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharon came back very strong. Their first goal was a bit of a wake-up call that we were not finished ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharon came back very strong. Their first goal was a bit of a wake-up call that we were not finished yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33828]]></link><description><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour  Assures not another. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12070]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour  Assures not another. The will and the power   Are diverse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12070</guid></item></channel></rss>