<?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[A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62400]]></link><description><![CDATA[A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45838]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25014]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -Fr. Alfred D'Souza.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25014</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[Failure is a disappointment but not defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is a disappointment but not defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At a time when eligibility and services are being reduced in order to save money, an expansion of services for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38940]]></link><description><![CDATA[At a time when eligibility and services are being reduced in order to save money, an expansion of services for people who aren't eligible for the program is not under consideration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a kind of alacrity in sinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I woke up this morning -- I was glad it was this morning. When you have a game like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40025]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I woke up this morning -- I was glad it was this morning. When you have a game like that, you just pick up and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For you see, each day I love you more Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25840]]></link><description><![CDATA[For you see, each day I love you more Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I agree with that. I think you will see us recasting some of our thinking to look at longer term ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I agree with that. I think you will see us recasting some of our thinking to look at longer term things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've gotten to know John Kerry since the primaries. The reason I'm going out and working my you know what off for John Kerry is because I believe him. I believe he'll be a good president and a much better president than George Bush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Christian, by virtue of membership in the Church, has a vocation to share in the ministry of Christ to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every Christian, by virtue of membership in the Church, has a vocation to share in the ministry of Christ to the world which has been entrusted to the Church. The vocation is answered in the home and office and factory and field. There it is that the People of God bears its witness to the vocation of the People of God, a people with a people's diversity and complex vitality, a people comprising a multiplicity of cultures and histories and colours and tongues, a people and not a collection of individuals, a people bound together in allegiance to one King and in obedience to one purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5483]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like a mountain, with a sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aldo Leopold, the early 20th century's Henry David Thoreau, said that we should think like a mountain, with a sense of permanence and a long view. At the beginning of the 21st century, we are at a peak of human power, wealth and information... We need to look back at our wonderful natural and human heritage, and cherish and protect the abundant values to be found there. We need to look out to the sides and see other parts of the world that need our help and can provide good ideas to go forward... We need to look ahead to be certain that our actions of today will make the world a better and richer and more varied place for our grandchildren and their grandchildren.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50522]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64104]]></link><description><![CDATA[She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Never see . . . a dead post-boy, did you?" inquired Sam. . . . "No," rejoined Bob, "I never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61979]]></link><description><![CDATA["Never see . . . a dead post-boy, did you?" inquired Sam. . . . "No," rejoined Bob, "I never did." "No!" rejoined Sam triumphantly. "Nor never vill; and there's another thing that no man never see, and that's a dead donkey."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, truly, 'tis more than manners will; And I have heard it said, unbidden guests  Are often welcomest when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18431]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, truly, 'tis more than manners will; And I have heard it said, unbidden guests  Are often welcomest when they are gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . The dove and very blessed spirit of peace, . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12810]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . The dove and very blessed spirit of peace, . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,  It is not night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,  It is not night if Thou be near; O may no earth-born cloud arise  To hide Thee from thy servant's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should be lenient in our judgment, because often the mistakes of others would have been ours had we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53387]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should be lenient in our judgment, because often the mistakes of others would have been ours had we had the opportunity to make them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The German is the discipline of fear; ours is the discipline of faith--and faith will triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14974]]></link><description><![CDATA[The German is the discipline of fear; ours is the discipline of faith--and faith will triumph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed this His universe to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15900]]></link><description><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be England what she will, With all her faults, she is my country still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be England what she will, With all her faults, she is my country still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty's a fool And loses that it works for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty's a fool And loses that it works for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[At the Garden of Olives Monastery]  "Why are you all so quiet all the time?" I say, still whispering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7385]]></link><description><![CDATA[[At the Garden of Olives Monastery]  "Why are you all so quiet all the time?" I say, still whispering at him in this hoarse voice.  "We are teachers and workers," he says, "not talkers."  "Workers, O.K.," I say, "but how can a teacher be quiet all the time and teach anybody anything?"  "Christ was the best," he says, thinking of something. "He lived thirty-three years. Thirty years he kept quiet; three years he talked. Ten to one for keeping quiet.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63281]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the time he killed himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a crowne;  He held them sixpence all too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58570]]></link><description><![CDATA[King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a crowne;  He held them sixpence all too deere,   Therefore he call'd the taylor lowne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In His will is our peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53764]]></link><description><![CDATA[In His will is our peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2408]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And its famous apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is happy agony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is happy agony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where thou art, that is home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where thou art, that is home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls betweenourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22090]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls betweenourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctionsbetween flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time andmatter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so longforgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul isnothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life ofevery woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,  And heightens ease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2768]]></link><description><![CDATA[O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns,  And heightens ease with grace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men carry about them that which is poyson to serpents: for if it be true that is reported, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46869]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men carry about them that which is poyson to serpents: for if it be true that is reported, they will no better abide the touching with man's spittle than scalding water cast upon them: but if it happed to light within their chawes or mouth, especially if it come from a man that is fasting, it is present death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46869</guid></item></channel></rss>