<?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[To win without risk is to triumph without glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54296]]></link><description><![CDATA[To win without risk is to triumph without glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, hark! what mean those yells and cries? His chain some furious madman breaks;  He comes--I see his glaring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21021]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, hark! what mean those yells and cries? His chain some furious madman breaks;  He comes--I see his glaring eyes:   Now, now, my dungeon grate he shakes.    Help! Help! He's gone!--O fearful woe,     Such screams to hear, such sights to see!      My brain, my brain,--I know, I know       I am not mad but soon shall be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9669]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to think impartially. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to think impartially.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56972]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55970]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, having the speedometer in the front windshield was something I've never experienced before, and that took some getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40381]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, having the speedometer in the front windshield was something I've never experienced before, and that took some getting used to. The power was there, and every red light was a temptation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a 'Rocky'-type story about a girl from the inner city who had the ability, talent and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33997]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a 'Rocky'-type story about a girl from the inner city who had the ability, talent and intelligence to do this but didn't have the support or the resources or the belief this was something that was for her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58453]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was as close to perfect as anyone can be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28423]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was as close to perfect as anyone can be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4378]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28690]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very rugged country, and the weather can turn rapidly. Sometimes you can see the storms coming, and sometimes you can't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no more beautiful life than that of a student. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1113]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more beautiful life than that of a student.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we teach, we learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24514]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we teach, we learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are already Chinese software companies, operating in China; they are fast learners ... If there will be a large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are already Chinese software companies, operating in China; they are fast learners ... If there will be a large software company emerging in Asia, it is likely to emerge in China first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43007]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13144]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47871]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20198]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The situation in Abidjan is very similar to the one we had yesterday. There's a crowd of Young Patriots outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The situation in Abidjan is very similar to the one we had yesterday. There's a crowd of Young Patriots outside the U.N. building as we speak, and it's a growing crowd. We had an attack on a U.N. convoy this morning shortly before 7 a.m.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the spirits, I believe the spirit of judging is the worst, and it has had the rule of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the spirits, I believe the spirit of judging is the worst, and it has had the rule of me, I cannot tell you how dreadfully and how long... This, I find has more hindered my progress in love and gentleness than all things else. I never knew what the words, "Judge not that ye be not judged," meant before; now they seem to me some of the most awful, necessary, and beautiful in the whole Word of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57639]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Hark the herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born king."  Peace on earth, and mercy mild,   God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8652]]></link><description><![CDATA["Hark the herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born king."  Peace on earth, and mercy mild,   God and sinners reconciled.!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a story every day in this place. Some of them are comical and some of them are tragic. I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37017]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a story every day in this place. Some of them are comical and some of them are tragic. I've had producers tell me they could do a sitcom about what goes on in this office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's surrounded on three sides by water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32445]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's surrounded on three sides by water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38357]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and dispositions; we must risk, nay even injure, our own health in order to be able to preserve or restore that of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37234]]></link><description><![CDATA[One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our relationship with India is not related with Pakistan. Both the countries are friendly countries with great ties. The relationship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our relationship with India is not related with Pakistan. Both the countries are friendly countries with great ties. The relationship between us and India is not affected with regard to any other country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.  [Ger., Es tragt Verstand und rechter Sinn,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45236]]></link><description><![CDATA[With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.  [Ger., Es tragt Verstand und rechter Sinn,   Mit wenig Kunst sich selber vor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe women have played major roles, both tangible or intangible, in the imperial family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34521]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe women have played major roles, both tangible or intangible, in the imperial family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar and nuts. But of course the elephant wasn't satisfied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62797]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything -- gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything -- gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness -- rediscovers itself at precisely the point where the mind requires a language to express its manifestations. To break through language in order to touch life is to create or recreate the theatre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46521]]></link><description><![CDATA[... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do you know now that you did not know before? and how can you find out if it is true?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10233]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is determined by his height.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10233</guid></item></channel></rss>