<?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[He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10020]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A father in a canoein which his baby is seatedwalks more carefully than on land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15171]]></link><description><![CDATA[A father in a canoein which his baby is seatedwalks more carefully than on land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/373]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine tenths of education is encouragement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nine tenths of education is encouragement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even when the wound is healed the scar remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything comes to those who wait...except a cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything comes to those who wait...except a cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is too short to stuff a mushroom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the first game this year that I told the girls that I'll probably go home and not sleep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35997]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the first game this year that I told the girls that I'll probably go home and not sleep very well, running that game through my head. That was definitely one that we had a good chance of winning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, 1951  One can give without loving, but one cannot love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, 1951  One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics. To me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves. To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God;  And only he who sees takes off his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God;  And only he who sees takes off his shoes;   The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29464]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59306]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17731]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38589]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way after many other speeches]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26656]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen! John A. Logan is the Head Centre, the Hub, the King Pin, the Main Spring, Mogul, and Mugwump of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen! John A. Logan is the Head Centre, the Hub, the King Pin, the Main Spring, Mogul, and Mugwump of the final plot by which partisanship was installed in the Commission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51981]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60344]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/83]]></link><description><![CDATA[Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/83</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaste as the icicle That 's curdied by the frost from purest snow And hangs on Dian's temple. -Coriolanus. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaste as the icicle That 's curdied by the frost from purest snow And hangs on Dian's temple. -Coriolanus. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13515]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly,  Till, wafted by a gentle breeze,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57289]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly,  Till, wafted by a gentle breeze,   They faint and languish by degrees,    And at a distance die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59624]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So it is in traveling: a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate questioning, but I love wrestling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate questioning, but I love wrestling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901   Nor is the fact that a particular form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901   Nor is the fact that a particular form was good in a particular age any proof that it is also good for another age. The history of the organization of Christianity has been in reality the history of successive readjustments of form to altered circumstances. Its power of readjustment has been at once a mark of its divinity and a secret of its strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must plough my furrow alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must plough my furrow alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earnings have been good, but what you're starting to see is a return to the attitude about earnings that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earnings have been good, but what you're starting to see is a return to the attitude about earnings that we saw in the late 1990's, where you're seeing more talk about whisper numbers, higher expectations, and a more punitive reaction to numbers that disappoint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores these two great truths of population zoology: (1) no two individuals are alike, and (2) both environment and genetic endowment make a contribution to nearly every trait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35185]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the Atlantic. We already have a winning concept, so the aim was fine-tuning rather than making major changes. More sophisticated lines and materials and a better driving experience without compromising on demands concerning safety and power trains with good environmental properties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge exists to be imparted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge exists to be imparted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really a tragic situation from our perspective. Something we are very concerned about in terms of the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42172]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really a tragic situation from our perspective. Something we are very concerned about in terms of the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fashion of liking Racine will pass away like that of coffee. [Fr., La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25261]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fashion of liking Racine will pass away like that of coffee. [Fr., La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme la mode du cafe.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this stretch has been really important. Not just for Ray but the team, as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32569]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this stretch has been really important. Not just for Ray but the team, as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32569</guid></item></channel></rss>