<?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[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1975]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are able because they think they are able. [Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are able because they think they are able. [Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the chamber of justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the chamber of justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smile of her I love is like the dawn Whose touch makes Menmon sing:  O see where wide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smile of her I love is like the dawn Whose touch makes Menmon sing:  O see where wide the golden sunlight flows--   The barren desert blossoms as the rose!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,  That God alone was to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56510]]></link><description><![CDATA[And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,  That God alone was to be seen in Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, O bleeding Head and wounded, With a crown of thorns surrounded,  Buffeted, and bruised and battered,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, O bleeding Head and wounded, With a crown of thorns surrounded,  Buffeted, and bruised and battered,   Smote with reed by striking shattered,    Face with spittle vilely smeared!     Hail, whose visage sweet and comely,      Marred by fouling stains and homely,       Changed as to its blooming color,        All now turned to deathly pallor,         Making heavenly hosts affeared!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6122</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[It's hard to focus on three players on defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42262]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to focus on three players on defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that half of individual risk of most diseases is due to inherited differences in DNA sequences. Identifying genes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33054]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that half of individual risk of most diseases is due to inherited differences in DNA sequences. Identifying genes that contribute to health is a remarkable opportunity for biomedical research.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,  By swaggering could I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52939]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,  By swaggering could I never thrive,   For the rain it raineth every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was proud of the girls for hanging in there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34444]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was proud of the girls for hanging in there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by doing some work which the undiscerning consider "not spiritual work" I can best help others, and I inwardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7899]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by doing some work which the undiscerning consider "not spiritual work" I can best help others, and I inwardly rebel, thinking it is the spiritual for which I crave, when in truth it is the interest and exciting, then I know nothing of Calvary love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4015]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how hard you work for success if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1339]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how hard you work for success if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight,  The tempest itself lags ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27517]]></link><description><![CDATA[How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight,  The tempest itself lags behind,   And the swift-winged arrows of light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has deceived her father, and may thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51436]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has deceived her father, and may thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40817]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end and aim of all education is the development of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end and aim of all education is the development of character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't expect us to make an announcement here and now. But believe me, we are weeks away from an announcement, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't expect us to make an announcement here and now. But believe me, we are weeks away from an announcement, not months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By merit raised To that bad eminence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27389]]></link><description><![CDATA[By merit raised To that bad eminence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10390]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentence first, verdict afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentence first, verdict afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44322]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. [Numb!2:23].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man: He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;  But consistency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man: He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;  But consistency still wuz a part of his plan;   He's been true to one party, and that is, himself;--    So John P.     Robinson, he      Sez he shall vote for Gineral C.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The PeopleSoft drama is just that: drama and chatter. Investors need to adjust their antennas and focus on the underlying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35290]]></link><description><![CDATA[The PeopleSoft drama is just that: drama and chatter. Investors need to adjust their antennas and focus on the underlying fundamentals of the business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any departure from fact is the first step on a slippery slope toward unbelievability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any departure from fact is the first step on a slippery slope toward unbelievability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/801]]></link><description><![CDATA[If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church on earth is a cross-eyed church, with one eye on God in His heavenly benediction, and one eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7194]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Church on earth is a cross-eyed church, with one eye on God in His heavenly benediction, and one eye on the needy world of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66755]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want,with whom you want, as much as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want,with whom you want, as much as you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can play with anybody in the country. If you want to grind it out, we can grind it out. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29189]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can play with anybody in the country. If you want to grind it out, we can grind it out. If you want to play fast, we can get up and down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God's forgotten, and our soldiers slighted]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's our job -- to come in the game, bring energy and change the tempo of the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31054]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's our job -- to come in the game, bring energy and change the tempo of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I can be thin with big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I can be thin with big breasts and big hair. Take me apart. Make me into anything, but just love me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will continue to brandish our weapons in the face of the occupation (Israel) as Gaza is only the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28619]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will continue to brandish our weapons in the face of the occupation (Israel) as Gaza is only the first step towards the liberation of all of the land of Palestine,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot; This sensible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Every single time a sacrament is celebrated, God takes action, there and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7689]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Every single time a sacrament is celebrated, God takes action, there and then -- does something, not on Calvary, but in that church. And what He does is to come to each soul partaking in the Sacrament and to assure it that He stands to the best and biggest of His promises and to the fullness of His grace in Christ... de-universalizes the Scriptures and individualizes them, makes them a personal promise, couched no longer in general terms but offered to very you and very me, as individually as if they covered no other but referred to you and me alone. We may be cold and dead and unresponsive. None the less, something happens in the Sacrament. For God stands to His side of the Covenant, whether we stand to ours or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bridgeport came to play and we thought we were just going to walk out on the floor and win. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bridgeport came to play and we thought we were just going to walk out on the floor and win. We just didn't come to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not a quick fix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33768]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not a quick fix.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28137]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moe was like their child in many ways, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moe was like their child in many ways,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61388</guid></item></channel></rss>