<?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[It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43934]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some evils are cured by contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some evils are cured by contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart... filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bosom upon my counsel; You'll find it wholesome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bosom upon my counsel; You'll find it wholesome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love I bear Christ is but a faint and feeble spark, but it is an emanation from himself: He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7001]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love I bear Christ is but a faint and feeble spark, but it is an emanation from himself: He kindled it and he keeps it alive; and because it is his work, I trust many waters shall not quench it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change  And pleased with novelty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change  And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58172]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two months together; almost human in its passions, almost spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two months together; almost human in its passions, almost spiritual in its tenderness, almost Divine in its infinity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60988]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unbalances other people's ear pressures, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62473]]></link><description><![CDATA[You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unbalances other people's ear pressures, so they must yawn to even it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59569]]></link><description><![CDATA[The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels--local, State and Federal--in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47677]]></link><description><![CDATA[We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels--local, State and Federal--in ending the pollution of our waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every year near the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a special moment for soccer in this state. It's special for all three of us, the one time we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33941]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a special moment for soccer in this state. It's special for all three of us, the one time we can come together and support the same team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963   The sort of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963   The sort of love I have been describing... can also be felt for bodies that claim more than a natural affection: for a Church or (alas) a party in a Church, or for a religious order. This terrible subject would require a book to itself. Here it will be enough to say that the Heavenly Society is also an earthly society. Our (merely natural) patriotism towards the latter can very easily borrow the transcendent claims of the former and use them to justify the most abominable actions. If ever the book which I am not going to write is written, it must be the full confession by Christendom of Christendom's specific contribution to the sum of human cruelty and treachery. Large areas of "the World" will not hear us till we have publicly disowned much of our past. Why should they? We have shouted the name of Christ and enacted the service of Moloch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28389]]></link><description><![CDATA["ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear that we couldn't compete with that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64697]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud of Shelly for playing four years of softball. I'm going to nominate her for the North-South all-stars, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud of Shelly for playing four years of softball. I'm going to nominate her for the North-South all-stars, because of her attitude and her intensity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no easy way to bathe a hummingbird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39643]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no easy way to bathe a hummingbird.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No adultery is bloodless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20812]]></link><description><![CDATA[No adultery is bloodless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45372]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing the benefits of an experienced group and a group that's known each other for a long time. Some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing the benefits of an experienced group and a group that's known each other for a long time. Some of them have been here since middle school, so they're comfortable with and trust each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the swallows homeward fly, When the roses scattered lie,  When from neither hill or dale,   Chants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4234]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the swallows homeward fly, When the roses scattered lie,  When from neither hill or dale,   Chants the silvery nightingale:    In these works my bleeding heart     Would to thee its brief impart;      When I thus thy image lose       Can I, ah! can I, e'er know repose?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. . . . Be a hero -- take the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. . . . Be a hero -- take the time learn about adoption today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226  The great wonder is the living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226  The great wonder is the living fountain of love and joy which Christ poured into and through this 'poor little man'. [Francis] always knew where the real miracle lay. It was not in things that happened to his body, though they were wonderful enough. It was not to be found in the fact that birds and beasts, even the wolf of Gubbio, felt the spell of his spirit. It was the radiance of light and love breaking across the darkness and hate of the world and his time. He loved lepers. He loved robbers and changed their lives. He loved beggars in their rags. He loved rich men, too, and members of the Church, who needed him as much as the robbers did. He brought Christianity out of forms and creeds and services into the open air, in action and into the movements of life. He changed the entire line of march of religion in the Western World. Brother Masseo, half jesting, asked him once why the whole world was running after him, not very comely, not very wise, not of noble birth. "Why after thee?" "God chose me," Francis answered, "because He could find no one more worthless, and He wished by me to confound the nobility and grandeur, the strength and beauty and learning of the world." But the real answer is that here at last in this wonderful man was an organ of that Spirit which was in Christ, and a marvelous transmitter of it to the world. The divine agape went out into men's lives through him. Here was a childlike lover of men, ready, if need be, to be crucified for love, but also ready in humble everyday tasks to reveal this love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far the distribution is going on well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34828]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far the distribution is going on well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3502]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!  But 'twas not love which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61923]]></link><description><![CDATA[On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!  But 'twas not love which heaved her breast,   Fair child!--it was the bliss within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29840]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47243]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36217]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19230]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,   And in its hollow tones are heard    The thanks of millions yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I gave my life for freedom--This I know; For those who bade me fight had told me so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I gave my life for freedom--This I know; For those who bade me fight had told me so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57265]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be safe than sorry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be safe than sorry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it doth singe yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it doth singe yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17410</guid></item></channel></rss>