<?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[Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!  Still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19624]]></link><description><![CDATA[How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!  Still to ourselves in every place consigned,   Our own felicity we make or find.    With secret course, which no loud storms annoy,     Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18187]]></link><description><![CDATA[True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him. -.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye, To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye, To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feetyou do not hear the screams or smell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feetyou do not hear the screams or smell the blood or seethose without limbs or eyes. It was not til I readHersey's Hiroshima that I realized what bomber pilots do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all that out there. God bless you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46575]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24722]]></link><description><![CDATA[What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24722</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[It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4968]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding sheet of Edward's race;  Give ample room and verge enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding sheet of Edward's race;  Give ample room and verge enough   The characters of Hell to trace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8233]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been an attorney, residing in Ellis County for 10 years. And like most of you my experience goes beyond ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32431]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been an attorney, residing in Ellis County for 10 years. And like most of you my experience goes beyond Ellis County. Unlike my opponent who only had two years of experience when he was first elected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26458]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for every one, best both for the body and the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24420]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not lead by hitting people over the head-- that's assault, not leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15686]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't hit it too well in the first few holes, when there was no wind. But I got it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't hit it too well in the first few holes, when there was no wind. But I got it up and down a few times, just steady stuff. And as the wind started to pick up, I kind of started to focus a little bit better and hit it closer and made a few putts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51978]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64706]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fantastic wife, and not only in terms of external beauty. Her priority and mine is our children. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65114]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fantastic wife, and not only in terms of external beauty. Her priority and mine is our children. That is our choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40597]]></link><description><![CDATA[My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, orthey'll eventually conquer you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21571]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, orthey'll eventually conquer you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold him in conceited circles sail, Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,  In all his pomp of pageantry, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold him in conceited circles sail, Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,  In all his pomp of pageantry, as if   He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've analyzed the best I can ... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47310]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've analyzed the best I can ... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The criterion for our intercessory prayer is not our earnestness, nor our faithfulness, nor even our faith in God, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The criterion for our intercessory prayer is not our earnestness, nor our faithfulness, nor even our faith in God, but simply God Himself. He has taken the initiative from the beginning, and has built our prayers into the structure of the universe. He then asks us to present these requests to Him that He may show His gracious hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58848]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4701]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17134]]></link><description><![CDATA[For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.  Not the bright stars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58795]]></link><description><![CDATA[No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.  Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn,   Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,    Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows     Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19059]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9534]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62993]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62993</guid></item></channel></rss>