<?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[In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63831]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true ship is the ship builder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition is ... religion which is incongruous with intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition is ... religion which is incongruous with intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This man - what's his name? - the number 10, the small one who doesn't play in the Real Madrid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31029]]></link><description><![CDATA[This man - what's his name? - the number 10, the small one who doesn't play in the Real Madrid first team - said that if Poland beat Azerbaijan 8-0, England should score at least eight and he'd score five of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He causes so much attention that it kind of frees me up with one-on-one blocks and it helps me out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38181]]></link><description><![CDATA[He causes so much attention that it kind of frees me up with one-on-one blocks and it helps me out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This administration has broken faith with the people of America.They have squandered the immense good will extended by othernations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47957]]></link><description><![CDATA[This administration has broken faith with the people of America.They have squandered the immense good will extended by othernations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't hold back because the student movement will continue and there could be some risks. There should be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't hold back because the student movement will continue and there could be some risks. There should be a strike next week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No laborer in the world is expected to work for room, board, and love--except the housewife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19899]]></link><description><![CDATA[No laborer in the world is expected to work for room, board, and love--except the housewife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47312]]></link><description><![CDATA[While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of this matter is concerned; it was so botched up, I made so many bad judgments. The worst ones, mistakes of the heart, rather than the head. But let me say, a man in that top job - he's got to have a heart, but his head must always rule his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All hospitals could achieve it, with a blueprint of how to go about it and the will to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40751]]></link><description><![CDATA[All hospitals could achieve it, with a blueprint of how to go about it and the will to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His experiences in having led other organizations toward national awards proved to be invaluable in our own march toward the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38093]]></link><description><![CDATA[His experiences in having led other organizations toward national awards proved to be invaluable in our own march toward the Baldrige.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christian: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christian: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/607]]></link><description><![CDATA[No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press.  . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23338]]></link><description><![CDATA[How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press.  . . . .   Like Eden's dead probationary tree,    Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pull out of Gaza is not a policy, it is a step. Whether it is a step in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29089]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pull out of Gaza is not a policy, it is a step. Whether it is a step in the right direction toward a two-state solution or at least a step toward hope, we don't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51718]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pen is mightier than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46018]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pen is mightier than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a way for families to spend time together doing something creative. And when it's done, everybody will have created a memory they can take home with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52480]]></link><description><![CDATA[That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They do not abuse the king that flatter him. For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;  The thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16174]]></link><description><![CDATA[They do not abuse the king that flatter him. For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;  The thing the which is flattered, but a spark   To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing;    Whereas reproof, obedient and in order,     Fits kings as they are men, for they may err.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's good about the Lehigh Valley is that we are not dependent on a single industry. We now have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39400]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's good about the Lehigh Valley is that we are not dependent on a single industry. We now have a variety of companies here, and we're not relying on the former Bethlehem Steel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're just sort of searching for this "thing" and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38352]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're just sort of searching for this "thing" and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz since you're improvising, at least the way I play, I'm trying to follow my train of thought in a solo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62463</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[There is no way to actively portray where security problems are coming from because all attacks look the same, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34181]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way to actively portray where security problems are coming from because all attacks look the same, and that forces you to assume the worst every time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20907]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts of dead ideas and lifeless old beliefs. They have no tangibility, but they haunt us all the same and we can not get rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. Ghosts must be all over the country. as thick as the sands of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of life is more important than life itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52645]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of life is more important than life itself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They now say this was about Ford 'refraining from choosing sides' by supporting gay groups. No. AFA said this was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38657]]></link><description><![CDATA[They now say this was about Ford 'refraining from choosing sides' by supporting gay groups. No. AFA said this was about Ford promoting 'gay marriage' by advertising its products to gay consumers, by providing its gay employees with company benefits, and by including sexual-orientation discrimination in the company's diversity training. Corporate America, meet with these extremists at your own risk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perfect going-away gift for a college student-athlete. A dictionary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The perfect going-away gift for a college student-athlete. A dictionary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste is the enemy of creativeness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taste is the enemy of creativeness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66693]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66213]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wages are 70 percent of the cost of production. That puts pressure on the cost structure of business, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wages are 70 percent of the cost of production. That puts pressure on the cost structure of business, and the propensity is to increase consumer prices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repentance follows hasty counsels. [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repentance follows hasty counsels. [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a test of trust-building. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40299]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a test of trust-building.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolf in Sheep's ClothingOnce upon a time a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to secure food ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1553]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolf in Sheep's ClothingOnce upon a time a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to secure food more easily. Encased in the skin of a sheep, he pastured with the flock deceiving the shepherd by his costume. In the evening he was shut up by the shepherd in the fold; the gate was closed, and the entrance made thoroughly secure. But the shepherd, returning to the fold during the night to obtain meat for the next day, mistakenly caught up the Wolf instead of a sheep, and killed him instantly. Harm seek. Harm find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52751]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52751</guid></item></channel></rss>