<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Advice / experience / wisdom - 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[Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason, some come to learn and others come to teach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason, some come to learn and others come to teach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1488]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1489]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1490]]></link><description><![CDATA[For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1491]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1492]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wonderfully complex fictional character is much less complicated than the most boring actual person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wonderfully complex fictional character is much less complicated than the most boring actual person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1473]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what you know best; if you're a runner, run, if you're a bell, ring ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what you know best; if you're a runner, run, if you're a bell, ring]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love something let it go, and if it comes back - that doesn't mean a damn thing; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1475]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you love something let it go, and if it comes back - that doesn't mean a damn thing; it can just leave you again later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned that good-byes will always hurt, pictures will never replace having been there, memories good and bad will bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1476]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned that good-byes will always hurt, pictures will never replace having been there, memories good and bad will bring tears, and words can never replace feelings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1478]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to force chemistry between two people or else it may just blow up at you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to force chemistry between two people or else it may just blow up at you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1482]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unexamined life is not worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1483]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unexamined life is not worth living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him that would move the world first move himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him that would move the world first move himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you cannot enforce, do not command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1485]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you cannot enforce, do not command.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1463]]></link><description><![CDATA[A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unexamined life is not worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unexamined life is not worth living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes in our confusion, we see not the world as it is, but the world though eyes blurred by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes in our confusion, we see not the world as it is, but the world though eyes blurred by the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1469]]></link><description><![CDATA[When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon our souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1470]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether the attitude is positive or negative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1454]]></link><description><![CDATA[When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1455]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1457]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1459]]></link><description><![CDATA[To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1426</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[Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1429]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1429</guid></item></channel></rss>