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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963   That you cannot have Christian principles without Christ is becoming increasingly clear [in the world today], because their validity as principles depends on Christ's authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20313]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything--and it works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything--and it works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's none so blind as they that won't see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4330]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's none so blind as they that won't see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18902]]></link><description><![CDATA[) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked about defending better and we came out and did it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35028]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked about defending better and we came out and did it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease. [Ger., Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But that he wrought so high the specious tale, As manifested plainly 'twas a lie.  [Lat., Se non volea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26108]]></link><description><![CDATA[But that he wrought so high the specious tale, As manifested plainly 'twas a lie.  [Lat., Se non volea pulir sua scusa tanto,   Che la facesse di menzogna rea.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3799]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that I were a mockery king of snow, Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke  To melt myself away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56719]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that I were a mockery king of snow, Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke  To melt myself away in water drops!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray,  Each in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray,  Each in the south melting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect  To our own prodigal excess   Of too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect  To our own prodigal excess   Of too familiar happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62331]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11773]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that the progress I have made as a coach, as well as a person, is a direct result ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57729]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that the progress I have made as a coach, as well as a person, is a direct result of the growth that I have made through my Church callings. I had the opportunity to serve as a bishop in a campus ward while I was still an assistant coach. When I was appointed head football coach in 1972, I decided to approach my role as a coach much the same as I did as a bishop, delegating responsibility to my assistants, putting responsibility on the players for self-improvement in all aspects of their lives, and using personal interviews with players to try to give positive reinforcement and encouragement so that they might do their very best and reach their full potential, both on and off the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53459]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This business will never hold water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5024]]></link><description><![CDATA[This business will never hold water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to do some old traditional folk songs. We haven't completely set up a list. We'll play some music ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37836]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to do some old traditional folk songs. We haven't completely set up a list. We'll play some music from modern Celtic rock bands like the Seven Nations. We'll play a couple of more contemporary Irish tunes that I wouldn't call rock; they're more contemporary ballads. We haven't set it all out yet, but they run the gamut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17040]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is an unbelievable coach. I loved playing for him and I don't think I've had a better coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40026]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is an unbelievable coach. I loved playing for him and I don't think I've had a better coach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm learning who I can trust and who I can't. I can't believe he did that to me. He turned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41463]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm learning who I can trust and who I can't. I can't believe he did that to me. He turned right into me with the right front (wheel). Now I've been Cheever-ed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24228]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/922]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58914]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum  Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46631]]></link><description><![CDATA[To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think anytime we can do anything for anyone it's good. We just happened to be in a position where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37314]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think anytime we can do anything for anyone it's good. We just happened to be in a position where we could help out. ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ Anything that has to do with family and kids, it doesn't take much convincing for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21879]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my nearly 18 months here what I have found is that instead of getting better it may in fact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35307]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my nearly 18 months here what I have found is that instead of getting better it may in fact be worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35307</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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52134]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they'll eventually conquer you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17924</guid></item></channel></rss>