<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danielle probably finishes 98 percent of the time down there. She got in great position. Us guards just need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Danielle probably finishes 98 percent of the time down there. She got in great position. Us guards just need to feed her the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I watch a lot of news shows and I love Nick at Night, and the Comedy Channel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29914]]></link><description><![CDATA[I watch a lot of news shows and I love Nick at Night, and the Comedy Channel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state. The history of the West, from the age of the Greek polis down to the present-day resistance to socialism, is essentially the history of the fight for liberty against the encroachments of the officeholders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just went to roll around with him for a little bit. He got his first points. And dislocated my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39385]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just went to roll around with him for a little bit. He got his first points. And dislocated my elbow. I guess that was the passing of the torch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23703]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23703</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://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When ice is real hard, it shatters and you can get microscopic shards of ice. You don't want them in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34479]]></link><description><![CDATA[When ice is real hard, it shatters and you can get microscopic shards of ice. You don't want them in your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56649]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53412]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had no stratagems, no tricks. You are simply obliged to put up with it, you have no choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had no stratagems, no tricks. You are simply obliged to put up with it, you have no choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8932]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager of a team is like a stagecoach, he can't move unless he has the horses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51916]]></link><description><![CDATA[If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not given but exchanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not given but exchanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is thought rare Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know  That what was worn some twenty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is thought rare Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know  That what was worn some twenty years ago   Comes into grace again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are hoarding potentials so great that they are just aboutunimaginable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21856]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are hoarding potentials so great that they are just aboutunimaginable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22644]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53755]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul. [Deuteronomy 10:12].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45914]]></link><description><![CDATA[For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34949]]></link><description><![CDATA[[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East.] The secret is out, ... There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Letters to Lucilius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22211]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17328]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The looming threat of a global influenza pandemic demands global, regional and national attention, and preparation and response to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The looming threat of a global influenza pandemic demands global, regional and national attention, and preparation and response to a pandemic is a shared responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13837]]></link><description><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The monarch has become a symbol for cross border co-operation in North America. Let's hope it doesn't become the symbol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The monarch has become a symbol for cross border co-operation in North America. Let's hope it doesn't become the symbol of our common failure to protect the environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother of light! how fairly dost thou go Over those hoary crests, divinely led!  Art thou that huntress of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mother of light! how fairly dost thou go Over those hoary crests, divinely led!  Art thou that huntress of the silver bow   Fabled of old? Or rather dost thou tread    Those cloudy summits thence to gaze below,     Like the wild chamois from her Alpine snow,      Where hunters never climbed--secure from dread?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64618]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main thing is to make history, not to write it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main thing is to make history, not to write it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, the[former] governor of Massachusetts has a lot of homework to do on the problems facing our state. When he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly, the[former] governor of Massachusetts has a lot of homework to do on the problems facing our state. When he finally gets around to it, he'll see that the problems we face require real solutions rather than stale political rhetoric.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19141]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man from hell is not afraid of hot ashes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65322</guid></item></channel></rss>