<?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[He is so little to be so large! Why, a train of cars, or a whale-back barge  Couldn't carry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3631]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is so little to be so large! Why, a train of cars, or a whale-back barge  Couldn't carry the freight   Of the monstrous weight    Of all of his qualities, good and great.     And tho' one view is as good as another      Don't take my word for it. Ask his mother!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes guts to get out of the ruts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21575]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes guts to get out of the ruts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impact will be very minimal. I doubt there's that many (Delaware County residents) working for Delphi in Anderson now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32418]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impact will be very minimal. I doubt there's that many (Delaware County residents) working for Delphi in Anderson now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One\'s family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I\'ll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66851]]></link><description><![CDATA[One\'s family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I\'ll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who\'ll be with me will be my family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18722]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -Victor Hugo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To free the mind from the habit of competition, we must see in detail the process by which the mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57501]]></link><description><![CDATA[To free the mind from the habit of competition, we must see in detail the process by which the mind is ensnared by competition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29497]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept for young players to grasp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think onecustomer at a time and take care of each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think onecustomer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world ... No man can enjoy the privileges of education and thereafter with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world ... No man can enjoy the privileges of education and thereafter with a clear conscience break his contract with society. To respect that contract is to be mature, to strengthen it is to be a good citizen, to do more than your share under it is noble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all trying to get ready for the playoffs. It takes 20 guys in here to do it every night. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37385]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all trying to get ready for the playoffs. It takes 20 guys in here to do it every night. When we have that commitment, we're a really good team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make haste; the better foot before. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make haste; the better foot before. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's as good of an outing as he's had all year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38208]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's as good of an outing as he's had all year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10843]]></link><description><![CDATA[In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be happy where you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64784]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be happy where you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20222]]></link><description><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47941]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasure imaginary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24768]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reasoning of the strongest is always the best. [Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reasoning of the strongest is always the best. [Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38662]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60988]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the old armchair quarterback theory. People always think they're a better coach or the better owner. Fantasy football is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the old armchair quarterback theory. People always think they're a better coach or the better owner. Fantasy football is tailor-made to live out that armchair quarterback life. You get to pick the players. It's ideal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34749]]></link><description><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!" [Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you", quoted in Saturday Review, April 5, 1958]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I court not the votes of the fickle mob. [Lat., Non ego ventosae plebis suffragia venor.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I court not the votes of the fickle mob. [Lat., Non ego ventosae plebis suffragia venor.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, when they had their best years, they never quite got it done. They went (to the Super Bowl) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, when they had their best years, they never quite got it done. They went (to the Super Bowl) four times, but never won. They're starved up there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20657]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a very quite, hard worker. Coming into this year from last year, I see 10 times the wrestler. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28354]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a very quite, hard worker. Coming into this year from last year, I see 10 times the wrestler. This year he won't be denied. He's just awesome. He is only a sophomore, too. Next year, people better watch out in that heavy weight division.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God who made us has endowed us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52030]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole, looking outward as a dependent part. His self-assertive tendency is the dynamic manifestation of his unique wholeness, his autonomy and independence as a holon. Its equally universal antagonist, the integrative tendency, expresses his dependence on the larger whole to which he belongs: his 'part-ness.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where billows never break, not tempests roar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where billows never break, not tempests roar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55169]]></link><description><![CDATA[People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although it is unlikely that the Iranian nuclear dispute will lead to a curtailment of oil shipments, there is clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although it is unlikely that the Iranian nuclear dispute will lead to a curtailment of oil shipments, there is clearly a large premium on oil prices due to the ongoing tensions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regardless of how this 'report' ranks New York, our city is the most generous jurisdiction in the country when it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regardless of how this 'report' ranks New York, our city is the most generous jurisdiction in the country when it comes to addressing the needs of at-risk and homeless citizens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romances paint at full length people's wooings, But only give a bust of marriages:  For no one cares for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romances paint at full length people's wooings, But only give a bust of marriages:  For no one cares for matrimonial cooings.   There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.    Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife,     He would have written sonnets all his life?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54353</guid></item></channel></rss>