<?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[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622  Our business is to love what God would have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622  Our business is to love what God would have us do. He wills our vocation as it is: let us love that, and not trifle away our time in hankering after other people's vocation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever plays the best defense is going to win this league. So that's what we have to do, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever plays the best defense is going to win this league. So that's what we have to do, and we have to play better on the road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They played like they were down 2-0. You've got to deal with a lot of variables and a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35325]]></link><description><![CDATA[They played like they were down 2-0. You've got to deal with a lot of variables and a lot of bumps in the road. You just move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40595]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner (for filth). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner (for filth).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53249]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of life is more important than life itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52645]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of life is more important than life itself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But strong of limb And swift of foot misfortune is, and, far  Outstripping all, comes to every land,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42805]]></link><description><![CDATA[But strong of limb And swift of foot misfortune is, and, far  Outstripping all, comes to every land,   And there wreaks evil on mankind, which prayers    Do afterwards redress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The resolution passed by the IAEA board of governors on 24 September makes clear the depth of international concern at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34027]]></link><description><![CDATA[The resolution passed by the IAEA board of governors on 24 September makes clear the depth of international concern at Iran's decision. It remains to be seen how Iran will respond. Iran has an opportunity now to come into line with requests made by the IAEA board; we hope it would choose that constructive path.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274   Outward as well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274   Outward as well as inward morality helps to form the idea of a true Christian freedom. We are right to lay stress on inwardness, but in this world there is no inwardness without an outward expression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were some items and ideas they had that were solid, but a lot of these things we can do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33294]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were some items and ideas they had that were solid, but a lot of these things we can do in-house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be niggards of advice on no pretense; For the worst avarice is that of sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be niggards of advice on no pretense; For the worst avarice is that of sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64582]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22694]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the parent of cruelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the parent of cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66188]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2934]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed; If not, 'tis true this parting was well made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45573]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed; If not, 'tis true this parting was well made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:120]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:120].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honour is but an itch in youthful blood Of doing acts extravagantly good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honour is but an itch in youthful blood Of doing acts extravagantly good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westward the star of empire takes its way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Westward the star of empire takes its way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26604]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was concerned after those first three games because of the kind of mistakes we were making in one-run losses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31330]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was concerned after those first three games because of the kind of mistakes we were making in one-run losses to tough teams. Either we were trying to do too much, or we were falling asleep. So today I called them in and challenged them (in the middle of the game). I said, ?Apparently we?re headed back in the same direction.? You saw the response.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  [John Bunyan] had to live through that obscure night -- "wide, vast, and lonely" -- which fell upon St. John of the Cross before; like him, he knew that grace would enter "the dark caverns where the senses live". In the meantime, Bunyan tossed to and fro, as it were between heaven and hell. It has been said that he paints too dark a picture of his moral condition when a young man, that he exaggerates his wickedness at this period, and afterwards wrestles with phantoms of his vivid imagination. But spiritual sins, though not so obvious as those that are sensual, may be just as real; and Bunyan's intensity of feeling and expression arose from the intensity of his spiritual nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happy bells shall ring Marguerite; The summer birds shall sing Marguerite;  You smile but you shall wear  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happy bells shall ring Marguerite; The summer birds shall sing Marguerite;  You smile but you shall wear   Orange blossoms in your hair, Marguerite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58662]]></link><description><![CDATA[have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advanced data services activity in the U.K. is following the classic pattern of adoption -- first gaining traction within the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advanced data services activity in the U.K. is following the classic pattern of adoption -- first gaining traction within the technologically savviest group and then spreading across the rest of the majority. Time plays a critical factor, as the services with an established utility from an extended period on the market are first to gain the most from the mainstream audience, who demand products and services that are relatively glitch-free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45928]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49520]]></link><description><![CDATA[If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45054]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is empowering, ... It feels good to be able to manhandle someone across the line. I've worked hard at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38047]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is empowering, ... It feels good to be able to manhandle someone across the line. I've worked hard at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, since Thou hast taken from me all that I had of Thee, yet of Thy grace leave me the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, since Thou hast taken from me all that I had of Thee, yet of Thy grace leave me the gift which every dog has by nature: that of being true to Thee in my distress, when I am deprived of all consolation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When she would write a song, she would call me and say, 'Do you want to hear something? What do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31091]]></link><description><![CDATA[When she would write a song, she would call me and say, 'Do you want to hear something? What do you think?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31091</guid></item></channel></rss>