<?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[In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/910]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64803]]></link><description><![CDATA[A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And when you stick on conversation's burs, Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10094]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when you stick on conversation's burs, Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You won't find candy bars in vending machines in our schools anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40764]]></link><description><![CDATA[You won't find candy bars in vending machines in our schools anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself.' He said, 'Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that that would help.' So I sat with him a while then I asked him how he felt. He said, 'I think I'm cured.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three women make a market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three women make a market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To all proportioned terms he must dispense And make the sound a picture of the sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57296]]></link><description><![CDATA[To all proportioned terms he must dispense And make the sound a picture of the sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 12 years of playing, I've never been on a team that won a playoff game. That was awesome. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34736]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 12 years of playing, I've never been on a team that won a playoff game. That was awesome. They were singing the fight song. Cars were lined up in the grass out there. There must have been a thousand people around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia is a seductive liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nostalgia is a seductive liar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 "In pastures green"? Not always; sometimes He, Who knoweth best, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 "In pastures green"? Not always; sometimes He, Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me In weary ways, where heavy shadows be. And "by still waters" ? No, not always so; Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow, And o'er my soul the waves and billows go. But when the storm beats loudest, and I cry Aloud for help, the Master standeth by, And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I." So, where He leads me, I can safely go, And in the blest hereafter I shall know Why, in His wisdom, He hath led me so.  ... Anonymous    July 24, 1998  Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  If thou shalt remain faithful and zealous in labour, doubt not that God shall be faithful and bountiful in rewarding thee. It is thy duty to have a good hope that thou wilt attain the victory: but thou must not fall into security lest thou become slothful or lifted up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort. [Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9119]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort. [Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm excited for Terry (Posey) and those players. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33948]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm excited for Terry (Posey) and those players.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think their response has been very measured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think their response has been very measured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8357]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At all times it is better to have a method. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9878]]></link><description><![CDATA[At all times it is better to have a method.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These grass fires are getting very deadly. They burn homes down, they kill people, so this is not something to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32753]]></link><description><![CDATA[These grass fires are getting very deadly. They burn homes down, they kill people, so this is not something to be taken lightly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority Leader DeLay is a fixture within the conservative movement and has a strong record of accomplishments, which makes him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Majority Leader DeLay is a fixture within the conservative movement and has a strong record of accomplishments, which makes him an inviting target for liberals and Democrats alike. It goes with the territory. He understands that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24084]]></link><description><![CDATA[We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2583]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53273]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must learn to forgive himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a couple of shifts later. They turn things around so quickly, it's frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39543]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which is absolutely banned, or slide towards illegality by its tacit acceptance that torture is sometimes OK.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go, and do thou likewise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go, and do thou likewise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no accidents without intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/309]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no accidents without intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has no religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53440]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has no religion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of these guys are getting old, and they pee a lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of these guys are getting old, and they pee a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39416]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He enters by the door who enters by Christ, who imitates the suffering of Christ, who is acquainted with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8453]]></link><description><![CDATA[He enters by the door who enters by Christ, who imitates the suffering of Christ, who is acquainted with the humility of Christ so as to feel and know that, if God became man for us, men should not think themselves God, but men. He who, being man, wishes to appear God, does not imitate Him who, being God, became man. Thou art not bid to think less of thyself than thou art, but to know what thou art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48017]]></link><description><![CDATA[And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being directed down that pathway is very helpful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being directed down that pathway is very helpful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53157]]></link><description><![CDATA[To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is, is in its causes just. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is, is in its causes just.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale, 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51112]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale, 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5901]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ever listen to Him, or else listen to Him only vaguely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8755]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am young. I didn't know that. But I don't recognize myself. That's my problem with the mirror. I see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am young. I didn't know that. But I don't recognize myself. That's my problem with the mirror. I see only the ugliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware  Necessity doth front the universe   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45711]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware  Necessity doth front the universe   With an invincible gesture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me  Water with berries in't; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3404]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me  Water with berries in't; and teach me how   To name the bigger light, and how the less,    That burn by day and night; and then I loved thee     And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle,      The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3404</guid></item></channel></rss>