<?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[Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a symbol unmoors itself from what it symbolizes, it loses meaning. It becomes ineffective ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58502]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a symbol unmoors itself from what it symbolizes, it loses meaning. It becomes ineffective]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man gift will make a way for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14607]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man gift will make a way for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours not to reason why Ours but to do and die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours not to reason why Ours but to do and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we played bad. They just hit the ball (well). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we played bad. They just hit the ball (well).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24335]]></link><description><![CDATA[About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64758]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33606]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I absolutely believe that an audit is warranted; 20 years is too long, ... There have been a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I absolutely believe that an audit is warranted; 20 years is too long, ... There have been a lot of allegations about this board, but the key word is 'allegations.' We need to, hopefully through an audit, see if the allegations have any merit. I'm not necessarily digging for any unethical behavior, but after 20 years, I think we should take a look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15302]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't have to have an elaborate stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32189]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't have to have an elaborate stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's quite an athlete, isn't he? He can pitch game one, he can run balls down in the outfield, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34547]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's quite an athlete, isn't he? He can pitch game one, he can run balls down in the outfield, he can drive in runs. We're happy to have him, put it that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536   Now go to, reader, and according to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536   Now go to, reader, and according to the order of Paul's writing [in Romans], even so do thou. First behold thyself diligently in the law of God, and see there thy just damnation. Secondarily, turn thine eyes to Christ, and see there the exceeding mercy of thy most kind and loving Father. Thirdly, remember that Christ made not this atonement that thou shouldest anger God again; neither cleansed he thee, that thou shouldest return (as a swine) unto thine old puddle again: but that thou shouldest be a new creature and live a new life after the will of God and not of the flesh. And be diligent lest through thine own negligence and unthankfulness thou lose this favor and mercy again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11002]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets that don't work we're going to step away from, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Markets that don't work we're going to step away from,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60826]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have the highest customer satisfaction that I've seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38963]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have the highest customer satisfaction that I've seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm spiritually close to you and pray for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm spiritually close to you and pray for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living in the past has one thing in its favor - it's cheaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living in the past has one thing in its favor - it's cheaper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54220]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36850]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no permanent changes because change itself is permanent. It behooves the industrialist to research and the investor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27708]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no permanent changes because change itself is permanent. It behooves the industrialist to research and the investor to be vigilant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The London Stock Exchange is a critical piece on the chess board. So you have to put a big premium ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34001]]></link><description><![CDATA[The London Stock Exchange is a critical piece on the chess board. So you have to put a big premium on the price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impatience is the mark of independence not of bondage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impatience is the mark of independence not of bondage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a soul that, like an ample shield,  Can take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a soul that, like an ample shield,  Can take in all, and verge enough for more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They'd say, 'Thank you, but it's the people on the coast we're most concerned about,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39163]]></link><description><![CDATA[They'd say, 'Thank you, but it's the people on the coast we're most concerned about,']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're focusing on particular works ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â films, books, pieces of music, architecture ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that deserve the name 'icon' and have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40285]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're focusing on particular works ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â films, books, pieces of music, architecture ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that deserve the name 'icon' and have this influence on our culture. Everybody knows those things, but almost because they're icons, people don't look below the fact of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never become a howling success by just howling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21813]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never become a howling success by just howling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57001]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  As a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy has failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. It is the only power in the world that seems to overcome the so-called "laws of nature"; the occasions on which prayer has dramatically done this have been termed "miracles". But a constant, quieter miracle takes place hourly in the hearts of men and women who have discovered that prayer supplies them with a steady flow of sustaining power in their daily lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linda was a very private person. The accolades she received were not something she sought out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Linda was a very private person. The accolades she received were not something she sought out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280  If He hath promised to make us happy, though He hath not particularly declared to us wherein this happiness shall consist, yet we may trust Him that made us, to find out ways to make us happy, and may believe that He who made us, without our knowledge or desire, is able to make us happy beyond them both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind To look out through, and his Frailty find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27519]]></link><description><![CDATA[As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind To look out through, and his Frailty find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will see what they want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29226]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will see what they want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little things affect little minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little things affect little minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I lost it in the sun!(after fumbling a grounder.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I lost it in the sun!(after fumbling a grounder.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I beseech you not to blame me if I be desirous to strike while the iron is hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45074]]></link><description><![CDATA[I beseech you not to blame me if I be desirous to strike while the iron is hot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/430]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17212]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49342]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28862]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28862</guid></item></channel></rss>