<?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[If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a fun night for the guys. This was our last home game, so it was important for everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39030]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a fun night for the guys. This was our last home game, so it was important for everyone to get some playing time and have some fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volumes so far are low and I believe we will end (the day) in the black. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Volumes so far are low and I believe we will end (the day) in the black.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He won't run if there is more rain. There is no point sending him around on a wet track. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He won't run if there is more rain. There is no point sending him around on a wet track. He's hopeless in the soft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61129]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international obligation . . . an obligation of honor which no self-respecting man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54798]]></link><description><![CDATA[True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's such unremitting attention to the Oscars after the nominations come out. That automatically sparks greater sales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's such unremitting attention to the Oscars after the nominations come out. That automatically sparks greater sales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall look forward to a pleasant time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall look forward to a pleasant time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Christmas in August for big energy, and consumers get lumps of coal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29406]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's Christmas in August for big energy, and consumers get lumps of coal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66128]]></link><description><![CDATA[This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50264]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14214]]></link><description><![CDATA[With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Thee, 'tis one to behold and to pity. Accordingly, Thy mercy followeth every man so long as he liveth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8141]]></link><description><![CDATA[With Thee, 'tis one to behold and to pity. Accordingly, Thy mercy followeth every man so long as he liveth, whithersoever he goeth, even as Thy glance never quitteth any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14512]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4776]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody in the newspaper business has raised guidance in a long time. And let's face it, the shorts got squeezed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody in the newspaper business has raised guidance in a long time. And let's face it, the shorts got squeezed, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't believe how lucky I am to be here at this job with Eduardo. Some of the most important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39245]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't believe how lucky I am to be here at this job with Eduardo. Some of the most important broadcasters in Latin America have been here, and now here I am. I have a responsibility to do my best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bubble winked at me, and said, "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bubble winked at me, and said, "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62331]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62200]]></link><description><![CDATA[After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18168]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Severn didn't have the right kind of personality for WWE and I don't think they really had any idea what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Severn didn't have the right kind of personality for WWE and I don't think they really had any idea what to do with him. Tank Abbott had an amateur background but made his name in UFC brawling. He never learned to work at all and was a victim of Vince Russo 's wackiness in WCW.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think there's any animosity between the two sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35837]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think there's any animosity between the two sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how tohandle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how tohandle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52322]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23345]]></link><description><![CDATA[You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's going in like it was tonight the basket tends to look a lot bigger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32524]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's going in like it was tonight the basket tends to look a lot bigger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The Stones] thought nothing of ... music, golf, football and girls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29290]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The Stones] thought nothing of ... music, golf, football and girls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48971]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks; Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks.  The founder's you: the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks; Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks.  The founder's you: the table is the place:   The carvers we: the prologue is the grace.    Each act, a course, each scene, a different dish,     Though we're in Lent, I doubt you're still for flesh.      Satire's the sauce, high-season'd, sharp and rough.       Kind masks and beaux, I hope you're pepperproof?        Wit is the wine; but 'tis so scarce the true         Poets, like vintners, balderdash and brew.          Your surly scenes, where rant and bloodshed join.           Are butcher's meat, a battle's sirloin:            Your scenes of love, so flowing, soft and chaste,             Are water-gruel without salt or taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know And are about to drop off into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14953]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know And are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown, Faith is knowing One of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or You will be taught to fly]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61319</guid></item></channel></rss>