<?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[Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to connect with audiences is truly remarkable. HBO will be able to give this gifted performer the broadest, most unrestricted showcase for his talent, and we're delighted to welcome him to the network.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46439]]></link><description><![CDATA[My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, try Westminister, and view   Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To apprehend thus Draws us a profit from all things we see,  And often, to our comfort, shall we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3917]]></link><description><![CDATA[To apprehend thus Draws us a profit from all things we see,  And often, to our comfort, shall we find   The sharded beetle in a safer hold    Than is the full-winged eagle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34491]]></link><description><![CDATA[How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17397]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60525]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, 'No.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62761]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46413]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality. [Lat., Nemo unquam sine magna spe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20606]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality. [Lat., Nemo unquam sine magna spe immortalitatatis se pro patria offerret ad mortem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only are these fine wines presented in eco-friendly packaging, these smaller formats will give consumers the convenience and versatility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only are these fine wines presented in eco-friendly packaging, these smaller formats will give consumers the convenience and versatility in their wine drinking occasions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can anyone picture God telling, taking, or enjoying a good joke? The idea is laughable. The Devil, on the other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can anyone picture God telling, taking, or enjoying a good joke? The idea is laughable. The Devil, on the other hand, laughs with demonic mirth, is possessed of a sardonic wit, and his eyes hold a glint of wicked bemusement. The farthest God, in his popular image, ever strays from sobriety is a beneficent smile. Satan sniggers with fiendish scorn at God, who sits in his ivory tower emitting nary a chuckle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's how we spend our time here and now, that really matters. If you are fed up with the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14520]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's how we spend our time here and now, that really matters. If you are fed up with the way you have come to interact with time, change it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AARP commends the Governor and the State Legislature for taking this unprecedented step in helping to ensure that New York's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40898]]></link><description><![CDATA[AARP commends the Governor and the State Legislature for taking this unprecedented step in helping to ensure that New York's most vulnerable citizens can stay warm this winter. With some people actually having to choose between filling their prescriptions and filling their oil tank, this funding couldn't have come at a better time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25324]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? - Nobel Lecture 2000.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21141]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist  No man dares to condemn the Christian faith today, because the Christian faith has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist  No man dares to condemn the Christian faith today, because the Christian faith has not been tried. Not until men get rid of the thought that it is a poor machine, an expedient for saving them from suffering and pain; not until they get the grand idea of it as the great power of God present in and through the lives of men; not until then does Christianity enter upon its true trial and become ready to show what it can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings?  Ah, who is this lady fine?   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings?  Ah, who is this lady fine?   The Vine, boys, the Vine!    The mother of the mighty Wine,     A roamer is she      O'er wall and tree       And sometimes very good company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis plate of rare device and jewels Of rich and exquisite form, their values great,  And I am something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23265]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis plate of rare device and jewels Of rich and exquisite form, their values great,  And I am something curious, being strange,   To have them in sale stowage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's tough. It's very tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41725]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's tough. It's very tough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hostess, clap to the doors. Watch to-night, pray to-morrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hostess, clap to the doors. Watch to-night, pray to-morrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you! What, shall we be merry? Shall we have a play extempore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62901]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. The things we should have done. I think forgiving yourself is more important than forgiving anyone else and it's often the hardest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historically, in California I think you'll remember two years ago we had the siege, that happened in October in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historically, in California I think you'll remember two years ago we had the siege, that happened in October in the `90's, it always happens around the October, November months near the end of September, ... To not have a false sense of security because just because we've been slow, doesn't mean we're out of the woods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. -Henry David Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56522]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame the earth seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire--why, it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over $300 million in cash. All of those were in the right direction. So I think we're on our way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real war will never get in the books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real war will never get in the books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only ofcomfort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only ofcomfort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45837]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'd rather have kids there that are going to do what you ask them to do, even if they don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33377]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'd rather have kids there that are going to do what you ask them to do, even if they don't have the kind of talent as your star players. It wasn't hard to let some of our better players go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter of accidents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chapter of accidents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have anything against work. I just figure, whydeprive somebody who really loves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22170]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have anything against work. I just figure, whydeprive somebody who really loves it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10053]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for- because unless we stand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for- because unless we stand for something we shall fall for anything]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim did a good job controlling the action from his feet today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tim did a good job controlling the action from his feet today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God comes to see without a bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49267]]></link><description><![CDATA[God comes to see without a bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49267</guid></item></channel></rss>