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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I must plough my furrow alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must plough my furrow alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66680]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who wouldachieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21075]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who wouldachieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly mustsacrifice greatly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61456]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52820]]></link><description><![CDATA[He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-  If there's a hole in a' your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-  If there's a hole in a' your coats,   I rede you tent it:    A chield's amang you takin notes,     And, faith, he'll prent it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  And do the best to climb, and get to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto - and there are 11 months to go in 2006.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory   Our stout old Commodores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been pretty consistent. He's pitched good every game. That's one thing we've been trying to find ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â consistency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32713]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been pretty consistent. He's pitched good every game. That's one thing we've been trying to find ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â consistency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using [it] against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52899]]></link><description><![CDATA['I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using [it] against uncivilised tribes.' **********WinstonChurchill, Secretary of State, British War Office, 1919, authorisinguse of chemical weapons against Iraqis.. in the first of 6invasions of Iraq by agents of Anglo Iranian Oil (BritishPetroleum) in the last 100 years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why be concerned? There's a lot of baseball left to play. We haven't pressed all year so there's no reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why be concerned? There's a lot of baseball left to play. We haven't pressed all year so there's no reason to start now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46572]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[do not want a peaceful settlement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29768]]></link><description><![CDATA[do not want a peaceful settlement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13814]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zealous, not modest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zealous, not modest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51883]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is a concept by which we measure our pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45381]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is a concept by which we measure our pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43516]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62862]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do with all his might. [Lat., Quod ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/500]]></link><description><![CDATA[What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do with all his might. [Lat., Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro viribus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given meTo live each day with zest . . .To daily grow and try to beMy highest and my best!I have the opportunityOnce more to right some wrongs,To pray for peace, to plant a tree,And sing more joyful songs!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't say it's confidence. I think last year I lacked certain fundamentals. I was inconsistent with my swing. I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38314]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't say it's confidence. I think last year I lacked certain fundamentals. I was inconsistent with my swing. I've worked on correcting those flaws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3680]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you idolize someone for their accomplishments, and those accomplishments spurn you on to make gains in your own life, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28216]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you idolize someone for their accomplishments, and those accomplishments spurn you on to make gains in your own life, then admiring a celebrity can have a positive influence on your ambition, or even your mental health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.   - Gail Hamilton (pseudonym of Mary Abigail Dodge),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52114]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is looking at liabilities in the nature of $400 million. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35926]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is looking at liabilities in the nature of $400 million.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're ready. We're going to make sure this is a home away from home. This is a natural thing for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33241]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're ready. We're going to make sure this is a home away from home. This is a natural thing for us to do as far as the mission of our university.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44845]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. -Angela ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13534]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. -Angela Schwindt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.   The best leaders of all, the people know not they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.   The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.   The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other. •Ma-Tsu   You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed. •Mumon  Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung. •Zen Saying  No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself. •Tilopa   When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back. •Ying-An   There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things. •Yuan-Wu  The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. •Robert M. Pirsig  Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. •Zen Proverb  Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you aren't room temperature, your situation can always be improved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17218]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you aren't room temperature, your situation can always be improved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14738</guid></item></channel></rss>