<?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[The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45271]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,  And range an Indian waste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59998]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,  And range an Indian waste without a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw young Harry with his visor up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw young Harry with his visor up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corruption is a malady not only effecting developing countries, but also the developed world, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corruption is a malady not only effecting developing countries, but also the developed world,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was like a battleground, helicopters, fire engines, my car door was crushed like an accordion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29431]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was like a battleground, helicopters, fire engines, my car door was crushed like an accordion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4552]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57532]]></link><description><![CDATA[One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football? (when asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our kids are playing at or above any level of expectations that anyone has outside of Deep Run. Our boys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our kids are playing at or above any level of expectations that anyone has outside of Deep Run. Our boys believe in themselves, they believe in each other; the coaches believe in them; and they don't think they are out of any game, no matter what the score is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66140]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3304]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told her 'one day at a time.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told her 'one day at a time.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373  Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373  Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality, with all its difficulties, opportunities, and implications. The true subject matter of religion is not our own little souls, but the Eternal God and His whole mysterious purpose, and our solemn responsibility to Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Near, so very near to God, Nearer I cannot be;  For in the person of his Son   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Near, so very near to God, Nearer I cannot be;  For in the person of his Son   I am as near as he.    So dear, so very dear to God,     More dear I cannot be;      The love wherewith he loves the Son -       Such is his love to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love builds bridges where there are none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love builds bridges where there are none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then is he really so. [Ger., Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42912]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then is he really so. [Ger., Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, nicht beim Lobe, sondern beim Tadel, dann ist er's.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64865]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4515]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The integrity of the list depends on the information districts input. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The integrity of the list depends on the information districts input.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26503]]></link><description><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c 200 AD -Seneca.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell-- Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,--  Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell-- Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,--  Then some leap'd overboard with fearful yell,   As eager to anticipate their grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Older people are seen basically as doddery but dear, and young people perhaps as clever but callous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Older people are seen basically as doddery but dear, and young people perhaps as clever but callous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most. [Lat., Si stimulos pugnis caedis manibus plus dolet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58205]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most. [Lat., Si stimulos pugnis caedis manibus plus dolet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59118]]></link><description><![CDATA[In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is our gift to each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is our gift to each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like all of us, as you grow old you need more maintenance and more fixing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like all of us, as you grow old you need more maintenance and more fixing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The men who make history have not time to write it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The men who make history have not time to write it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the tangential point between zero and infinity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27893]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studious of ease, and fond of humble things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell me the odds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell me the odds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As she hearsthe confessionsof all riversthose on the shorehear the sea..accepting allshe calls no thingheresy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4014]]></link><description><![CDATA[As she hearsthe confessionsof all riversthose on the shorehear the sea..accepting allshe calls no thingheresy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central Catholic has earned the respect of all the other teams in this tournament. There was questions about their schedule ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Central Catholic has earned the respect of all the other teams in this tournament. There was questions about their schedule and them being a Division V school, but they're just as good as any team in the area. They're very well coached and we'll have our hands full.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7662]]></link><description><![CDATA[In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth. Gradually the results of the action manifested themselves, and, seeing them, they perceived what they had really done, and learnt the meaning of the truth revealed in the action. But if, from fear of the consequences, they had checked or forbidden the action, they would have lost this revelation. They would have missed the way to truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a big rival. And it doesn't make a difference who's playing well and who's the better team because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30914]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a big rival. And it doesn't make a difference who's playing well and who's the better team because anybody can win. We're the better team and we're probably the more skilled team, but they play us tough. They test us and they always challenge us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is aware of the bias [that some organizations are more visible than others], which is what our committee discussed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is aware of the bias [that some organizations are more visible than others], which is what our committee discussed prior to applications. It's easy for applicants to forget that we know what they are thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody could believe that somebody would steal pocket change and break into the library to do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody could believe that somebody would steal pocket change and break into the library to do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. [Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. [Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des sots, et l'une des vertus du sage.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the greatest damage to and loss of cultural institutions and cultural patrimony in the history of the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34142]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the greatest damage to and loss of cultural institutions and cultural patrimony in the history of the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of the social landscape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14464</guid></item></channel></rss>