<?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[Failure is an event, never a person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is an event, never a person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54720]]></link><description><![CDATA[This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed is to make any' good' choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11868]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/474]]></link><description><![CDATA[To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We get blows and return them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50380]]></link><description><![CDATA[We get blows and return them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment…. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment…. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to wear out than to rust out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/501]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to wear out than to rust out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12107]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping only that the futures power will shed light on a new and wonderful destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Short History of Myth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39491]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Short History of Myth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64237]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reggaeton is the first Spanish-language genre that Mexicans like, Caribbeans like it and South Americans like it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reggaeton is the first Spanish-language genre that Mexicans like, Caribbeans like it and South Americans like it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just felt like what we were doing would be appreciated by someone else. We've enjoyed it, but it's nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just felt like what we were doing would be appreciated by someone else. We've enjoyed it, but it's nice to pass it on and not just put it away in a drawer somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some reason, I looked at her and realized how much I loved her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28422]]></link><description><![CDATA[For some reason, I looked at her and realized how much I loved her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone hears only what he understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone hears only what he understands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . . the other eight are unimportant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . . the other eight are unimportant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19338]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9836]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24752]]></link><description><![CDATA[The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11860]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through contamination by invisible agents and innocent germ carriers, by the most varied forms of contact, or simply by breathing the common air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth /the power to love /although I have put it last, is the rarest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why would you pay more for a big name? It comes out of your hide each and every year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why would you pay more for a big name? It comes out of your hide each and every year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must look into people, as well as at them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5666]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must look into people, as well as at them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So study evermore is overshot. While it doth study to have what it would,  It doth forget to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58046]]></link><description><![CDATA[So study evermore is overshot. While it doth study to have what it would,  It doth forget to do the thing it should;   And when it hath the thing it hunteth most,    'Tis won as towns with fire; so won, so lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52011]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The middle class is becoming the working poor. If they have one tragic event -- illness, lost job or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33381]]></link><description><![CDATA[The middle class is becoming the working poor. If they have one tragic event -- illness, lost job or a death -- they have need for the food bank.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The giving of love is an education in itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63403]]></link><description><![CDATA[The giving of love is an education in itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to have bad breaks, but so many of the power-play goals we scored were game-winners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42303]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to have bad breaks, but so many of the power-play goals we scored were game-winners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43120]]></link><description><![CDATA[All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9723]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will get you wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13517]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes only one other person to say it's so—one other point ofreality—to make something real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21836]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes only one other person to say it's so—one other point ofreality—to make something real.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45974]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58861]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52893]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16525</guid></item></channel></rss>