<?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[It is an inexorable Law of Nature that bad must follow good, that decline must follow a rise. To feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25110]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an inexorable Law of Nature that bad must follow good, that decline must follow a rise. To feel that we can rest on our achievements is a dangerous fallacy. Inner strength can overcome anything that occurs outside. Patanjali (c. 1st to 3rd century BC) -I Ching (B.C.1150?).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do your best work when you’re having fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62470]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do your best work when you’re having fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's absolutely outrageous. It's not going to help people lose weight. It's junk science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39747]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's absolutely outrageous. It's not going to help people lose weight. It's junk science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran is fully committed to its NPT ((non-proliferation treaty) responsibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iran is fully committed to its NPT ((non-proliferation treaty) responsibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933   I would have the whole of my experience one continued sense -- first, of my nothingness, and dependence on God; second, of my guiltiness and desert before Him; third, of my obligations to redeeming love, as utterly overwhelming me with its incomprehensible extent and grandeur.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5305]]></link><description><![CDATA[If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9860]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law is commands joined to threats of punishment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law is commands joined to threats of punishment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. [Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. [Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She rears her young on yonder tree; She leaves her faithful mate to mind 'em;  Like us, for fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18899]]></link><description><![CDATA[She rears her young on yonder tree; She leaves her faithful mate to mind 'em;  Like us, for fish she sails to sea,   And, plunging, shows us where to find 'em.    Yo, ho, my hearts! let's seek the deep,     Ply every oar, and cheerly with her,      While slow the bending net we sweep,       God bless the fish-hawk and the fisher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64756]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and. . . you don't win the favor of the ancient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15487]]></link><description><![CDATA[All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and. . . you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We showed something by keeping the pressure on Houston the last four games. This team really came together. Guys really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30330]]></link><description><![CDATA[We showed something by keeping the pressure on Houston the last four games. This team really came together. Guys really pick each other up. We believed in each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Eve They were all looking for a king To slay their foes, and lift them high; Thou cam'st, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve They were all looking for a king To slay their foes, and lift them high; Thou cam'st, a little baby thing That made a woman cry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8880]]></link><description><![CDATA[A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never too old to become younger ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62529]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never too old to become younger]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10270]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23874]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be good to be 6-1 (against Minnesota). It's a hard-working team over there, and they did what they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32956]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be good to be 6-1 (against Minnesota). It's a hard-working team over there, and they did what they had to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live thus -- to cram today with eternity and not wait the next day -- the Christian has learnt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8067]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live thus -- to cram today with eternity and not wait the next day -- the Christian has learnt and continues to learn (for the Christian is always learning) from the Pattern. How did He manage to live without anxiety for the next day -- He who from the first instant of His public life, when He stepped forward as a teacher, knew how His life would end, that the next day was His crucifixion; knew this while the people exultantly hailed Him as King (ah, bitter knowledge to have at precisely that moment!); knew, when they were crying, Hosanna!, at His entry into Jerusalem, that they would cry, "Crucify Him!", and that it was to this end that He made His entry. He who bore every day the prodigious weight of this superhuman knowledge -- how did He manage to live without anxiety for the next day?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "successmechanism" within you takes over and does the job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "successmechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better thanyou could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So when Andy called, I asked him if he would mind waiting, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39310]]></link><description><![CDATA[So when Andy called, I asked him if he would mind waiting,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43823]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43964]]></link><description><![CDATA[I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first meeting was designed by the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission to judge what we saw as strengths and weaknesses in the town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48401]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4829]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20619]]></link><description><![CDATA[A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20933]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62180]]></link><description><![CDATA[What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In light of the lower results anticipated for the December quarter, we now expect revenue for fiscal 2001 to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35144]]></link><description><![CDATA[In light of the lower results anticipated for the December quarter, we now expect revenue for fiscal 2001 to be in the $6 billion to $6.5 billion range,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1126]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. - Reflections on Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19210]]></link><description><![CDATA[A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9706]]></link><description><![CDATA[If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131</guid></item></channel></rss>