<?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 only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26757]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brighter you are, the more you have to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27644]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Momentum is building for smoke-free measures around the region. It's just a matter of time before there is statewide legislation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Momentum is building for smoke-free measures around the region. It's just a matter of time before there is statewide legislation to ban smoking in restaurants and bars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, if you lined up 100 writers, you'd get 100 different ways in which they write. There's no right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65366]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, if you lined up 100 writers, you'd get 100 different ways in which they write. There's no right way or wrong way to do it; it's whatever your process is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1135]]></link><description><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12014]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61083]]></link><description><![CDATA[I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We look forward to this new relationship with the Arizona Lottery. We recognized early on that it was an excellent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37869]]></link><description><![CDATA[We look forward to this new relationship with the Arizona Lottery. We recognized early on that it was an excellent opportunity for all involved - us, our viewers and people that play the lottery in southern Arizona. It's a win-win all around, and we're delighted to have been selected as the local television drawing partner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment is justice for the unjust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment is justice for the unjust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we had one (prairie dog) die, it was right under the swing set - right there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28955]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we had one (prairie dog) die, it was right under the swing set - right there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3185]]></link><description><![CDATA[The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's uses.   - Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24216]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculation about an end to interest rate rises is strengthening more than ever. The central bank's minutes prompted buying of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speculation about an end to interest rate rises is strengthening more than ever. The central bank's minutes prompted buying of electronics makers today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got to be able to invest in some incubators for change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29427]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got to be able to invest in some incubators for change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a matter of we lack fuel, we just can't get it out of the ground because we lack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31041]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a matter of we lack fuel, we just can't get it out of the ground because we lack power, ... Grocery stores are closed because we don't have power. The longer we go without power, the worse the situation gets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37912]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football field. He played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, linebacker, safety, wherever we needed him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate;  Armies won battles when he spoke,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate;  Armies won battles when he spoke,   And out of Chaos sprang the state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always written in a free, unencumbered way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37992]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've sold my records outta shopping carts on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35708]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've sold my records outta shopping carts on the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, 'I was beaten'; he does not say 'My men were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24469]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, 'I was beaten'; he does not say 'My men were beaten.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53917]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not think that the U.N. is really perceived to be taking sides in toto, but there have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not think that the U.N. is really perceived to be taking sides in toto, but there have been complaints that certain personnel in the U.N. seem to favor, for example, the pro-independence groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17212]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never cut what you can untie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never cut what you can untie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22317]]></link><description><![CDATA[If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the skeptics are convinced it works, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the skeptics are convinced it works,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53321]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He holds a lot of promise, and I look forward to him joining us on January 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35072]]></link><description><![CDATA[He holds a lot of promise, and I look forward to him joining us on January 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a direct correlation between the number of people employed at the paper mill and our income tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42115]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a direct correlation between the number of people employed at the paper mill and our income tax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12255]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never seen a reaction like that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never seen a reaction like that,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29745</guid></item></channel></rss>