<?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[True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65345]]></link><description><![CDATA[True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64541]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must put myself in a train of doing... and thereby keep the machine in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38835]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must put myself in a train of doing... and thereby keep the machine in motion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing half so pleasant as coming home again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19604]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63588]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. . . . Decency is very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11574]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. . . . Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26622]]></link><description><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training is all-encompassing and should be related to everything a unit does, or can have happen to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Training is all-encompassing and should be related to everything a unit does, or can have happen to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64694]]></link><description><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5076]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Every single time a sacrament is celebrated, God takes action, there and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7689]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Every single time a sacrament is celebrated, God takes action, there and then -- does something, not on Calvary, but in that church. And what He does is to come to each soul partaking in the Sacrament and to assure it that He stands to the best and biggest of His promises and to the fullness of His grace in Christ... de-universalizes the Scriptures and individualizes them, makes them a personal promise, couched no longer in general terms but offered to very you and very me, as individually as if they covered no other but referred to you and me alone. We may be cold and dead and unresponsive. None the less, something happens in the Sacrament. For God stands to His side of the Covenant, whether we stand to ours or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1873]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate him to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate him to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45529]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your goals away from the trolls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your goals away from the trolls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love that of children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love that of children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By introducing noise, they hope the adjustment will be smoother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31064]]></link><description><![CDATA[By introducing noise, they hope the adjustment will be smoother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete absence of any intelligence amongst its members.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violet is a nun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60711]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violet is a nun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would want to look at the land carefully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39577]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would want to look at the land carefully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books were very important to me as child. I was worried they'd try to modernize it. When I finally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books were very important to me as child. I was worried they'd try to modernize it. When I finally agreed to meet them they said they wanted to be really faithful, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been criticism of me from certain quarters among supporters and I can understand and respect that. It comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42704]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been criticism of me from certain quarters among supporters and I can understand and respect that. It comes with the territory. Perhaps I have taken this club as far as I can and now it is time for the mantle to pass on to someone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49088]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In fact, I did not attend a single meeting at the United Nations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40215]]></link><description><![CDATA[In fact, I did not attend a single meeting at the United Nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind. [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind. [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42510]]></link><description><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16774]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44301]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done it is like a part of yourself that you've put together. I think a lot of the people here feel that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men born only to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men born only to eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like part of my family. It's like one of my children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like part of my family. It's like one of my children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52927]]></link><description><![CDATA[A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showing that if a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Showing that if a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189  The minister is the servant of his people, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189  The minister is the servant of his people, who has to help them discern for themselves the will of God for their real work in the real world. It will often be his duty, therefore, to establish a certain economy in the internal life of the Church, so that people are released to give time and energy to fulfilment of their Christian duty in the worlds of industry or politics or business or professional life, where their most determinative decisions have to be taken. A new puritanism is urgently needed in most churches, which cuts away ruthlessly from their life all organizations and activities which prevent their members from grappling with their real task.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth may sometimes hurt but delusion harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth may sometimes hurt but delusion harms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often in the summer-tide, His graver business set aside,  His stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed   As to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62003]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often in the summer-tide, His graver business set aside,  His stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed   As to the pipe of Pan,    Stepped blithesomely with lover's pride     Across the fields to Anne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is 'God is crying.' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20070]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is 'God is crying.' And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is 'Probably because of something you did.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there is no respect of persons with God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17684]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there is no respect of persons with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13815]]></link><description><![CDATA[You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13815</guid></item></channel></rss>