<?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[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. Allthese things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. Allthese things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I amin the house and I have the key.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be our own before we can be another's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26298]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be our own before we can be another's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26361]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The symbol of the New Testament and the Christian Church is a cross, which stands for a love faithful despite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The symbol of the New Testament and the Christian Church is a cross, which stands for a love faithful despite physical agony and rejection by the world. No amount of air-conditioning and pew-cusioning in the suburban church can cover over the hard truth that the Christian life... is a narrow way of suffering; that discipleship is costly: that, for the faithful, there is always a cross to be carried. No one can understand Christianity to its depths who comes to it to enjoy it as a pleasant weekend diversion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. -Pearl S. Buck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're a young Mafia gangster out on your first date, I bet it's real embarrassing if someone tries to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11720]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a young Mafia gangster out on your first date, I bet it's real embarrassing if someone tries to kill you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said each day, he wants to work as hard as Dan did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32435]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said each day, he wants to work as hard as Dan did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what i hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54348]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what i hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55081]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust"; Because, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24589]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust"; Because, as a nation, we've got far more faith in money these days than we do in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Julian would learn something) even if he had one foot in the grave. [Lat., Etsi alterum pedem in sepulchro haberem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18219]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Julian would learn something) even if he had one foot in the grave. [Lat., Etsi alterum pedem in sepulchro haberem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If rates keep going higher, that will pose some problems to sizeable chunks of the stock market, particularly financials and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31067]]></link><description><![CDATA[If rates keep going higher, that will pose some problems to sizeable chunks of the stock market, particularly financials and other areas that are interest-rate sensitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is a season of recovery and preparation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64137]]></link><description><![CDATA[O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am by seeming otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27426]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am by seeming otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People see a half-mile of clean road and think they can drive 75, and that's just not the case. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31267]]></link><description><![CDATA[People see a half-mile of clean road and think they can drive 75, and that's just not the case. They need to slow down and be careful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old are in a second childhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old are in a second childhood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is not a gift -- it is an achievement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/367]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is not a gift -- it is an achievement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got the job done. We scored early. When we got up 3-0 we wanted to go on from there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39940]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got the job done. We scored early. When we got up 3-0 we wanted to go on from there but they played very well defensively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make a declaration every spring, Of reformation ere the year run out,  But somehow this my vestal vary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make a declaration every spring, Of reformation ere the year run out,  But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is all very frustrating, ... We've got to be able to invest in some incubators for change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29430]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is all very frustrating, ... We've got to be able to invest in some incubators for change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what webelieve. What we believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what webelieve. What we believe is based on our perceptions. What we perceivedepends on what we look for. What we look for depends on what we think.What we think depends on what we perceive. What we perceive determineswhat we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have heard from many PUD customers that they prefer smaller, more frequent rate increases versus larger, occasional rate increases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32822]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have heard from many PUD customers that they prefer smaller, more frequent rate increases versus larger, occasional rate increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth  ... it be a certain truth, that none can understand [the prophets' and apostles'] ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth  ... it be a certain truth, that none can understand [the prophets' and apostles'] writings aright, without the same Spirit by which they were written.  ... The Journal of George Fox  March 20, 1999  Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  It is no longer the fashion to suffer for the sake of God, and to bear the Cross for Him; for the diligence and real earnestness, that perchance were found in man, have been extinguished and have grown cold; and now no one is willing any longer to suffer distress for the sake of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17426]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23965]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12934]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desire is the thing you want in incipiency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64806]]></link><description><![CDATA[A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but yourself who are your greatest foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13856]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but yourself who are your greatest foe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sinful heart makes feeble hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51077]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sinful heart makes feeble hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are charms made only for distant admiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5781]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are charms made only for distant admiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47901]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57707]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After one of his fight predictions turned out to be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46094]]></link><description><![CDATA[All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weapons should be only the hands of the government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weapons should be only the hands of the government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19255]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19255</guid></item></channel></rss>