<?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[When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am alwaystempted to ask, "Compared to what?". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22350]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am alwaystempted to ask, "Compared to what?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17145]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.   - George Washington,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very high-energy activity. It's a workout. By the time you finish class, you're tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33876]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very high-energy activity. It's a workout. By the time you finish class, you're tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We loved Andy, so we wanted to keep him. He was in both bands, but Nerve Agents broke up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30698]]></link><description><![CDATA[We loved Andy, so we wanted to keep him. He was in both bands, but Nerve Agents broke up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; in the hour of need He was forsaken by acquaintances and left by friends to the depths of scorn. He was willing to suffer and to be despised; do you dare to complain of anything? He had enemies and defamers; do you want everyone to be your friend, your benefactor? How can your patience be rewarded if no adversity tests it? How can you be a friend of Christ if you are not willing to suffer any hardship? Suffer with Christ and for Christ if you wish to reign with Him.  Had you but once entered into perfect communion with Jesus or tasted a little of His ardent love, you would care nothing at all for your own comfort or discomfort but would rejoice in the reproach you suffer; for love of Him makes a man despise himself.  ... Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ May 11, 2000 Concluding a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God had come, and that he, Jesus, was its herald and expounder to men. More than that, in some special and mysterious was, he was the kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. Have I not tarried?  Ay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10143]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. Have I not tarried?  Ay, the grinding; but you must tarry the bolting.   Have I not tarried?    Ay, the bolting; but you must tarry the leavening.     Still have I tarried.      Ay, to the leavening; but here's yet in the word 'hereafter' the      kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and      the baking; nay, you must stay the cooling too, or you may chance      to burn your lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite a nasty piece of work. Not the sort of person you'd want to have dinner with. [On the subject ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite a nasty piece of work. Not the sort of person you'd want to have dinner with. [On the subject of Mr. Bean].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She blushed and smiled nonstop for 20 minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34389]]></link><description><![CDATA[She blushed and smiled nonstop for 20 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26032]]></link><description><![CDATA[People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod,  They have left unstained, what there they found,-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod,  They have left unstained, what there they found,--   Freedom to worship God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really fun. He's always thinking, so he has a lot to talk about. I had fun just listening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39365]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really fun. He's always thinking, so he has a lot to talk about. I had fun just listening to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are nothing but machines for producing children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are nothing but machines for producing children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the world's a stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51232]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the world's a stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Before the officers were sworn to their new ranks, several residents spoke publicly at the meeting about the promotions.] I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31149]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Before the officers were sworn to their new ranks, several residents spoke publicly at the meeting about the promotions.] I stand here to say thank you, ... You earned your due. I'm very, very proud of my Police Department in Neptune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into Babylon to shine. Let no one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7109]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into Babylon to shine. Let no one say that he cannot shine because he has not so much influence as some others may have. What God wants you to do is to use the influence you have. Daniel probably did not have much influence down in Babylon at first, but God soon gave him more because he was faithful and used what he had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were trying to take the middle away -- and the post -- and they just had too many guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37461]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were trying to take the middle away -- and the post -- and they just had too many guys that [could] go to the boards. We just didn't have enough size for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course;  Through watchful guards its passage make,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course;  Through watchful guards its passage make,   And loves through solid walls to break.    [Lat., Aurum per medios ire satellites     Et perrumpere amat saxa potentius      Ictu fulmineo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47462]]></link><description><![CDATA[By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But chiefly Thou, Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven  To bleed for man, to teach him how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6138]]></link><description><![CDATA[But chiefly Thou, Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven  To bleed for man, to teach him how to live,   And, oh! still harder lesson! how to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's braggin about his new Jordan'sThe baby just ran out of milkHe's buyin gold every two weeksThe baby just ran ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52970]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's braggin about his new Jordan'sThe baby just ran out of milkHe's buyin gold every two weeksThe baby just ran out of PampersHe's buyin clothes for his new girland the baby just ran out of medicineYou ask for money for the baby?The daddy just ran out the doorGIRL! I can't believe him(I can..)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State- and church-begotten weed, marriage?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1315]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few stations are going to be out for a few hours, maybe a day, but they will get their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40915]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few stations are going to be out for a few hours, maybe a day, but they will get their deliveries and there'll plenty of gas for motorists in our region.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He looked like he was walking off the streets in Iraq, ... He had a bandanna on. He was very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30035]]></link><description><![CDATA[He looked like he was walking off the streets in Iraq, ... He had a bandanna on. He was very intense and serious. He laid out these wild posters across our conference room, covering most of the floor. It was an editor's dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a nice drive right off the bat, but we couldn't get the job done, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37464]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a nice drive right off the bat, but we couldn't get the job done,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love to do this sort of thing. It gives us an opportunity to train in a more realistic environment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32755]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love to do this sort of thing. It gives us an opportunity to train in a more realistic environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It still feels like it's the NCAA Tournament. It's a game we've got to get by first to get to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It still feels like it's the NCAA Tournament. It's a game we've got to get by first to get to a powerhouse. The atmosphere is good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And computers are getting smarter all the time: scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54876]]></link><description><![CDATA[And computers are getting smarter all the time: scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (By they I mean computers: I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63268]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give a lot of credit to Wilmington for their win in the first game. They strung together some hits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37540]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give a lot of credit to Wilmington for their win in the first game. They strung together some hits and their pitcher pitched a great game. Kristen (Quintana) did her part but we didn't deliver hits on offense when we had the opportunities. We left too many people on base and hit too many fly balls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24722]]></link><description><![CDATA[What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was young there was a bunch of girls that was really scared and that's why I made these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36363]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was young there was a bunch of girls that was really scared and that's why I made these songs and I would love to scare them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44300]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15871]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rally is hard and unfortunately this year there were some accidents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rally is hard and unfortunately this year there were some accidents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41114</guid></item></channel></rss>