<?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[All Michelle wanted was to see for herself if she could do it or not. And when it became evident ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29874]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Michelle wanted was to see for herself if she could do it or not. And when it became evident that was too much to ask, Michelle was the first to say she had too much respect for the Olympics and for this country to go out there when she knew she couldn't. Here, it's a different sport and a little different situation. But I think you could plug in the same kind of comments with Jeff -- if it comes to that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1852]]></link><description><![CDATA[In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others, like many of us, like ""the good Germans"" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others, like many of us, like ""the good Germans"" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights catastrophe against, in turn, another 'despised' minority: the Palestinian people. Their resistance to brutal ethnic cleansing is, ironically, labeled ""anti-Semitic.""]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and now, creatures of body and soul. We do not "follow the footsteps of his most holy life" by the exercise of a trained religious imagination, but by treading the firm, rough earth, up hill and down dale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The both of them, they released the best of the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The both of them, they released the best of the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tarred with the same stick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tarred with the same stick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55986]]></link><description><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think having Davis in the middle gives those other guys a lot of confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35366]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think having Davis in the middle gives those other guys a lot of confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No hair so small but hath his shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49650]]></link><description><![CDATA[No hair so small but hath his shadow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64276]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36762]]></link><description><![CDATA[For women the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people!  To bear the miseries of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54487]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people!  To bear the miseries of a people!   And sink beneath a load of splendid care!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing today an unmistakable confirmation that there is in the country the emergence of a new political culture. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37525]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing today an unmistakable confirmation that there is in the country the emergence of a new political culture. A sense that the legacy of the rule of the gun can be resisted is now taking root.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog wags its tail with its heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2634]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog wags its tail with its heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and His Driver AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off andbolted to the brink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and His Driver AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off andbolted to the brink of a deep precipice. While he was in the actof throwing himself over, his owner seized him by the tail,endeavoring to pull him back. When the Ass persisted in hiseffort, the man let him go and said, Conquer, but conquer toyour cost.A willful beast must go his own way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past profiles in courage, and defending not party, not partisanship, but defending principle and democracy itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is laughing behind your back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is laughing behind your back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has expanded beyond my wildest dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31206]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has expanded beyond my wildest dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conqueror and king in each one of us is the knower of truth. Let the knower awaken in us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conqueror and king in each one of us is the knower of truth. Let the knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen it on every line, on almost every train. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen it on every line, on almost every train.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27550]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the land. The land is you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21256]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the land. The land is you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance is the fool's name for Fate ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance is the fool's name for Fate]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matilda told such dreadful lies It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matilda told such dreadful lies It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5959]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wound did ever heal but my degrees? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62369]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wound did ever heal but my degrees?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/83]]></link><description><![CDATA[Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/83</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22150]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting. - Benchley -- or Else!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are safe in their number and their close array. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50519]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are safe in their number and their close array.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33824]]></link><description><![CDATA[At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA has a mandate from Congress that they could only supply marijuana for research to show that it might be dangerous. Subsequently NIDA has changed their mechanism so we can look for benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today the journey is ended, I have worked out the mandates of fate;  Naked, along, undefended,   I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today the journey is ended, I have worked out the mandates of fate;  Naked, along, undefended,   I knock at the Uttermost Gate.    Behind is life and its longing,     Its trial, its trouble, its sorrow,      Beyond is the Infinite Morning       Of a day without a tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know with our heads that the Bible and the Gospel have a bearing -- sooner or later -- upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know with our heads that the Bible and the Gospel have a bearing -- sooner or later -- upon every issue in life, every problem, every relationship, every practice. But is it not true that in our hearts we are afraid that the full-orbed, unfiltered revelation of God will disturb some custom, some privilege, some status by which we benefit in society, occupation, or government? And knowing that we are profiting by the blood, sweat, and tears of the many, we feel wrath rising in us whenever it is proposed that religion touches the thing in question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43003]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mayor says he supports the Republican Party, but we do not yet have a bipartisan commission. The mayor is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mayor says he supports the Republican Party, but we do not yet have a bipartisan commission. The mayor is not running a Republican on the ticket, but is always reaching out for the Republican vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35032</guid></item></channel></rss>