<?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[Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being vexed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had hired coach Frank Nails that season and he asked me to speak at the pep rally. I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had hired coach Frank Nails that season and he asked me to speak at the pep rally. I am -- and was then -- 5-foot-3, 138 pounds, and I stood next to 6-foot-6, 240-pound linemen and scolded them, telling them if they hit a little harder we might win a few games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse;  Fear, for their scourge, means villains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53795]]></link><description><![CDATA[High minds, of native pride and force, Most deeply feel thy pangs, Remorse;  Fear, for their scourge, means villains have,   Thou art the torturer of the brave!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It occurred to me that I have spent almost every working day of the past ten years living in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31750]]></link><description><![CDATA[It occurred to me that I have spent almost every working day of the past ten years living in a state of repressed fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opera: the graveyard of melody ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opera: the graveyard of melody]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to allcreative endeavors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to allcreative endeavors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value is not intrinsic; it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Value is not intrinsic; it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man reacts to the conditions of his environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Considering the enormous range of human knowledge, from intimate personal knowledge of specific individuals to the complexities of organizations and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Considering the enormous range of human knowledge, from intimate personal knowledge of specific individuals to the complexities of organizations and the subtleties of feelings, it is remarkable that one speck in this firmament should be the sole determinant of whether someone is considered knowledgeable or ignorant in general. Yet it is a fact of life that an unlettered person is considered ignorant, however much he may know about nature and man, and a Ph.D. is never considered ignorant, however barren his mind might be outside his narrow specialty and however little he grasps about human feeling or social complexities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We train by a parkway, which runs beside a river. If we had a lonely end, he either would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57641]]></link><description><![CDATA[We train by a parkway, which runs beside a river. If we had a lonely end, he either would be hit by a car or drown. (on why he doesn't use a lonely end)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64771]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep, And in his simple show he harbors treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep, And in his simple show he harbors treason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49791]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which neverhappened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22680]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which neverhappened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joy that's shared is a joy made double. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23439]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joy that's shared is a joy made double.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You led our sons across the haunted flood, Into the Canaan of their high desire--  No milk and honey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57139]]></link><description><![CDATA[You led our sons across the haunted flood, Into the Canaan of their high desire--  No milk and honey there, but tears and blood   Flowed where the hosts of evil trod in fire,    And left a worse than desert where they passed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47436]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair Greece! and relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen great! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair Greece! and relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen great!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition never comes to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition never comes to an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63144]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had some good looks ... and nothing dropped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31284]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had some good looks ... and nothing dropped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not in a rush to get divorced because of this health coverage issue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32218]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not in a rush to get divorced because of this health coverage issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship -- and not as ends in themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chris kept taking him down, but he got caught a few times. They're both really good wrestlers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chris kept taking him down, but he got caught a few times. They're both really good wrestlers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This confirms what we have long suspected that the government is involved in putting together a deal to sell out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42457]]></link><description><![CDATA[This confirms what we have long suspected that the government is involved in putting together a deal to sell out British sovereignty and try and bounce the people of Gibraltar into accepting such a deal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53313]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought that by selling, we would have much more capital available to us to grow faster, and we thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42116]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought that by selling, we would have much more capital available to us to grow faster, and we thought ultimately the company would be much more stable financially. It's turned out it's been the exact opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is important to remember is that people are resilient, and people do have the ability to build again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31800]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is important to remember is that people are resilient, and people do have the ability to build again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of few words are the best men. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of few words are the best men. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My confidence (defensively) definitely grew as the season went on, and the last month and a half, two months did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35270]]></link><description><![CDATA[My confidence (defensively) definitely grew as the season went on, and the last month and a half, two months did wonders for my confidence. Being out there every day after the All-Star break was important, especially when I knew I had to prove everybody wrong, which I've been having to do since college.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeper than e'er plummet sounded. -The Tempest. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeper than e'er plummet sounded. -The Tempest. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our voice got heard loud and clear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our voice got heard loud and clear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9588]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible"!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible"!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition -- in having put forth the best within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition -- in having put forth the best within you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good Amercian because I like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16652]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good Amercian because I like to form my own opionions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be so brief as to become obscure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be so brief as to become obscure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would like to do more acquisitions within our geographic footprint. We think those make sense at the right price, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36615]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would like to do more acquisitions within our geographic footprint. We think those make sense at the right price, but frankly we're not going to do those if they don't make sense from a price point of view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36615</guid></item></channel></rss>