<?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[Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till wak'd and kindled by the master's spell,  And feeling hearts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till wak'd and kindled by the master's spell,  And feeling hearts touch them but lightly--pour   A thousand melodies unheard before!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3746]]></link><description><![CDATA[In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're not given the chance that a lot of other children are given. They deserve better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28854]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're not given the chance that a lot of other children are given. They deserve better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On such an occasion as this, All time and nonsense scorning,  Nothing shall come amiss,   And we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15586]]></link><description><![CDATA[On such an occasion as this, All time and nonsense scorning,  Nothing shall come amiss,   And we won't go home till morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All three of them are competitive kids and they have always been successful players. Brendan wasn't a surprise, I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32483]]></link><description><![CDATA[All three of them are competitive kids and they have always been successful players. Brendan wasn't a surprise, I have seen what he could do for the past couple of years. Sometimes sophomores come up to varsity and have trouble adjusting right away but he has really been a good player for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32483</guid></item><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[Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will get you wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm feeling more hopeful now than I did a few months ago. I look for them to announce a settlement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35592]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm feeling more hopeful now than I did a few months ago. I look for them to announce a settlement on the retirements in the next few days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The so-called human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The so-called human race.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3368]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/975]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first three weeks were bitterly cold, but the last week was pretty darn warm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37833]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first three weeks were bitterly cold, but the last week was pretty darn warm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. Whenthe judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. Whenthe judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. Stooping by the coffinlid waiting for something to rise as the something's always did. ImagineHis surprise, bellowing above the general noise, "Where is Effie? Shewas dead." Back to God in a tiny voice: "My name's Maybe."The first crumb said. The number two crumb picked up the song."Might, I'm called. I've done no wrong." Cried the third crumb,"I am Should. Here's our little brother Could and my big sisterWould. Don't punish us for we've been good." And the last crumb, withsome shame, whispered unto God, "My name is Must and with the others,we've been Effie, who isn't alive and never was. Cross the threshold haveno dread. Lift the sheet back in this way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seating there was very limited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seating there was very limited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20592]]></link><description><![CDATA[To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature's first great title--mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature's first great title--mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows Like the wave;  Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows Like the wave;  Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.   Love tends life a little grace,    A few sad smiles; and then,     Both are laid in one cold place,      In the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . . .  Less base ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . . .  Less base the fear of death than fear of life.   O Britain! infamous for suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62861]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63313]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59786]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For goodness' sake, why elevate AIDS over cancer? She shouldn't have filled out that questionnaire at all. President Bush is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31198]]></link><description><![CDATA[For goodness' sake, why elevate AIDS over cancer? She shouldn't have filled out that questionnaire at all. President Bush is asking us to have faith in things unseen. We only have that kind of faith in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12286]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51686]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it will continue to be possible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60180]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it will continue to be possible to live on Earth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,  Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,  Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat   Awake the god of the day, and at his warning,    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,     Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies      To his confine; and of the truth herein       This present object made probation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We kind of got called out in our defensive-line meeting, ... They said that we're getting pressure, but we're not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37272]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kind of got called out in our defensive-line meeting, ... They said that we're getting pressure, but we're not putting the quarterback down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was also involved in the destruction of Kuwait, looting, pillage, killing, torturing, and taking hostages in Kuwait during the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29835]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was also involved in the destruction of Kuwait, looting, pillage, killing, torturing, and taking hostages in Kuwait during the invasion of '91,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the very essence of despotism that it can never afford to fail. This is what distinguishes it most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47443]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the very essence of despotism that it can never afford to fail. This is what distinguishes it most vitally from democracy. In a despotism there is no organized opposition which can take over the power when the Administration in office has failed. All the eggs are in one basket. Everything is staked on one coterie of men. When the going is good, they move more quickly and efficiently than democracies, where the opposition has to be persuaded and conciliated. But when they lose, there are no reserves. There are no substitutes on the bench ready to go out on the field and carry the ball. That is why democracies with the habit of party government have outlived all other forms of government in the modern world. They have, as it were, at least two governments always at hand, and when one fails they have the other. They have diversified the risks of mortality, corruption, and stupidity which pervade all human affairs. They have remembered that the most beautifully impressive machine cannot run for very long unless there is available a complete supply of spare parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28602]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fine has been imposed because his duties don't allow him to be offering advice to the referee during the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fine has been imposed because his duties don't allow him to be offering advice to the referee during the course of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42689]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've counted more than 20 people killed today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36781]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've counted more than 20 people killed today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For we walk by faith, not by sight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14961]]></link><description><![CDATA[For we walk by faith, not by sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every month when my check came we would do one nice thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every month when my check came we would do one nice thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60297</guid></item></channel></rss>