<?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[Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None saies his Garner is full. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49663]]></link><description><![CDATA[None saies his Garner is full.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime rot and consume themselves in little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime rot and consume themselves in little time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clean tie attracts the soup of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18874]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15831]]></link><description><![CDATA[The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thurston has some great shooters, but our defense just got in their face and shut them down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thurston has some great shooters, but our defense just got in their face and shut them down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One gentleman said it was his quest to have gooseberry pie at RAGBRAI. He said he didn't get any the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31111]]></link><description><![CDATA[One gentleman said it was his quest to have gooseberry pie at RAGBRAI. He said he didn't get any the other year until he was getting on the bus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won? -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won? -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good pay-master starts not at assurances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49030]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good pay-master starts not at assurances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We pulled it out. It's too hard to handle that whole thing right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33630]]></link><description><![CDATA[We pulled it out. It's too hard to handle that whole thing right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63334]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42061]]></link><description><![CDATA[We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wo be to him that reads but one book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wo be to him that reads but one book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26769]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw    It is better to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52880]]></link><description><![CDATA[I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw    It is better to be quotable than to be honest. •Tom Stoppard    Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. •Orson Welles    Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the sheep are in the fauld, and a' the kye at hame, And all the weary world to sleep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56612]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the sheep are in the fauld, and a' the kye at hame, And all the weary world to sleep are gane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men have reaching hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men have reaching hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10473]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48143]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt is the slavery of the free ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debt is the slavery of the free]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he's probably done his best work at the bully pulpit. Compare and contrast with his two predecessors, who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32875]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he's probably done his best work at the bully pulpit. Compare and contrast with his two predecessors, who either didn't like it or weren't capable of using it to its fullest extent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57276]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot pray in the name of Jesus to have my own will; the name of Jesus is not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8220]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot pray in the name of Jesus to have my own will; the name of Jesus is not a signature of no importance, but the decisive factor. The fact that the name of Jesus comes at the beginning does not make it a prayer in the name of Jesus; but this means to pray in such a manner that I dare name Jesus in it, that is to say, dare to think of Him, think His holy will together with whatever I am praying for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34272]]></link><description><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest of the hostages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  It is for Christ's sake that we believe in the Scriptures, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  It is for Christ's sake that we believe in the Scriptures, but it is not for the Scriptures' sake that we believe in Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a weakening trend showing up in the numbers since June. It does appear over the last few months ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29642]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a weakening trend showing up in the numbers since June. It does appear over the last few months that we're hitting a soft patch of our own. I'm sure that's discouraging to those looking for a job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59081]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15027]]></link><description><![CDATA[In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a kind of alacrity in sinking. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a kind of alacrity in sinking. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66863]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dieu et mon droit. [God and my right.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dieu et mon droit. [God and my right.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was a wonderful nurse that I would say every nurse should emulate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40080]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was a wonderful nurse that I would say every nurse should emulate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart as much as in the language. [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart as much as in the language. [Fr., L'accent du pays ou l'on est ne demeure dans l'esprit et dans le coeur comme dans le langage.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49406]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43849]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27919</guid></item></channel></rss>