<?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[His shot is hard enough when you can see it. So when it comes across on a one-timer like that, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28808]]></link><description><![CDATA[His shot is hard enough when you can see it. So when it comes across on a one-timer like that, with a screen in front, that's even tougher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be illegal to apply this proposed definition to any federal contract. The minority small business community is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be illegal to apply this proposed definition to any federal contract. The minority small business community is not well served by a resolution that flies in the face of existing laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming and Windows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[t's just hard to meet new people, in my position. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66481]]></link><description><![CDATA[t's just hard to meet new people, in my position.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4168]]></link><description><![CDATA[[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nineties style isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nineties style isn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He just told us to keep going to class, Yeah. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29188]]></link><description><![CDATA[He just told us to keep going to class, Yeah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They just have different customs, and we want to be knowledgeable and accept those customs. One of the worst things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32424]]></link><description><![CDATA[They just have different customs, and we want to be knowledgeable and accept those customs. One of the worst things you can do is be in Japan and demand a fork.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43198]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were; I have not seenAs others saw; I could not bringMy passions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26902]]></link><description><![CDATA[From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were; I have not seenAs others saw; I could not bringMy passions from a common spring.From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow; I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone;And all I loved, I loved alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66708]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12527]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes. -Clare Boothe Luce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the worse! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50729]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the worse!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is the father of invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is the father of invention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study nature, not books ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study nature, not books]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52364]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21282]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was like a battleground, helicopters, fire engines, my car door was crushed like an accordion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29431]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was like a battleground, helicopters, fire engines, my car door was crushed like an accordion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54290]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus might have said, "I became man for you. If you do not becomeGod for me, you wrong me.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus might have said, "I became man for you. If you do not becomeGod for me, you wrong me.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called, ''Keep tomorrow dark,'' and which is also named (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) ''Cheat the Prophet.'' The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Then they go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17676]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, his is a base and ignoble creature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,  And say, within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,  And say, within the moonlight in his room,   Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,    An angel, writing in a book of gold;     Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,      And to the presence in the room he said--       "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head,        And, with a look made all of sweet accord,         Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43631]]></link><description><![CDATA[But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16978]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin. [Lat., Omnia Graece!  Cum sit turpe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin. [Lat., Omnia Graece!  Cum sit turpe magis nostris nescire Latine.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went from the worst feeling in the world to probably the most rewarding season I've ever been a part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31876]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went from the worst feeling in the world to probably the most rewarding season I've ever been a part of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment... quality is important because it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57468]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment... quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition to extensive familiarity with complex coverage issues, I speak fluent Spanish, often an advantage in finding out what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39247]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition to extensive familiarity with complex coverage issues, I speak fluent Spanish, often an advantage in finding out what really happened. We are looking forward to handling an increasing number of claims out of the Long Beach office, particularly cargo and trucking liability claims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/883]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19027]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land, And don't criticize What you can't understand ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land, And don't criticize What you can't understand]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People's Democratic Party, which is a coalition partner in the state with Congress, has been issuing such statements and Gandhi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34852]]></link><description><![CDATA[People's Democratic Party, which is a coalition partner in the state with Congress, has been issuing such statements and Gandhi must take strong notice of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5826]]></link><description><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5826</guid></item></channel></rss>