<?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[A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9213]]></link><description><![CDATA[A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The system has always worked out good in the past. Parents of the younger students appreciate the calls that their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40765]]></link><description><![CDATA[The system has always worked out good in the past. Parents of the younger students appreciate the calls that their child is not there, and it brings attention to parents of older students that their child was absent without them knowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery is almost always the result of thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery is almost always the result of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We climbed on the fire truck and I drove it, but it didn't move because I don't have my license. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29048]]></link><description><![CDATA[We climbed on the fire truck and I drove it, but it didn't move because I don't have my license.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is what we are looking for from everyone. Constant improvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42128]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is what we are looking for from everyone. Constant improvement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs on everyone.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs on everyone.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49130]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10595]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've said, "Don't play like me, play like you.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lent is a time of prayer, but not for gloomy faces. Some people choose to give things up, but that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lent is a time of prayer, but not for gloomy faces. Some people choose to give things up, but that's a matter of personal piety. Many parishioners choose to add something, like prayer or extra worship services, or take on a cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas' so many happy months will you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8644]]></link><description><![CDATA[As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas' so many happy months will you have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21746]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy. -Troilus and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me free,  The loveliest things that still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet how much less it were to gain, Though thou hast left me free,  The loveliest things that still remain,   Than thus remember thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil spelled backward is live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil spelled backward is live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why I'm not playing. I'm frustrated. I got in shape. I didn't go on the (two-game) trip, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why I'm not playing. I'm frustrated. I got in shape. I didn't go on the (two-game) trip, stayed back, worked on getting in shape. I hoped I would be playing today, but obviously I'm not. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow and see what my status is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["You are too free spoken," is your constant remark to me, Choerilus. He who speaks against you, Choerilus, is indeed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14064]]></link><description><![CDATA["You are too free spoken," is your constant remark to me, Choerilus. He who speaks against you, Choerilus, is indeed a free speaker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were a purist about language, you might think that this was a disease that people were contracting from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42401]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were a purist about language, you might think that this was a disease that people were contracting from contact with the show. If you are somebody who delights in that ephemeral novelty in language, then you realize that people are so impressed with what the show and that it's affected them so much, that at least mildly in their own language practices, they want to be a part of it, and I think that's interesting to see happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54241]]></link><description><![CDATA[But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19993]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties exist to be surmounted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties exist to be surmounted]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain,--  Let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain,--  Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,   Sermons and soda-water the day after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was sitting at home going through everything we need to do, but I kept coming to the money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38613]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was sitting at home going through everything we need to do, but I kept coming to the money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He stepped in hole as a baby. I ran cold water on it out of the well, but it never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40660]]></link><description><![CDATA[He stepped in hole as a baby. I ran cold water on it out of the well, but it never did go down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations win and preserve the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a lot better defensively, and we played a faster-paced game like we're used to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29051]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a lot better defensively, and we played a faster-paced game like we're used to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57461]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on. I don't want to separate myself from the rest of the world. If the world is not going too good, I'm part of that. I'll be happy to take the blame. I'm along for the ride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve eats, sleeps, breathes the facts of the case. I was just glad to see him back in the courtroom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steve eats, sleeps, breathes the facts of the case. I was just glad to see him back in the courtroom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56315]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ireland's ruins are historic emotions surrendered to time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They brought the left-hander to turn Lance around and he came up with a big hit immediately, ... Lane did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30464]]></link><description><![CDATA[They brought the left-hander to turn Lance around and he came up with a big hit immediately, ... Lane did a great job battling against Devine getting a single. They all had good at-bats, but Lance's was the one that opened the door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46363]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't bring this church to the United States to be another Nigerian church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28561]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't bring this church to the United States to be another Nigerian church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28561</guid></item></channel></rss>