<?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[Energy and persistence alter all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy and persistence alter all things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isaiah 551 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Isaiah 551 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WARNING: Humor may be hazardous to your illness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20106]]></link><description><![CDATA[WARNING: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is not quickly buzzed into his ears?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jonathan Edwards - he has his faith, his health, his wife and his children, but more importantly, he has his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Edwards - he has his faith, his health, his wife and his children, but more importantly, he has his Olympic gold medal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really is a powerful tool in bringing people together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33003]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really is a powerful tool in bringing people together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18757]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54733]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have wings then hornes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49561]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have wings then hornes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is nota thing to be waited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is nota thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know it's silly to say it, but I love 29th Street and I love Jack Ruby. Moonstruck I liked, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32622]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know it's silly to say it, but I love 29th Street and I love Jack Ruby. Moonstruck I liked, but my character was troublesome to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5002]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings,  I should suspect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings,  I should suspect that I worshipped the devil   If I thanked my God for worldly things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60758]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56477]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now it's time to expand beyond the operational people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now it's time to expand beyond the operational people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44958]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61226]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61205]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gas situation is a concern. But we'll meet our obligations. If the gas prices remain high, as I said, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38237]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gas situation is a concern. But we'll meet our obligations. If the gas prices remain high, as I said, we may have to look at canceling a trip or cutting the schedule down by a couple of games for next season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a single living patient was left in the hospital. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a single living patient was left in the hospital.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things like that don't bother me. Just one week ago, Paul said he wanted to play his whole career in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things like that don't bother me. Just one week ago, Paul said he wanted to play his whole career in one uniform. It's important for us to keep all our players in the right frame of mind, and it would be great if everyone felt good about everything for the whole year. But that's not the way the NBA season works. All I know is I talk to Paul and he tells me he wants to keep together and get better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrestling is ballet with violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wrestling is ballet with violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never represented (or heard of) a company where a 'pattern of violations' had been used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28415]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never represented (or heard of) a company where a 'pattern of violations' had been used.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we this way and not some other? What does it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we this way and not some other? What does it mean to be human? Are we capable, if need be, of fundamental change, or do the dead hands of forgotten ancestors impel us in some direction, indiscriminately for good or ill, and beyond our control? Can we alter our character? Can we improve our societies? Can we leave our children a world better than the one that was left to us? Can we free them from the demons that torment us and haunt our civilization? In the long run, are we wise enough to know what changes to make? Can we be trusted with our own future?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song of gladness in the heart.  ... Bernard of Clairvaux May 8, 2000 Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417 Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  And what might this noble Lord do of more worship and joy to me than to show me (that am so simple) this marvelous homeliness [i.e., naturalness and simplicity]? Thus it fareth with our Lord Jesus and with us. For truly it is the most joy that may be that He that is highest and mightiest, noblest and worthiest, is lowest and meekest, homeliest and most courteous: and truly this marvelous joy shall be shewn us all when we see Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful Father, I again appear in Thy presence the wretched misspender of another year which Thy mercy has allowed me. O Lord let me not sink into total depravity, look down upon me, and rescue me at last from the captivity of sin. Impart to me good resolutions, and give me strength and perseverance to perform them. Take not from me Thy Holy Spirit, but grant that I may redeem the time lost, and that by temperance and diligence, by sincere repentance and faithful obedience I may finally attain everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow citizens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61247]]></link><description><![CDATA[First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow citizens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11467]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But for my hand, as unattempted yet,   Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.    Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail     And say there is no sin but to be rich;      And being rich, my virtue then shall be       To say there is no vice but beggary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66081]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that his statement was credible, and we at this point do not suspect that Jones was involved in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33714]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that his statement was credible, and we at this point do not suspect that Jones was involved in the firing of the shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 Continuing a short series of verse on Christ:   Break Thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 Continuing a short series of verse on Christ:   Break Thou the bread of life,  Dear Lord, to me, As Thou didst break the loaves   Beside the sea; Beyond the sacred page  I seek Thee, Lord; My spirit pants for Thee,  O living word! Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord,  To me, to me, As Thou didst bless the bread  By Galilee; Then shall all bondage cease,  All fetters fall; And I shall find my peace,  My All-in-All.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hesitated to do it last year, but finally decided we need to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30273]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hesitated to do it last year, but finally decided we need to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19538</guid></item></channel></rss>