<?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[Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3234]]></link><description><![CDATA[What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2040]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's only the giving that makes you what you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36663]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only the giving that makes you what you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19547]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19547</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/47856]]></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 something that I can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40719]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; anoptimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22474]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; anoptimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17588]]></link><description><![CDATA[They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The current immigration system lacks the fundamental understanding of the need for immigrants in this country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The current immigration system lacks the fundamental understanding of the need for immigrants in this country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't feel much pressure today. I got here, and that was an accomplishment. I got to take some great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42088]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't feel much pressure today. I got here, and that was an accomplishment. I got to take some great runs with my friends. It was great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and that is death! [Fr., On ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24840]]></link><description><![CDATA[We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and that is death! [Fr., On entre, on crie,  Et c'est la vie!   On baille, on sort,    Et c'est la mort!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about making a tradition about attending state tournaments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12735]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every night, most of the focus is on me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every night, most of the focus is on me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovely was the death Of Him whose life was Love! Holy with power,  He on the thought-benighted Skeptic beamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovely was the death Of Him whose life was Love! Holy with power,  He on the thought-benighted Skeptic beamed   Manifest Godhead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901  The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901  The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the concepts of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of punitive power. Whatever the final issue may be, he who "convicts" another places the truth of the case in dispute in a clear light before him, so that it must be seen and acknowledged as truth. He who then rejects the conclusion which the exposition involves, rejects it with his eyes open and at his peril. Truth seen as truth carries with it condemnation to all who refuse to welcome it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over here the medical treatment is tied to the cooperation with the interrogators. I asked the doctor several times to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over here the medical treatment is tied to the cooperation with the interrogators. I asked the doctor several times to give me medical assistance but the doctors told me unless I talk to the interrogators, they will not give me help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seed ye sow, another reaps; The wealth ye find, another keeps;  The robes ye weave, another wears;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46654]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seed ye sow, another reaps; The wealth ye find, another keeps;  The robes ye weave, another wears;   The arms ye forge, another bears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love--and to put its trust in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love--and to put its trust in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"  Vain hopes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14970]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"  Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the blast!   What man can look on Death unterrified?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52687]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Sunday  Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday  Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine, and a neglect of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine, and a neglect of the feminine. This modern world is an aggressive, hyperactive, competitive, masculine world, and it needs the woman's touch as never before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want any money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want any money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10249]]></link><description><![CDATA[A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One cost people don't factor in is that of a tried-and-true support mechanism. If [a Microsoft] product fails, we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31923]]></link><description><![CDATA[One cost people don't factor in is that of a tried-and-true support mechanism. If [a Microsoft] product fails, we have a single phone number we can call.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The FTC is beginning to require] a lot more when they have a problem, ... They are going to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40002]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The FTC is beginning to require] a lot more when they have a problem, ... They are going to make sure one of these doesn't slip through the cracks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's character is his guardian divinity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64896]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's character is his guardian divinity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to demand that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia get immediate access to Kosovo, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41092]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to demand that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia get immediate access to Kosovo,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;  Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is a stink of shit there is a smell of being ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is a stink of shit there is a smell of being]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a spirit of all compact of fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a spirit of all compact of fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9181]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes show us what we need to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes show us what we need to learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the gods love jokes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the gods love jokes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where'er his fancy bids him roam, In ev'ry Inn he finds a home--  . . . .   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where'er his fancy bids him roam, In ev'ry Inn he finds a home--  . . . .   Will not an Inn his cares beguile,    Where on each face he sees a smile?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20990</guid></item></channel></rss>