<?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[The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You began better than you have finished; the last act is not equal to the first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50815]]></link><description><![CDATA[You began better than you have finished; the last act is not equal to the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Question your grace the late ambassadors, With what great state he heard their embassy,  How well supplied with noble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Question your grace the late ambassadors, With what great state he heard their embassy,  How well supplied with noble counsellors,   How modest in exception, and withal    How terrible in constant resolution,     And you shall find his vanities forespent      Were but the outside of the Roman Brutus,       Covering discretion with a coat of folly;        As gardeners do with ordure hide those roots         That shall first spring and be most delicate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king's name is a tower of strength. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56018]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king's name is a tower of strength. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking to build off the momentum we started in Costa Rica. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32302]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking to build off the momentum we started in Costa Rica.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2506]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, They damn those authors whom they never read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, They damn those authors whom they never read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World oil markets are fundamentally tight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28493]]></link><description><![CDATA[World oil markets are fundamentally tight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31754]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out. Those who suffer most cry out the least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come when the rains Have glazed the snow and clothed the trees with ice,  While the slant sun of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come when the rains Have glazed the snow and clothed the trees with ice,  While the slant sun of February pours   Into the bowers a flood of light. Approach!    The incrusted surface shall upbear thy steps     And the broad arching portals of the grove      Welcome thy entering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24185]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22142]]></link><description><![CDATA[One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25524]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are used as they use others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are used as they use others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65504]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each day provides its own gifts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each day provides its own gifts]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where they're going to sit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13994]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where they're going to sit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's an awful lot of excitement. These professionals are very critical to us -- they shape customers' perception of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37197]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's an awful lot of excitement. These professionals are very critical to us -- they shape customers' perception of the airline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20516]]></link><description><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraud is the ready minister of injustice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. . -Carl Sagan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. . -Carl Sagan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42534]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11569]]></link><description><![CDATA[In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56947]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44792]]></link><description><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're in a Manhattan building with 30 apartments that's one thing. But if you're the guy who parks your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39331]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're in a Manhattan building with 30 apartments that's one thing. But if you're the guy who parks your car in front of a suburban house in the middle of the night and you've got the screen from your laptop glowing, well...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune favors the brave. [Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune favors the brave. [Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a heart breaksit also opens-Jeff Arch- screenwriter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/727]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a heart breaksit also opens-Jeff Arch- screenwriter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22946]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many northerners just arriving here have not even unpacked choosing to turn around and head north by northeast back toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many northerners just arriving here have not even unpacked choosing to turn around and head north by northeast back toward Jacksonville, into Georgia, etc.,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got quite a few ideas. We still have a Land Rover in Australia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33867]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got quite a few ideas. We still have a Land Rover in Australia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27414]]></link><description><![CDATA[What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25482]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22377</guid></item></channel></rss>