<?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[It is perhaps not entirely so, though it has often been said, that man makes his God in his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52332]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is perhaps not entirely so, though it has often been said, that man makes his God in his own image. Rather does he create Him in the image of his cravings and dreams- in the image of what man wants to be. God making could be part of the process by which a society realizes its aspirations: it first embodies them in the conception of a particular God, and then proceeds to imitate that God. The confidence requisite for attempting the unprecedented is most effectively generated by the fiction that in realizing the new we are imitating rather than originating. Our preoccupation with heaven can be part of an effort to find precedents for the unprecedented.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall, the mortgage approvals and lending data indicate that the more robust housing market activity evident in the second half ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall, the mortgage approvals and lending data indicate that the more robust housing market activity evident in the second half of 2005 has continued into 2006.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12319]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a greedy eating horse a short halter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49998]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a greedy eating horse a short halter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't know much about it. Actually, I didn't know anything. My grade school coach, Alden Dahl, he really got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34766]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't know much about it. Actually, I didn't know anything. My grade school coach, Alden Dahl, he really got me interested in the sport. He really thought that I could be something special.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24299]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of the superior man is truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of the superior man is truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51400]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it belongs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it belongs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's a health to the lass with the merry black eyes! Here's a health to the lad with the blue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's a health to the lass with the merry black eyes! Here's a health to the lad with the blue ones!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went very athletic, very casual for a number of years. It's inevitable that we'd move through those cycles and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went very athletic, very casual for a number of years. It's inevitable that we'd move through those cycles and shift to a different direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children learn to smile from their parents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children learn to smile from their parents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man named Doc. And never lie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man named Doc. And never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch Me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch Me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight,  Let it be tenable in your silence still. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight,  Let it be tenable in your silence still.   And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,    Give it an understanding but no tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His confidence level is much, much higher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36474]]></link><description><![CDATA[His confidence level is much, much higher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is in the details. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is in the details.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If she seem not chaste to me, What care I how chaste she be? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5795]]></link><description><![CDATA[If she seem not chaste to me, What care I how chaste she be?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have gone from a minivan to a full-size cargo van to a FedEx delivery truck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41809]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have gone from a minivan to a full-size cargo van to a FedEx delivery truck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the ink of our sweat we will find it yet, The song that is fit for men! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57218]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the ink of our sweat we will find it yet, The song that is fit for men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11185]]></link><description><![CDATA[From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so far, it probably isn't gonna get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to happiness is having dreams. The key to success is making your dreams come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62911]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to happiness is having dreams. The key to success is making your dreams come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great concept. I saw this house in the fall on a night tour and it's just amazing to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40438]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great concept. I saw this house in the fall on a night tour and it's just amazing to see it now, just a few months later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1810]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8822]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43874]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's putting the ball over the plate, hitting his spots and trusting the defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31325]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's putting the ball over the plate, hitting his spots and trusting the defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30476]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was done with integrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'drather be anywhere else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22696]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'drather be anywhere else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our opportunities to do good are our talents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our opportunities to do good are our talents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, Judo is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers knock each other down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23551]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, Judo is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers knock each other down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50262]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea:  But, before I go, Tom Moore, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59383]]></link><description><![CDATA[My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea:  But, before I go, Tom Moore,   Here's a double health to thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4092]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I fell in love with my wife, Julie, and I felt it was important to provide properly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41381]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I fell in love with my wife, Julie, and I felt it was important to provide properly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My guess is you'll see stuff coming out this year, but it will go on longer than that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34579]]></link><description><![CDATA[My guess is you'll see stuff coming out this year, but it will go on longer than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The better day, the worse deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The better day, the worse deed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23198]]></link><description><![CDATA[O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23198</guid></item></channel></rss>