<?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[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  The word religion is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  The word religion is extremely rare in the New Testament and the writings of mystics. The reason is simple. Those attitudes and practices to which we give the collective name of religion are themselves concerned with religion hardly at all. To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's neighbour in relation to God. Therefore, almost by definition, a religious man, or a man when he is being religious, is not thinking about religion; he hasn't the time. Religion is what we (or he himself at a later moment) call his activity from outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the state of this country worsens every day, ... It's full of garbage, there's a lot of crime ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38487]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the state of this country worsens every day, ... It's full of garbage, there's a lot of crime and a lot of corruption in the government and police. It's all upside down ? everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15342]]></link><description><![CDATA[As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just the result of people pushed out of work due to Katrina and Rita. I think the market will look at it and shrug it off and look at what's going to happen in October.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19689]]></link><description><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When friends are at your hearthside met, Sweet courtesy has done its most  If you have made each guest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19852]]></link><description><![CDATA[When friends are at your hearthside met, Sweet courtesy has done its most  If you have made each guest forget   That he himself is not the host.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26665]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1774]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please. -As You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55652]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no friendship in trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65779]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no friendship in trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37183]]></link><description><![CDATA[I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I don't see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The major components of inflation for us are energy costs and housing costs and medical costs, and I don't see any major break in any of these. I wouldn't be surprised to see still 3.5 percent to 4 percent CPI for us for this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live at the edge of the miraculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21848]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live at the edge of the miraculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are designated friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are designated friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27978]]></link><description><![CDATA[No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Falstaff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55941]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Falstaff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love prefers twilight to daylight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love prefers twilight to daylight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46297]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My son already knows how to program my phone. I think technology is good. ... They are learning the skills ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40527]]></link><description><![CDATA[My son already knows how to program my phone. I think technology is good. ... They are learning the skills they need at a much younger age. They have their own computers. They have it all. They're spoiled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I was right to do what I've done,' I think people would turn on him. He's set his hand to this particular plough, he's got to complete the furrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think: many do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think: many do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is still one of the best software companies out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35288]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is still one of the best software companies out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are several things that have happened in this case . . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34459]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are several things that have happened in this case . . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transformation literally means going beyond your form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Transformation literally means going beyond your form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55954]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59803]]></link><description><![CDATA[As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no birds. If you saw something move, it was either a dog or a cat. They clung onto trees. We would bark like dogs and the dogs would bark back at us. I took a speakerphone to amplify my voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to plant new ones for the next centuries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36626]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to plant new ones for the next centuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We made Hobart shoot the type of shot that we expect Drew to handle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36194]]></link><description><![CDATA[We made Hobart shoot the type of shot that we expect Drew to handle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say yes to your Universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say yes to your Universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53568]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3734]]></link><description><![CDATA[... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26854]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No pain, no gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51016]]></link><description><![CDATA[No pain, no gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But for twenty years as a professional team, Lou and I were closer than man and wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30860]]></link><description><![CDATA[But for twenty years as a professional team, Lou and I were closer than man and wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his "death," whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it I do believe, and take it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's somebody that others can look up to just because she always does the right thing. She is very supportive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29139]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's somebody that others can look up to just because she always does the right thing. She is very supportive and always positive, so that's always a good thing. When she is up, the team is also up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have a measure of abundance or population density of a single snake in Africa. We need that information ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35948]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have a measure of abundance or population density of a single snake in Africa. We need that information to make well-founded decisions about how threatened species are and we don't have it... it's a big conservation need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35948</guid></item></channel></rss>