<?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[To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night,  From his watch-tower in the skies, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24096]]></link><description><![CDATA[To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night,  From his watch-tower in the skies,   Till the dappled dawn doth rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is us; we are the government, you and I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is us; we are the government, you and I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My outer child is holding my inner-adult hostage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/651]]></link><description><![CDATA[My outer child is holding my inner-adult hostage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is becoming the family of last resort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is becoming the family of last resort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11938]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the reason we used asphalt instead of concrete for the road surface. It's easier and less costly to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38061]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the reason we used asphalt instead of concrete for the road surface. It's easier and less costly to repair asphalt rather than concrete roads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alex takes up a lot of cage and he plays good angles. He also makes some nice outlet passes on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alex takes up a lot of cage and he plays good angles. He also makes some nice outlet passes on the transition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ajax the great . . . Himself a host. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ajax the great . . . Himself a host.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22837]]></link><description><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who multiplies riches multiplies cares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61462]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36441]]></link><description><![CDATA[An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61438]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35299]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12900]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who hope that their dreams will come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61579]]></link><description><![CDATA[All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were coming off our moratorium, and we had a few shots that just didn't fall for us. We didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were coming off our moratorium, and we had a few shots that just didn't fall for us. We didn't play particularly well early in the game, but we were able to come back and play stronger in the third and fourth quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of the music of Broadway, and I have an affinity for what I refer to as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of the music of Broadway, and I have an affinity for what I refer to as the Golden Age of Broadway, ... The music makes me feel good and the music makes audiences feel good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot come to honour under Coverlet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50044]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am inspired by many mediums and use them to express varied aspects of my philosophies and life observations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am inspired by many mediums and use them to express varied aspects of my philosophies and life observations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot. (on his decision not to vote) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57629]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot. (on his decision not to vote)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated need but to be seen;  Yet seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated need but to be seen;  Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,   We first endure, then pity, then embrace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday Beginning a short series on forgiveness:   Turn your eyes full upon yourselves, and see if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday Beginning a short series on forgiveness:   Turn your eyes full upon yourselves, and see if you cannot discover the same fault [that you would judge in another] in yourselves, either in times past or now-a-days. And, if you find it, remember how that it is God's appointing that you shall now behold this sin in another, in order that you may be brought to acknowledge and repent of it; and amend your ways and pray for your brother, that God may grant him repentance and amendment according to His Divine Will. Thus a good heart draws amendment from the sins of others, and is guarded from all harsh judgment and wrath, and preserves an even temper; while an evil heart puts the worst interpretation on all that it sees, and turns it to its own hurt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's unbelievable . . . As I told Martha's people, the marathon event is as hot as it's ever been, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35344]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's unbelievable . . . As I told Martha's people, the marathon event is as hot as it's ever been, and very popular among people of all abilities. Having someone like Martha involved is great for the sport and great for her company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night,  And casts a gleam over this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8912]]></link><description><![CDATA[There does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night,  And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When kings are building, draymen have something to do. [Ger., Wenn die Konige bau'n, haben die Karrner zu thun.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54497]]></link><description><![CDATA[When kings are building, draymen have something to do. [Ger., Wenn die Konige bau'n, haben die Karrner zu thun.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14109]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not a life, 'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5888]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not a life, 'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All feete tread not in one shoe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49100]]></link><description><![CDATA[All feete tread not in one shoe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CANI! - (pronounced kuhn-EYE) stands for Constant And Never-endingImprovement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21266]]></link><description><![CDATA[CANI! - (pronounced kuhn-EYE) stands for Constant And Never-endingImprovement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the best possible time for big companies to go after online opportunities, ... This is also the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41416]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the best possible time for big companies to go after online opportunities, ... This is also the best possible time to start a company, if you're willing to build for the long-term.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou couldst, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease,  And purge it to a sound ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2926]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou couldst, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease,  And purge it to a sound and pristine health,   I would applaud thee to the very echo,    That should applaud you again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2926</guid></item></channel></rss>