<?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[Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11730]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car - I forget what kind it was - and drive and drive. I'm not sure where we'd go, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called "Dad." We'd eat some stuff, or not, and then I think we went home. I guess some things never leave you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54457]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious form than under a pious king. [Lat., Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet  Servitutem. Nunquam libertas gratior extat   Quam sub rege pio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,--  Weeps like a tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2985]]></link><description><![CDATA[For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,--  Weeps like a tired child who had,   Playing with flowers, lost its way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.   - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32544]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we just haven't been able to get over the hump the last few years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perceptions are real. If you're playing to win, they have to be favourable. Your ability to persuade people to listen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perceptions are real. If you're playing to win, they have to be favourable. Your ability to persuade people to listen to you, understand what you are saying, and support you, will determine whether you win or lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the Christmas holyday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the Christmas holyday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was supposed to be Urban Growth Management fees, but all it did was fuel sprawl, ... It didn't control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28715]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be Urban Growth Management fees, but all it did was fuel sprawl, ... It didn't control anything because it was uncontrolled at City Hall. It was a mess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[taking advantage of what we put together in that Saturn 5 rocket. If we had chosen to put wings on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30923]]></link><description><![CDATA[taking advantage of what we put together in that Saturn 5 rocket. If we had chosen to put wings on that Saturn, we might have been on the way. But then the Russians might have got to the moon first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will keep looking for problems now, so that when we finish this plant it will be safe and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31435]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will keep looking for problems now, so that when we finish this plant it will be safe and it will operate as designed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am determined to see the job through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42711]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am determined to see the job through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's been some conflict with old-time ranchers being engulfed with new development. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39270]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's been some conflict with old-time ranchers being engulfed with new development.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17666]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to love what's loveable and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25814]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to love what's loveable and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice is the best of all instructors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice is the best of all instructors]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A name is a label, and as soon as there is a label, the ideas disappear and out comes label-worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44100]]></link><description><![CDATA[A name is a label, and as soon as there is a label, the ideas disappear and out comes label-worship and label-bashing, and instead of living by a theme of ideas, people begin dying for labels... and the last thing the world needs is another religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2255]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42276]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every penny extra we put in is going to add to that $300,000 that we were over (to start with). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every penny extra we put in is going to add to that $300,000 that we were over (to start with).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5240]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40055]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi soldiers have told the Marines what the imams have blasted over loudspeakersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âcalls to rise up and attack the Americans. But, under strict orders, the Marines may not enter mosques or schools. They don't like it.] What I'd give to be able to look in there, ... You know they're hiding something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. -Lao-Tzu (600 B.C.).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23850]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be deceived?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His kindled duty kindled her mistrust, That two red fires in both faces blazed.  She thought he blushed as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4392]]></link><description><![CDATA[His kindled duty kindled her mistrust, That two red fires in both faces blazed.  She thought he blushed as knowing Tarquin's lust,   And, blushing with him, wistly on him gazed;    Her earnest eye did make him more amazed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4392</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[The worst men often give the best advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58013]]></link><description><![CDATA[A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a deception, ... What John Paul II said was that these tribunals must work according to truth, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a deception, ... What John Paul II said was that these tribunals must work according to truth, and not according to 'Oh, these people are suffering so and let us declare it invalid.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on authenticity:   Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: Where thou shalt not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on authenticity:   Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: Where thou shalt not only hear all thy sinful works, and words, and thoughts repeated, which thou thy self hadst utterly forgot, but thou shalt hear thy good works, thine alms, thy coming to Church, thy hearing of Sermons, given in evidence against thee, because they had hypocrisy mingled in them; yea, thou shalt find even thy repentance to condemn thee, because thou madest that but a door to a relapse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can do and if I’m completely satisfied with my pace, distance and form as a runner. It’s only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such pains they take to look pretty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such pains they take to look pretty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51078]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The message from the hedge-leaves, Heed it, whoso thou art;  Under lowly eaves   Lives the happy heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The message from the hedge-leaves, Heed it, whoso thou art;  Under lowly eaves   Lives the happy heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death-the last voyage, the longest and the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death-the last voyage, the longest and the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm thrilled to be adding Shawn to our administrative team. He brings a lot to the table. ... Being a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm thrilled to be adding Shawn to our administrative team. He brings a lot to the table. ... Being a native of Wisconsin, he knows our state. We are getting a very well-rounded and bright person to join our staff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible. Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God.  ... James Houston, The Transforming Power of Prayer July 23, 2000 Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   Christ came, not so much to preach the Gospel, as that there might be a Gospel to preach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety,  And go, get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety,  And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication   Which is more sober far than all sobriety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was only early the next morning that I found out she had come to the service and left from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38459]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was only early the next morning that I found out she had come to the service and left from her reception to go to her father's deathbed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, she will sing the savageness out of a bear! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56469]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, she will sing the savageness out of a bear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adam has a good defense in front of him that is playing better and he has been playing better as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adam has a good defense in front of him that is playing better and he has been playing better as the season has progressed. I think the experiences he had last year, more or less being thrown into the fire, are benefiting him this season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38087</guid></item></channel></rss>