<?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[I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. [Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. [Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, la veritable jouissance ne se decrit point.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59019]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come like Water, and like Wind I go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come like Water, and like Wind I go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28161]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now twilight lets her curtain down And pins it with a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now twilight lets her curtain down And pins it with a star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not their capacity for meditation, but their capacity for suffering and love. For there is a hard and costly element, a deep seriousness, a crucial choice, in all genuine religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. -Max Frisch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. -Max Frisch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mighty stream of tendency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14352]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mighty stream of tendency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The company has grown to appreciate including our board just how important the external and internal reputation of Wal-Mart is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The company has grown to appreciate including our board just how important the external and internal reputation of Wal-Mart is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're aware of it, and we're monitoring the developments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36022]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're aware of it, and we're monitoring the developments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30470]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a good hitter in a 3-2 count, do you throw a fastball he knows is coming or start fresh with the next hitter? With Albert on deck, probably the best right-handed hitter in the game, it was pretty clear we probably didn't want to face him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the best, the most skillful, the most devious and the most cunning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30126]]></link><description><![CDATA[the best, the most skillful, the most devious and the most cunning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48394]]></link><description><![CDATA[God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28154]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren?" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4365]]></link><description><![CDATA["So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren?"  "Hush, dear, hush! Be quiet, dear! quiet as a mouse.   These are weighty secrets, and we must whisper them."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32561]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it  By their examples of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it  By their examples of true Christianity:   In short, all know, or very short may know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and maybe everyone is just happy to get off the ice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is a state of openness or trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is a state of openness or trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65363]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from their house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from their house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2609]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. -Golda Meir.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52232]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is anger directed at ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy while y'er leevin, For y'er a lang time deid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy while y'er leevin, For y'er a lang time deid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43279</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[A lot of substantial psychiatric problems are actually starting and are identifiable much earlier than we ever thought, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28459]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of substantial psychiatric problems are actually starting and are identifiable much earlier than we ever thought,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends and influencing people' — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensive player, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41036]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensive player, and his offense keeps getting better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrets are made to be found out with time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Secrets are made to be found out with time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64039]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We needed defensive stops. But then again, to get on the board, you need to execute and move the ball ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29066]]></link><description><![CDATA[We needed defensive stops. But then again, to get on the board, you need to execute and move the ball around and run our motion like we usually do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indolence is the sleep of the mind. [Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indolence is the sleep of the mind. [Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20350</guid></item></channel></rss>