<?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 an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People look for their leadership to lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66578]]></link><description><![CDATA[People look for their leadership to lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20843]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truly noble mind has no resentments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truly noble mind has no resentments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saragosa brings a level of bite to the midfield. He's got athletic moves, has heart and works hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saragosa brings a level of bite to the midfield. He's got athletic moves, has heart and works hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52226]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is. - Strong Opinions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say that the more a person learns, the more they find there is to learn. Therefore the smarter you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22894]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say that the more a person learns, the more they find there is to learn. Therefore the smarter you think you are, the dumber you really are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38243]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been a high level of interest by the casinos that's only going to intensify after today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem is low, our resilience in the face of life's adversities is diminished. We crumble before vicissitudes that a healthier sense of self could vanquish. We tend to be more influenced by the desire to avoid pain than to experience joy. Negatives have more power over us than positives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were together almost every day this summer. Between weightlifting and practices and the camps, we all really got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39785]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were together almost every day this summer. Between weightlifting and practices and the camps, we all really got to know each other and become good friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, the pursuit must go on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59804]]></link><description><![CDATA[God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the benefits which virtue confers on us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the devil is it that fresh features Have such a charm for us poor human creatures? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48745]]></link><description><![CDATA[How the devil is it that fresh features Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660  If I mistake, He will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660  If I mistake, He will forgive me. I do not fear Him: I only fear lest, able to see and write these things, I should fail of witnessing and myself be, after all, a castaway -- no king but a talker: no disciple of Jesus, ready to go with Him to the death, but an arguer about the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240  As a man increases in moral strength of character, so his conscience becomes more sensitive; he realizes more keenly the distance that separates him from the ideal, and hence the weight of the feeling of guiltiness oppresses him ever more heavily. Growth in goodness does not, therefore, necessarily imply increased happiness, on the contrary, it may mean greater unhappiness. And his unhappiness increasing in proportion to the elevation of his ethical standards, a man's end is either Buddha or suicide if he knows no God; while if he knows God, it is despair or that conversion which, having sobbed away its tears on the Father's breast, thence derives ever new strength to fight the battle of life, sure of the final victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If France thinks that by propping up Deby against the will of an entire people, it will be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28741]]></link><description><![CDATA[If France thinks that by propping up Deby against the will of an entire people, it will be able to safeguard its interests (in Chad), it's making a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/360]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15429]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our advertising guidelines are such that Lowe's chooses not to advertise in controversial programming, including programming with gratuitous sex and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our advertising guidelines are such that Lowe's chooses not to advertise in controversial programming, including programming with gratuitous sex and violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great grief does not of itself put an end itself. [Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great grief does not of itself put an end itself. [Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While women need the right to birth control and abortion, we also need to be able to have and raise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38744]]></link><description><![CDATA[While women need the right to birth control and abortion, we also need to be able to have and raise children, and that means equal opportunity, good jobs and equal pay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As pure as a pearl, And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5791]]></link><description><![CDATA[As pure as a pearl, And as perfect: a noble and innocent girl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I've experienced every part of my game throughout this first week and I've liked the levels I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29174]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I've experienced every part of my game throughout this first week and I've liked the levels I've hit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the solution is simple, God is answering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65035]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the solution is simple, God is answering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18323]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He best can paint them who shall feel them most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45428]]></link><description><![CDATA[He best can paint them who shall feel them most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really encouraging to be around people who are so influenced by music. They have really incredible ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42663]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really encouraging to be around people who are so influenced by music. They have really incredible ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is force, legalized plunder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is force, legalized plunder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never knew what real happiness was until I got married. And by then it was too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26423]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never knew what real happiness was until I got married. And by then it was too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jenny, she's aw weet, peer body, Jenny's like to cry;  For she hes weet her petticoats   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jenny, she's aw weet, peer body, Jenny's like to cry;  For she hes weet her petticoats   In gangin' thro' the rye,    Peer body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven;  The rueful conflict, the heart riven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven;  The rueful conflict, the heart riven   With vain endeavour,    And memory of earth's bitter leaven     Effaced forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57575]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the Fed signals its intentions or investors perceive that the end is near, stocks might rise strongly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the Fed signals its intentions or investors perceive that the end is near, stocks might rise strongly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34702</guid></item></channel></rss>