<?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[Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are pleased to have received approval of the transaction in all six states served by PacifiCorp. We remain on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35988]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are pleased to have received approval of the transaction in all six states served by PacifiCorp. We remain on schedule to close the transaction by the end of the first quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44204]]></link><description><![CDATA[It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, "Are you scared, too?" "You bet your sweet life I am." "Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too." We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, "Who else feels like this?" the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way -- by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to see anyone do what I do for one week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35706]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to see anyone do what I do for one week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66424]]></link><description><![CDATA[And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17255]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes) Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire  Until she spoke, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes) Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire  Until she spoke, then through its soft disguise   Flash'd an expression more of pride than ire,    And love than either; and there would arise,     A something in them which was not desire,      But would have been, perhaps, but for the soul,       Which struggled through and chansten'd down the whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61521]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From his silence a man's consent is inferred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50548]]></link><description><![CDATA[From his silence a man's consent is inferred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64383]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The careful insect 'midst his works I view, Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew,  With golden treasures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3903]]></link><description><![CDATA[The careful insect 'midst his works I view, Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew,  With golden treasures load his little thighs,   And steer his distant journey through the skies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  In the rare cases where faith appears to be contradicted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  In the rare cases where faith appears to be contradicted by scholarship whose conclusions have not been prescribed from the start, [the critical scholar] may be cast down but will not be destroyed. For he will know how temporary and mutable the conclusions of scholarship essentially are, and he will also be conscious that he himself may not have perfectly comprehended the Church's faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world gels better every day--then worse again in the evening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world gels better every day--then worse again in the evening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10960]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is suicide ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is suicide]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God's goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new-created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing, let your joyful heart praise and magnify so good and glorious a Creator.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66896]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60580]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My poverty, but not my will consents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51481]]></link><description><![CDATA[My poverty, but not my will consents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have that right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have that right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58349]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist   He who prays as he ought will endeavour to live as he prays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist   He who prays as he ought will endeavour to live as he prays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friend, of my infinite dreams Little enough endures;  Little howe'er it seems,   It is yours, all yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword. [Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46014]]></link><description><![CDATA[From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword. [Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus saevior euse, patet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23939]]></link><description><![CDATA[To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a fantastic breakthrough advertising and marketing campaign that is sure to be a great success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38065]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a fantastic breakthrough advertising and marketing campaign that is sure to be a great success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13799]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even miracles take a little time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even miracles take a little time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by holding elections. Silencing the leadership, the king hopes, will silence the people. Such actions belie his stated belief in democratic principles and the rule of law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, you know, when I talked about the $87 billion, I made a mistake in how I talk about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, you know, when I talked about the $87 billion, I made a mistake in how I talk about the war. But the president made a mistake in invading Iraq. Which is worse?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principlesnever do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principlesnever do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter worthlessness can be a source of courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year, Clear Channel Radio announced plans to launch Spanish-language formats in markets where there was a need for more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year, Clear Channel Radio announced plans to launch Spanish-language formats in markets where there was a need for more Hispanic-targeted programming. The success of KLOL/Mega epitomizes the very essence of what we hoped to accomplish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was most annoying to me as I returned as a tourist with my granddaughter is how seriously you all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41615]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was most annoying to me as I returned as a tourist with my granddaughter is how seriously you all take yourselves. Now, I know it is the capital of the free world and a lot of people there have major important jobs but most don't!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41615</guid></item></channel></rss>