<?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[Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique is not important; inducing anxiety and fear is the point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58486]]></link><description><![CDATA[More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3872]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280   The Kingdom of Heaven is not for the well-meaning: it is for the desperate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil is and always has been a gentleman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14236]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil is and always has been a gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.  His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.  His cares must still be double to his joys,   In any dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65165]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2585]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2585</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[I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness dependsfar more on the way we meet the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22105]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness dependsfar more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of thoseevents themselvers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life of man is a winter way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49885]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life of man is a winter way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the passion of slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the passion of slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really makes no difference to me whether I start or come off the bench. Jason is comfortable starting and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42157]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really makes no difference to me whether I start or come off the bench. Jason is comfortable starting and he's playing well at the position. Sometimes it helps to sit there and get a feel for the game from the bench and then go in and try to make a difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probablythemselves will not be realized. Make big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probablythemselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope andwork. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will notdie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it does stand out [my clothing], then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8895]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it does stand out [my clothing], then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This country was founded on the concept of asylum that you never return those who flee persecution to countries where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34367]]></link><description><![CDATA[This country was founded on the concept of asylum that you never return those who flee persecution to countries where they are persecuted. Are we living up to this commitment?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50588]]></link><description><![CDATA[He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I rise long before day and work till nightfall, when I take a walk and go to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38836]]></link><description><![CDATA[I rise long before day and work till nightfall, when I take a walk and go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no containment on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41151]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no containment on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love this field. Things seem to go well here for us and I wonder if there is a chance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39819]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love this field. Things seem to go well here for us and I wonder if there is a chance that we could play our home games here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17899]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now, my honey love, Will we return unto thy father's house  And revel it as bravely as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2761]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now, my honey love, Will we return unto thy father's house  And revel it as bravely as the best,   With silken coats and caps and golden rings,    With ruffs and cuffs and farthingales and things;     With scarfs and fans and double change of brav'ry,      With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knav'ry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An accountant is a man who watches the battle from the safety of the hills and then comes down to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48329]]></link><description><![CDATA[An accountant is a man who watches the battle from the safety of the hills and then comes down to bayonet the wounded]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many things become beautiful when you really look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66860]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many things become beautiful when you really look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52346]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our message is, no matter what side of the issue your are on, get out there and vote. We want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our message is, no matter what side of the issue your are on, get out there and vote. We want a clear message. Absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The splendor of the rose and the whitness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The splendor of the rose and the whitness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its lovliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich Physician, honor'd Lawyers ride, Whilst the poor Scholar foots it by their side.  [Lat., Dat Galenus opes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich Physician, honor'd Lawyers ride, Whilst the poor Scholar foots it by their side.  [Lat., Dat Galenus opes, dat Justinianus honores,   Sed genus species cogitur ire pedes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins at the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trodden path is the safest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trodden path is the safest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62253]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely useful. The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18824]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle somewhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46392]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle somewhere on my body. That's okay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made a decision to bring our troops home a few days early in order to spare the life of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35867]]></link><description><![CDATA[I made a decision to bring our troops home a few days early in order to spare the life of Angelo. I do not regret the decision. Every life is important. Angelo's was spared and we rejoice. We're all rewarded for it, particularly his loving family and friends,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only understand friendship or scorched earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65229]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only understand friendship or scorched earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These falls are typically always frozen, but they're getting shorter as the snow pack increases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34483]]></link><description><![CDATA[These falls are typically always frozen, but they're getting shorter as the snow pack increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans. [Lat., Consilia res magis dant hominibus quam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans. [Lat., Consilia res magis dant hominibus quam homines rebus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives. One thing is certain, you cannot live it until it does appear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47400]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of the factors on which the achievements of our ends and welfare depend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47400</guid></item></channel></rss>