<?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[What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9088]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his copper and pocket a shilling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25848]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, what, what, What's the news from Sway?  Sad news,   Bad news,    Comes by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44459]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, what, what, What's the news from Sway?  Sad news,   Bad news,    Comes by the cable; led     Through the Indian Ocean's bed,      Through the Persian Gulf, the Red       Sea, and the Med-]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in the heart, and that which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in the heart, and that which will certainly grow up to eternal life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10820]]></link><description><![CDATA[No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His conduct still right with his argument wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3051]]></link><description><![CDATA[His conduct still right with his argument wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God be thank'd that the dead have left still Good undone for the living to do--  Still some aim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62132]]></link><description><![CDATA[God be thank'd that the dead have left still Good undone for the living to do--  Still some aim for the heart and the will   And the soul of a man to pursue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18610]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every question, there is an answer. For every problem, there is a solution. For everything else, there is an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63231]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every question, there is an answer. For every problem, there is a solution. For everything else, there is an explanation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951  To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951  To the dim and bewildered vision of humanity, God's care is more evident in some instances than in others; and upon such instances men seize, and call them providences. It is well that they can; but it would be gloriously better if they could believe that the whole matter is one grand providence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4456]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of the Deity housed in our bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions, Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be  To pierce the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/509]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions, Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be  To pierce the ther's high, unknown dominions,   To reach new spheres of pure activity!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can die but once. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55934]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can die but once. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will be able to appreciate the influence of such an Engine on the future progress of science. I live ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28131]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will be able to appreciate the influence of such an Engine on the future progress of science. I live in a country which is incapable of estimating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many kids. When school?s out, it all goes away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33386]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many kids. When school?s out, it all goes away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40880]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew (Orr was fast). But I didn't know he was that fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't open a shop unless you like to smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66668]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9883]]></link><description><![CDATA[My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is a relief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is a relief]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23744]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17088]]></link><description><![CDATA[What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We acquire the strength we have overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57966]]></link><description><![CDATA[We acquire the strength we have overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This doesn't mean that it will remain so strong in the next couple of quarters, but the Federal Reserve cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34763]]></link><description><![CDATA[This doesn't mean that it will remain so strong in the next couple of quarters, but the Federal Reserve cannot sit down and look and wait, because whatever they do today, it takes effect in six to 12 months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20503]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My definition of success is total self acceptance. We can obtain all of the material possessions we desire quite easily, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/828]]></link><description><![CDATA[My definition of success is total self acceptance. We can obtain all of the material possessions we desire quite easily, however, attempting to change our deepest thoughts and learning to love ourselves is a monumental challenge. We may achieve success in our business lives but it never quite means as much if we do not feel good inside. Once we feel good about ourselves inside we can genuinely lend ourselves to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29859]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64649]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is fear in the market. People are scared to see the market going down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28242]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is fear in the market. People are scared to see the market going down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It might be donated to charity or it might be held at auction. Or if it's something in bad condition, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40696]]></link><description><![CDATA[It might be donated to charity or it might be held at auction. Or if it's something in bad condition, then it would just be disposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60553]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40732]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which ... is within the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45909]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which ... is within the souls of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58756]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3601]]></link><description><![CDATA[My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3601</guid></item></channel></rss>