<?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 cannot raise my worth too high; Of what vast consequence am I!"  "Not of the importance you suppose," ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16210]]></link><description><![CDATA["I cannot raise my worth too high; Of what vast consequence am I!"  "Not of the importance you suppose,"   Replies a Flea upon his nose;    "Be humble, learn thyself to scan;     Know, pride was never made for man."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an imaging system that's unique. It images physiology instead of anatomy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33203]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an imaging system that's unique. It images physiology instead of anatomy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has no fault except that he has no fault. [Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15464]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has no fault except that he has no fault. [Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're working on this, but weren't hired specifically for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34173]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're working on this, but weren't hired specifically for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20906]]></link><description><![CDATA[And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house,  Bequeathed down from many ancestors,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house,  Bequeathed down from many ancestors,   Which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world    In me to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare by knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number of variables you can work with during the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prepare by knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number of variables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walk away... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents the least you will accept. Without one, you have no negotiating road map.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew it was the end of the game and that's what you have to do to win. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew it was the end of the game and that's what you have to do to win. You don't stop playing until there are zeros on the clock. It was an effort play and I know that's a big thing around here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15178]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think withpurpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21076]]></link><description><![CDATA[To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think withpurpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognizefailure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditionsserve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplishmasterfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not condone the violence which has erupted in many Muslim countries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34337]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not condone the violence which has erupted in many Muslim countries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pilot of the Galilean Lake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6135]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Pilot of the Galilean Lake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50270]]></link><description><![CDATA[In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There grewe an aged tree on the greene; A goodly Oake sometime had it bene,  With armes full strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44720]]></link><description><![CDATA[There grewe an aged tree on the greene; A goodly Oake sometime had it bene,  With armes full strong and largely displayed,   But of their leaves they were disarayde    The bodie bigge, and mightely pight,     Thoroughly rooted, and of wond'rous hight;      Whilome had bene the king of the field,       And mochell mast to the husband did yielde,        And with his nuts larded many swine:         But now the gray mosse marred his rine;          His bared boughes were beaten with stormes,           His toppe was bald, and wasted with wormes,            His honour decayed, his brauches sere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still;  Thou with fresh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44553]]></link><description><![CDATA[O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still;  Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill   While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is free, easy, and readily available? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is free, easy, and readily available? All you have to do is speak. Go give some away now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a part of all you see In Nature: part of all you feel:  I am the impact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a part of all you see In Nature: part of all you feel:  I am the impact of the bee   Upon the blossom; in the tree    I am the sap--that shall reveal     The leaf, the bloom--that flows and flutes      Up from the darkness through its roots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32510]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Africa, we're talking about a nation battling through immense poverty and he can't quite get it together to sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32344]]></link><description><![CDATA[With Africa, we're talking about a nation battling through immense poverty and he can't quite get it together to sing a song. On that day he just seemed like an odd image]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously we don't have a crystal ball... but I think with the relationships that we've established with local hospitals, first-responders ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously we don't have a crystal ball... but I think with the relationships that we've established with local hospitals, first-responders and the Red Cross that we'll adapt,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The irrevocable Hand That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut  The portals of our earthly destinies; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The irrevocable Hand That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut  The portals of our earthly destinies;   We walk through blindfold, and the noiseless doors    Close after us, forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until people stop burning, it's going to keep going up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until people stop burning, it's going to keep going up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/273]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet,  Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet,  Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!   So, I was afraid!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I met someone on the street who said wasn't it great that we're going to have a movie star for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I met someone on the street who said wasn't it great that we're going to have a movie star for president, that it was so Pop, and (laughs) when you think about it like that, it is great, it's so American.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, but make haste, the better foot before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2242]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in badcompany. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21463]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in badcompany.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49087]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44792]]></link><description><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not adestination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not adestination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. O God, that men should put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause transform ourselves into beasts!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22933</guid></item></channel></rss>