<?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[might is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19901]]></link><description><![CDATA[might is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45838]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger,  Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger,  A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth -- Cheer with Thy fellowship all who are weary,  Wandering far from the land that they love: Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary,  Safe to its home in Thy presence above.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945   There remains for us only the very narrow way, often extremely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945   There remains for us only the very narrow way, often extremely difficult to find, of living every day as though it were our last, and yet living in faith and responsibility as though there were to be a great future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had hoped that Republicans would respond to the challenge. Instead what we've got is more than $2 million in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had hoped that Republicans would respond to the challenge. Instead what we've got is more than $2 million in these secret stealth campaigns that are attacking Democrats and attacking the vice president right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet Spring, full of sweet dayes and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie,  My musick shows ye have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet Spring, full of sweet dayes and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie,  My musick shows ye have your closes,   And all must die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are very pleased that our ships are making a difference in their lives and contributing to the recovery of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42719]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are very pleased that our ships are making a difference in their lives and contributing to the recovery of New Orleans,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56723]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, it looks like we'll have to fingerprint everyone who may come into contact with children at schools. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, it looks like we'll have to fingerprint everyone who may come into contact with children at schools. It's pretty expansive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60741]]></link><description><![CDATA[People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy. It's one way of being wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy. It's one way of being wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to correct your own faults than those of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52411]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. -Joseph Joubert. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20544]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. -Joseph Joubert.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's getting better every week. He's kind of quiet, but that can be good sometimes. He just goes out there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33173]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's getting better every week. He's kind of quiet, but that can be good sometimes. He just goes out there and does his job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689 Continuing a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689 Continuing a short series on Romans 8: Romans 8:14,16. Ephesians 1:13,14. The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit Why should the children of a king   Go mourning all their days? Great Comforter, descend and bring   Some tokens of thy grace. Dost though not dwell in all thy saints,   And seal the heirs of heaven? When wilt thou banish my complaints,   And shew my sins forgiven? Assure my conscience of her part   In the Redeemer's blood; And bear thy witness with my heart,   That I am born of God. Thou are the earnest of his love,   The pledge of joys to come; And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,   Will safe convey me home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth and what faults they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth and what faults they commit, the earth covereth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to site thn it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is fate. (Destiny) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is fate. (Destiny)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a lot of people think it's monotonous, down the black lines over and over, but it's not if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a lot of people think it's monotonous, down the black lines over and over, but it's not if you're enjoying what you're doing. I love to swim and I love to train.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot create observers by saying "observe," but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot create observers by saying "observe," but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that was the way The deuce was to pay  As it always is, at the close of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19572]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that was the way The deuce was to pay  As it always is, at the close of the day   That gave us--    Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!     (With some restrictions, the fault-finders say)      That which, please God, we will keep for aye       Our National Independence!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18701]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think young players, in particular, see that, recognize, 'This is what the coaches want,' because we recognize that. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29870]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think young players, in particular, see that, recognize, 'This is what the coaches want,' because we recognize that. This is what the game's all about, this is how you go about the game. This is how you're supposed to play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the long run, crowding out tends to mitigate the effects of fiscal policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38032]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the long run, crowding out tends to mitigate the effects of fiscal policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear  The trumpet of contention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear  The trumpet of contention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4318]]></link><description><![CDATA[To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63901]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970  Two movements merge in the real act of communion. First, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970  Two movements merge in the real act of communion. First, the creature's profound sense of need, of incompleteness: its steadfast desire... Next, a humble and loving acceptance of God's answer to that prayer of desire, however startling, disappointing, and unappetizing it may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure  A white so perfect, spotless clear   As in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure  A white so perfect, spotless clear   As in this flower doth appear?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY He has come! the Christ of God; Left for us His glad abode, Stooping from His throne of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6680]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY He has come! the Christ of God; Left for us His glad abode, Stooping from His throne of bliss, To this darksome wilderness. He has come! the Prince of Peace; Come to bid our sorrows cease; Come to scatter with His light All the darkness of our night. He, the Mighty King, has come! Making this poor world His home; Come to bear our sin's sad load,-- Son of David, Son of God! He has come whose name of grace Speaks deliverance to our race; Left for us His glad abode,-- Son of Mary, Son of God! Unto us a Child is born! Ne'er has earth beheld a morn, Among all the morns of time, Half so glorious in its prime! Unto us a Son is given! He has come from God's own heaven, Bringing with Him, from above, Holy peace and holy love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was like a kid on Christmas morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35437]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was like a kid on Christmas morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Guarding Morrison) isn't something you ask for. It's a job, whether it's Adam Morrison or whoever the top player is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29631]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Guarding Morrison) isn't something you ask for. It's a job, whether it's Adam Morrison or whoever the top player is on the opposing team. It's something we do night in and night out. I'm going to approach it like I approach every other game. My job is to limit him as much as possible. I've had my share of experiences throughout the year. It's just another game for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41476]]></link><description><![CDATA[It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41476</guid></item></channel></rss>