<?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[Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Stirling Castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled;  Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54335]]></link><description><![CDATA[From Stirling Castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled;  Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay,   And with the Tweed had travelled;    And when we came to Clovenford,     Then said "my winsome marrow,"      "Whate'er betide, we'll turn aside,       And see the braes of Yarrow."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17722]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command. [Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23513]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command. [Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19261]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4465]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to climb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain is no evil unless it conquers us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This garden is the crown jewel of the entire restoration project. The flowers cost $150,000. But it cost four times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33091]]></link><description><![CDATA[This garden is the crown jewel of the entire restoration project. The flowers cost $150,000. But it cost four times that for the layers upon layers of work in this garden that people never see, such as the archeology, the engineering, and the irrigation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're always looking for a way to enhance service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're always looking for a way to enhance service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65844]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to the things which you think are important. The fate of humanity is in his or her hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was incredible how strong the results were. The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41960]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was incredible how strong the results were. The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death and a fear of the US occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46436]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best dreams happen when you're awake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best dreams happen when you're awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, hark! what mean those yells and cries? His chain some furious madman breaks;  He comes--I see his glaring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21021]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, hark! what mean those yells and cries? His chain some furious madman breaks;  He comes--I see his glaring eyes:   Now, now, my dungeon grate he shakes.    Help! Help! He's gone!--O fearful woe,     Such screams to hear, such sights to see!      My brain, my brain,--I know, I know       I am not mad but soon shall be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said, 'oh, the office is backed up with some paperwork.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41891]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said, 'oh, the office is backed up with some paperwork.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ramm!    Sing: Goddamm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With but a plank between them and their fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48786]]></link><description><![CDATA[With but a plank between them and their fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who influences the thoughts of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20846]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who influences the thoughts of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a man; nothing human is alien to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19989]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Faith knows nothing of external guarantees -- that is, of course, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Faith knows nothing of external guarantees -- that is, of course, faith as an original experience of the life of the Spirit. It is only in the secondary esoteric sphere of the religious life that we find guarantees and a general attempt to compel faith. To demand guarantees and proofs of faith is to fail to understand its very nature by denying the free, heroic act which it inspires. In really authentic and original religious experience, to the existence of which the history of the human spirit bears abundant witness, faith springs up without the aid of guarantees and compelling proofs, without any external coercion or the use of authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played pretty hard. We had a little trouble the first 50 minutes. We didn't really play our game, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32955]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played pretty hard. We had a little trouble the first 50 minutes. We didn't really play our game, but in the end it was a [win] for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66238]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traditionally, women have done cosmetic surgery to be competitive along beauty standards. Now men are doing that but for competition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traditionally, women have done cosmetic surgery to be competitive along beauty standards. Now men are doing that but for competition in the workplace. These guys are competing along lines of status and power in a market economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings comeforth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are thereincarnation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings comeforth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are thereincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment anddisillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rageor anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are otherembodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing,not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects thequality of their relationships with others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. -Laurence J. Peter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. -Laurence J. Peter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18692]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you can become you are already. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21928]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you can become you are already.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44066]]></link><description><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angel with a trumpet said, "Forever more, forever more,  The reign of violence is o'er!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10789]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angel with a trumpet said, "Forever more, forever more,  The reign of violence is o'er!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tasteful illumination of the night, Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tasteful illumination of the night, Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18325]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is anger directed at ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is the playfield of Satan. - Pale Fire, 1962. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is the playfield of Satan. - Pale Fire, 1962.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56658]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to drawexclusively from his own resources. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to drawexclusively from his own resources.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are the evils which result from gossiping habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50785]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65505</guid></item></channel></rss>