<?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 am not addicted to nicotine. Why must I participate in your drug addiction? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13032]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not addicted to nicotine. Why must I participate in your drug addiction?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all else is lost, the future still remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17133]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all else is lost, the future still remains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really see [today's bad corporate news] as significant fundamental factors, I see it more as an excuse for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really see [today's bad corporate news] as significant fundamental factors, I see it more as an excuse for short-term profit-taking. The correction we've seen is very small relative to the rally we've seen in the last few weeks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to run faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28251]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to run faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12467]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale,  And every tale condemns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51520]]></link><description><![CDATA[My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale,  And every tale condemns me for a villain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so,  A thousand liveried angels ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5793]]></link><description><![CDATA[So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so,  A thousand liveried angels lacky her,   Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus we find that people who fail in everyday affairs show a tendency to reach out for the impossible. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus we find that people who fail in everyday affairs show a tendency to reach out for the impossible. They become responsive to grandiose schemes, and will display unequaled steadfastness, formidable energies and a special fitness in the performance of tasks which would stump superior people. It seems paradoxical that defeat in dealing with the possible should embolden people to attempt the impossible, but a familiarity with the mentality of the weak reveals that what seems a path of daring is actually an easy way out: It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings. For when we fail in attaining the impossible we are justified in attributing it to the magnitude of the task.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be several weeks before we know the damage, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30656]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be several weeks before we know the damage,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9023]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides it ceases to be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52748]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides it ceases to be a question]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved all the Aaron Spelling shows, ‘Beverly Hills 90210' and ‘Models Inc.' At that time, I had pet rats ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46444]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved all the Aaron Spelling shows, ‘Beverly Hills 90210' and ‘Models Inc.' At that time, I had pet rats I was raising and I always named all the baby rats after the characters in the shows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like Canada's punishment from the US is over. They realize they've been choking our economy and with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32094]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like Canada's punishment from the US is over. They realize they've been choking our economy and with the new leader in Canada they're going to cut us some slack. People from the US are going to realize for the first time where Ottawa is and that it's the Capital of Canada.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16333]]></link><description><![CDATA[All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not in the roll of common men. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not in the roll of common men. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11640]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like Christmas. Everything is real, but not as it seems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like Christmas. Everything is real, but not as it seems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last four games we had great practices. For four weeks we concentrated on defensive intensity and finishing games out. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30532]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last four games we had great practices. For four weeks we concentrated on defensive intensity and finishing games out. The 1-3-1 zone has been working really well for us. We force turnovers by the other team and get the fast break going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end of the season is coming up, we're starting to see it. We really have got to start putting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end of the season is coming up, we're starting to see it. We really have got to start putting the pieces together. ... We should have put Indiana away 10 minutes into the second half. We just have to stay focused and go out there and play hard for all 40 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is definitely a good sign. We definitely hope this is the breakthrough we have been looking for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41543]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is definitely a good sign. We definitely hope this is the breakthrough we have been looking for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving McCarthy was a disciplinary measure. Whoever does not obey leaves. Be it the best player or the best paid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaving McCarthy was a disciplinary measure. Whoever does not obey leaves. Be it the best player or the best paid player. The team has to be more important than any player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is precisely those things which belong to "the people" which have historically been despoiled- wild creatures, the air, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47190]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is precisely those things which belong to "the people" which have historically been despoiled- wild creatures, the air, and waterways being notable examples. This goes to the heart of why property rights are socially important in the first place. Property rights mean self-interested monitors. No owned creatures are in danger of extinction. No owned forests are in danger of being leveled. No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg when it is his goose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. [Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. [Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, you got it in the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48318]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, `My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46445]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, `My God, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be,  Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12658]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be,  Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,   And curs of low degree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ask Joe to do a lot for us. He's going to get his touches and create a lot for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31692]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ask Joe to do a lot for us. He's going to get his touches and create a lot for us on offense. But if we (UW-L's guards) are able to hit our shots, that takes a lot of pressure off of him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delphi is telling the bankruptcy court that if nothing changes in terms of their union agreement, they won?t have money ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delphi is telling the bankruptcy court that if nothing changes in terms of their union agreement, they won?t have money to pay their light bill by the end of 2007. So there?s definitely going to be a need for changes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883  When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883  When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on this earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57532]]></link><description><![CDATA[One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football? (when asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing comes to mind without thinking! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing comes to mind without thinking!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive thyself little, and others much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive thyself little, and others much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Yes," I answered you last night; "No," this morning, sir, I say:  Colors seen by candle-light   Will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61997]]></link><description><![CDATA["Yes," I answered you last night; "No," this morning, sir, I say:  Colors seen by candle-light   Will not look the same by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61997</guid></item></channel></rss>