<?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[Man proposes, and God disposes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man proposes, and God disposes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hoping he will play more minutes on Friday but there are aspects to his game that you won't see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32583]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm hoping he will play more minutes on Friday but there are aspects to his game that you won't see for about six weeks. I think he's an outstanding goal-kicker and a very good kicker in general play - but he's just got to build his way into the games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The free throws in the fourth quarter were big. This wasn't one of our best efforts. I think that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The free throws in the fourth quarter were big. This wasn't one of our best efforts. I think that is a sign of a good team, to not put up your best effort and still be able to win the district title.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suns may set and rise again: for us, when our brief light has set, there's the sleep of one ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suns may set and rise again: for us, when our brief light has set, there's the sleep of one ever lasting night. Give me a thousand kisses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live together like brothers, and do business like strangers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live together like brothers, and do business like strangers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To think is to practice brain chemistry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22453]]></link><description><![CDATA[To think is to practice brain chemistry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21622]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got just bits and pieces on Madison. But we've never worried about that before, you know, about being matched ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got just bits and pieces on Madison. But we've never worried about that before, you know, about being matched up with anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11863]]></link><description><![CDATA[A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63816]]></link><description><![CDATA[I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63255]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906 Continuing a short series on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906 Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11417]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11417</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[It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59857]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling. -Robert M. Pirsig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodbye. I am leaving because I am bored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goodbye. I am leaving because I am bored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could be into mid-July until we see the Dow break that record. It may take another round of earnings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38856]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could be into mid-July until we see the Dow break that record. It may take another round of earnings to give it that push.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soul of fibre and heart of oak. [Sp., Alma de esparto y corazon de encina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soul of fibre and heart of oak. [Sp., Alma de esparto y corazon de encina.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64373]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64373</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[I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not quail, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause, That all the year eats neither partridge not quail,  But sets up his rest and makes up his feast,   With a crust of brown bread and a pot of good ale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60078]]></link><description><![CDATA[An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime you give up one run in Coors Field you expect to win a ball game. It just shows how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime you give up one run in Coors Field you expect to win a ball game. It just shows how well Myers pitched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With just a little education and practice on how to manage your emotions, you can move into a new experience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13522]]></link><description><![CDATA[With just a little education and practice on how to manage your emotions, you can move into a new experience of life so rewarding that you will be motivated to keep on managing your emotional nature in order to sustain it. The payoff is delicious in terms of improved quality of life. Barbara Hoberman Levine, Your Body Believes Every Word You Say Learning to love and accept ourselves is basic to human education. So is learning to language emotion in a positive way. Ultimately when we learn to truly love and accept ourselves, we'll be able to live well and love each other and every thing we encounter. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60309]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/957]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very pleasing to have qualified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30668]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very pleasing to have qualified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65967]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an environment where it is very difficult to jump in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41167]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an environment where it is very difficult to jump in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely near the fountain of Salsabil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54569]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In durance vile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48262]]></link><description><![CDATA[In durance vile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN Lo, God, our God has come!   To us a Child is born, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6853]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN Lo, God, our God has come!   To us a Child is born, To us a Son is given;   Bless, bless the blessed morn! O happy, lowly lofty birth, Now God, our God, has come to earth! Rejoice, our God has come!   In love and lowliness; The Son of God has come   The sons of men to bless. God with us now descend to dwell, God in our flesh, Immanuel. Praise ye the word made flesh!   True God, true man is He. Praise ye the Christ of God!   To Him all glory be. Praise ye the Lamb that once was slain, Praise ye the king that comes to reign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60567</guid></item></channel></rss>