<?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[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37121]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59048]]></link><description><![CDATA[My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, Life and death issues don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11355]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25476]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is a great procuress ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is a great procuress]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56852]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We changed our offense, spread it out. McCarthy stepped up offensively and Rooney played well. We were more consistent on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We changed our offense, spread it out. McCarthy stepped up offensively and Rooney played well. We were more consistent on defense, especially Brian in goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are as free as and free in exactly the sense that our neuronal processes are free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47556]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are as free as and free in exactly the sense that our neuronal processes are free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20294]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52473]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To play at Chesse when the house is on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50010]]></link><description><![CDATA[To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a great season and a great game. It's a shame that someone had to lose this game and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28726]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a great season and a great game. It's a shame that someone had to lose this game and it's going to hurt these kids for a while, but a month from now, we'll be celebrating what we did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the powerof simplicity. We have a tendency it seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22422]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the powerof simplicity. We have a tendency it seems to over complicate our livesand forget what's important and what's not. We tend to mistake movementfor achievement. We tend to focus on activities instead of results. And asthe pace of life continues to race along in the outside world, we forgetthat we have the power to control our lives regardless of what's going onoutside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard. [Fr., Rien ne pese tant qu'un secret:  Le porter loin est difficile aux dames;   Et je sais meme sur ce fait    Bon nombre d'hommes que sont femmes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we're hoping for is to come up with a generalized plan of how people want to see the town ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36879]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we're hoping for is to come up with a generalized plan of how people want to see the town develop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[trying to fit the president's details into our principles, and it's a very difficult fit to be made. But I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33667]]></link><description><![CDATA[trying to fit the president's details into our principles, and it's a very difficult fit to be made. But I think we can get there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She connected with the military in a way I know they appreciate, not only the brass but the serving soldiers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38457]]></link><description><![CDATA[She connected with the military in a way I know they appreciate, not only the brass but the serving soldiers who saw someone who had made a point of getting to know them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation never falls but by suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43692]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation never falls but by suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11185]]></link><description><![CDATA[From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18613]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The craving for sympathy is the common boundary-line between joy and sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58523]]></link><description><![CDATA[The craving for sympathy is the common boundary-line between joy and sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The physician heals, Nature makes well. [Lat., Medicus curat, Natura sanat morbus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The physician heals, Nature makes well. [Lat., Medicus curat, Natura sanat morbus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to force chemistry between two people or else it may just blow up at you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to force chemistry between two people or else it may just blow up at you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59149]]></link><description><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my understanding from briefings that I have had with high-level sources within the intelligence organizations of this country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39208]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my understanding from briefings that I have had with high-level sources within the intelligence organizations of this country that at least two of the identified terrorists so far were people known to intelligence and immigration agencies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61316]]></link><description><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had the strength and the desire and the passion and all that sort of thing within his game. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38425]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had the strength and the desire and the passion and all that sort of thing within his game. He also had authority. If he was running with the ball, there was no way that you would even think of taking it off him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65214]]></link><description><![CDATA[God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes that's easier to do. They get excited about it - it's a novelty. The ones you swim over and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes that's easier to do. They get excited about it - it's a novelty. The ones you swim over and over again you don't always want to do that in back-to-back duals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh in vain. [Lat., Nisi Dominus frustra.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh in vain. [Lat., Nisi Dominus frustra.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my country we go to prison first and then become President. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66439]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my country we go to prison first and then become President.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These figures come at a difficult time, with regional and local newspapers subject to the same market forces as other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41240]]></link><description><![CDATA[These figures come at a difficult time, with regional and local newspapers subject to the same market forces as other consumer products and media. Despite this, a number of regional newspapers have seen some very impressive results due to investment, audience research and focusing on what their readers want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63831]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, butrather as a problem with ourselves, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21369]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, butrather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we willimmediately feel overwhelmed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not like I walked in expecting this, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39810]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not like I walked in expecting this,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64954]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45162]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two wrongs will never make a right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two wrongs will never make a right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He went for the shoot and the guy responded with the same thing, but the referee didn't stop the fight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32266]]></link><description><![CDATA[He went for the shoot and the guy responded with the same thing, but the referee didn't stop the fight because Cliff was still active and defending himself and was well aware of everything despite the brutal punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58779</guid></item></channel></rss>