<?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 conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34396]]></link><description><![CDATA[When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but any spark can ignite a fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours;  Only in our blindness   We gather thorns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23757]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours;  Only in our blindness   We gather thorns for flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock of God's promises, and it was indeed a precious resting place, but now I rest in His grace. He is teaching me that the bosom of His love is a far sweeter resting-place than even the rock of His promises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44086]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65334]]></link><description><![CDATA[For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Suggest a recess or another meeting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274  The Christ of God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274  The Christ of God was not then first crucified when the Jews brought Him to the Cross; but Adam and Eve were His first real murderers; for the death which happened to them in the day when they did eat of the earthly tree was the death of the Christ of God or the divine life in their souls. For Christ had never come into the world as a second Adam to redeem it, had He not been originally the life and perfection and glory of the first Adam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A naughty child is better sick then whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49063]]></link><description><![CDATA[A naughty child is better sick then whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16996]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope to continue property acquisition in this area so we can keep building a small number of homes in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37467]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope to continue property acquisition in this area so we can keep building a small number of homes in between the larger projects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no office hours for leaders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22553]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no office hours for leaders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipline yourself, and others won't need to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,  It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60918]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,  It ravishes all senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost their main fighting force,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51387]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,  To the last syllable of recorded time,   And all our yesterdays have lighted fools    The way to dusty death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64110]]></link><description><![CDATA[When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20714]]></link><description><![CDATA[The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It can save your marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39473]]></link><description><![CDATA[It can save your marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55087]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by, the last one you see is always the prettiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3752]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by, the last one you see is always the prettiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worcester County has great potential for growing grapes. We're still trying to figure the absolute best grapes and we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worcester County has great potential for growing grapes. We're still trying to figure the absolute best grapes and we have experiments under way, but you can grow everything on the Eastern Shore and we're very encouraged by whites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17651]]></link><description><![CDATA[God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12696]]></link><description><![CDATA[You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878   Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878   Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. He hath many desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation. Many love Jesus so long as no adversities befall them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50272]]></link><description><![CDATA[In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, hisinfluence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21077]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, hisinfluence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautifuljewels of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the way it has been all season long. We get off to a good start but fall behind after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30962]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the way it has been all season long. We get off to a good start but fall behind after we are forced into several poor match-ups because of injuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32475]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side is probably not providing the right answers. Then you've got to back step and redesign things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30141]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a big urn in the billiard room and it was black, but I wondered if it was brass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49818]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Past lives o'er again, In its effects, and to the guilty spirit  The ever-frowning Present is its image. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Past lives o'er again, In its effects, and to the guilty spirit  The ever-frowning Present is its image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of these activists are defending human rights. The authorities must ensure that they are able to continue with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of these activists are defending human rights. The authorities must ensure that they are able to continue with their peaceful activities without fear of arbitrary detention, harassment or other human rights violations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39023</guid></item></channel></rss>