<?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[About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24335]]></link><description><![CDATA[About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64193]]></link><description><![CDATA[People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think the downside risk here is modest. Merck has fundamental challenges ahead based on its base business. We really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31185]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think the downside risk here is modest. Merck has fundamental challenges ahead based on its base business. We really concluded the stock is trading incorporating these items.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't trust anyone over 30 who used to say "Don't trust anyone over 30.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't trust anyone over 30 who used to say "Don't trust anyone over 30.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild oats make a bad autumn crop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delays have dangerous ends. -King Henry VI. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delays have dangerous ends. -King Henry VI. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first the idea is absurd, then there is no hope for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20278]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first the idea is absurd, then there is no hope for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9041]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a lot of girls who go out there and just bust their butts. It showed (against Centerburg) when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32106]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a lot of girls who go out there and just bust their butts. It showed (against Centerburg) when some of our girls stepped up. They didn't want to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you; not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2224]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you; not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may have been Jay Davis' best game here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may have been Jay Davis' best game here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back, And says he called another; that arrives,  Meets the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61797]]></link><description><![CDATA[He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back, And says he called another; that arrives,  Meets the same welcome; yet he still calls on;   Till one calls him, who varies not his call,    But holds him fast, in chains of darkness bound,     Till Nature dies, and judgment sets him free;      A freedom far less welcome than this chain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write,  Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light,  Upon the hearts of men. Have Hope. Though clouds environ round,  And gladness hides her face in scorn,  Put off the shadow from thy brow:  No night but hath its morn. Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven -  The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth - Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven,  The inhabitants of earth. Have Love. Not love alone for one,  But man, as man, thy brother call;  And scatter, like a circling sun,  Thy charities on all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no index so sure as the voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60941]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no index so sure as the voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24759]]></link><description><![CDATA[If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2242]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16873]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every penny extra we put in is going to add to that $300,000 that we were over (to start with). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every penny extra we put in is going to add to that $300,000 that we were over (to start with).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30893</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[We got sloppy at times, but picked it up and didn't let ourselves spiral downward. The team has been working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31795]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got sloppy at times, but picked it up and didn't let ourselves spiral downward. The team has been working on combinations and communication, which has helped us a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust in the Lord with all you do and you will be prosperous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust in the Lord with all you do and you will be prosperous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25520]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.   - Lord Byron (George Gordon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23419]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.   - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to go in, keep my mouth shut and just listen to the guys, ... I have to earn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35177]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to go in, keep my mouth shut and just listen to the guys, ... I have to earn the respect of my teammates and coaches, and I'm going to do whatever it takes to earn that respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After graduation I plan on substituting in Jackson Township schools as an elementary school teacher. However, my dream job is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42375]]></link><description><![CDATA[After graduation I plan on substituting in Jackson Township schools as an elementary school teacher. However, my dream job is to become a kindergarten teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grew up competing with much larger institutions. They are very good at what they do and we knew that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38503]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grew up competing with much larger institutions. They are very good at what they do and we knew that we couldn't beat them at their game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25727]]></link><description><![CDATA[After another moment's silence, she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of life we are in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15760]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of life we are in debt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Builders are using every nook and cranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Builders are using every nook and cranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5632]]></link><description><![CDATA[And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What! can so young a thorn begin to prick? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51327]]></link><description><![CDATA[What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ich.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shout now! The months with loud acclaim, Take up the cry and send it forth;  May breathing sweet her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shout now! The months with loud acclaim, Take up the cry and send it forth;  May breathing sweet her Spring perfumes,   November thundering from the North.    With hands upraised, as with one voice,     They join their notes in grand accord;      Hail to December! say they all,       It gave to Earth our Christ the Lord!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be an agnostic--be something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be an agnostic--be something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you kidding me? How'd you do that? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you kidding me? How'd you do that?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66568]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed;  Where the rug's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19625]]></link><description><![CDATA[What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed;  Where the rug's two-fold use we might display,   By night a blanket, and a plaid by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Detective stories are the art-for-art's sake of yawning Philistinism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Detective stories are the art-for-art's sake of yawning Philistinism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles,  Hangs silent on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27455]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles,  Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27455</guid></item></channel></rss>