<?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[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   Christ is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24382]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373  If the wounds of millions are to be healed, what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373  If the wounds of millions are to be healed, what other way is there except through forgiveness? Jesus, at least, leaves us no alternative. The command is stern. The terms are set: "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is exhausted and would die in prison if he stays in captivity another year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29825]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is exhausted and would die in prison if he stays in captivity another year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26478]]></link><description><![CDATA['Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting ahead that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5970]]></link><description><![CDATA[What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting ahead that they display in traffic. -M.A. Kelly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew God was working on this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30023]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew God was working on this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901   Nor is the fact that a particular form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901   Nor is the fact that a particular form was good in a particular age any proof that it is also good for another age. The history of the organization of Christianity has been in reality the history of successive readjustments of form to altered circumstances. Its power of readjustment has been at once a mark of its divinity and a secret of its strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is the playfield of Satan. - Pale Fire, 1962. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is the playfield of Satan. - Pale Fire, 1962.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as perfect happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50364]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as perfect happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8971]]></link><description><![CDATA[I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has the same meaning. Mitch do you like submarine sandwhiches? All-encompassingly...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look at Liv Tyler and think "It's not fair," because I can't find a flaw on her. And on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16207]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look at Liv Tyler and think "It's not fair," because I can't find a flaw on her. And on top of that she seems nice, so it's really not fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3328]]></link><description><![CDATA[As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting -- the nursery games of humankind, which had to be left behind when the age of science began. The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time or tide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time or tide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have received so much support since I've arrived here from the fans and the coaches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30014]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have received so much support since I've arrived here from the fans and the coaches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is blind, but friendship is clairvoyant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is blind, but friendship is clairvoyant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Props to Camille. She came into the game, she knew her role, got the touch on the ball and deflected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Props to Camille. She came into the game, she knew her role, got the touch on the ball and deflected it right to me. I just picked it up and put it in the basket. Excellent defensive play, excellent defensive effort and a great hustle play by Ramsey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God bless us every one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4316]]></link><description><![CDATA[God bless us every one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The measure of a man is what he does with power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The measure of a man is what he does with power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the hollowness of your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the hollowness of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is full of good intentions. [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is full of good intentions. [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt a whole lot of stuff. I'm overwhelmed in this experience, ... I'm happy the coaching staff gave me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40540]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt a whole lot of stuff. I'm overwhelmed in this experience, ... I'm happy the coaching staff gave me the opportunity to go out there and help. I just want to be a part, and it feels good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it where the flow'r of the orange blows, And the fireflies dance thro' the myrtle boughs? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it where the flow'r of the orange blows, And the fireflies dance thro' the myrtle boughs?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not even the gods can withstand necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not even the gods can withstand necessity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is infected with the same disease. [Lat., Nimirum insanus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21016]]></link><description><![CDATA[He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is infected with the same disease. [Lat., Nimirum insanus paucis videatur, eo quod  Maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's good to shut up sometimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46355]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's good to shut up sometimes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41599]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18027]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13536]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10316]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't feel much pressure today. I got here, and that was an accomplishment. I got to take some great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42088]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't feel much pressure today. I got here, and that was an accomplishment. I got to take some great runs with my friends. It was great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Very well," cried I, "that's a good girl; I find you are perfectly qualified for making converts, and so go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10131]]></link><description><![CDATA["Very well," cried I, "that's a good girl; I find you are perfectly qualified for making converts, and so go help your mother to make the gooseberry bye."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27674]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But whether on the scaffold high, Or in the battle's van,  The fittest place where man can die  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11177]]></link><description><![CDATA[But whether on the scaffold high, Or in the battle's van,  The fittest place where man can die   Is where he dies for man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59284]]></link><description><![CDATA[We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35469]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block to many shots because when you block a lot of shots it comes with a lot of whistles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're going to win games you aren't supposed to win and lose games you aren't supposed to lose. We weren't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32705]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're going to win games you aren't supposed to win and lose games you aren't supposed to lose. We weren't supposed to lose this game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32705</guid></item></channel></rss>