<?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[Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, these human testimonies which exist to confirm it will not be vain if, as secondary aids to our feebleness, they follow that chief and highest testimony. But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39915]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the breathing has more to do with travel for me, about the search musically for open air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loe here the precious dust is layd; Whose purely-temper'd clay was made  So fine that it the guest betray'd. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loe here the precious dust is layd; Whose purely-temper'd clay was made  So fine that it the guest betray'd.   Else the soule grew so fast within,    It broke the outward shall of sinne     And so was hatch'd a cherubin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families. "Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24746]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hastens a glutton choakes him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hastens a glutton choakes him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake did a good job for us on the mound and really did a good job keeping their offense shutdown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jake did a good job for us on the mound and really did a good job keeping their offense shutdown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my voice, I have lost it with halloing and singing of anthems. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55911]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my voice, I have lost it with halloing and singing of anthems. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who want the most approval get the least and people who needapproval the least get the most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21294]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who want the most approval get the least and people who needapproval the least get the most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27691]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out, you impostors! Quack salving, cheating mountebanks! your skill  Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out, you impostors! Quack salving, cheating mountebanks! your skill  Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61222]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/879]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330   The Spirit of Christ can set men free, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330   The Spirit of Christ can set men free, and can enable them to become their true selves, without requiring their dependence on any particular religious organization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8204]]></link><description><![CDATA[No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,  In unremitting drudgery and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62150]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,  In unremitting drudgery and care!   How many a vulgar Cato has compelled    His energies, no longer tameless then,     To mould a pin, or fabricate a nail!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind, the wandering wind Of the golden summer eyes--  Whence is the thrilling magic   Of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind, the wandering wind Of the golden summer eyes--  Whence is the thrilling magic   Of its tunes amongst the leaves?    Oh, is it from the waters,     Or from the long, tall grass?      Or is it from the hollow rocks       Through which its breathings pass?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would by my standard of a statesman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57838]]></link><description><![CDATA[A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would by my standard of a statesman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65246]]></link><description><![CDATA[My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't walk more than a couple of feet without having to stop and catch my breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29194]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't walk more than a couple of feet without having to stop and catch my breath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really fun. He's always thinking, so he has a lot to talk about. I had fun just listening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39365]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really fun. He's always thinking, so he has a lot to talk about. I had fun just listening to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearthfor her magnetizes to your home those who love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearthfor her magnetizes to your home those who love every heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36001]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm elated. We needed everything (that we won at state). We had our best tournament we had all year ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ It was pretty powerful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4397]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3976]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is far too important a thing ever to talk about. -Oscar Wilde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is far too important a thing ever to talk about. -Oscar Wilde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43152]]></link><description><![CDATA[For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole game is about throwing and catching. The teams that do that the best comes out on top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole game is about throwing and catching. The teams that do that the best comes out on top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56953]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are the only animals who eat themselves to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/743]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are the only animals who eat themselves to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on;  'Twas not given for thee alone,   Pass it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on;  'Twas not given for thee alone,   Pass it on;    Let it travel down the years,     Let it wipe another's tears,      'Till in Heaven the deed appears--       Pass it on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40223]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought;  Souls to souls can never teach   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought;  Souls to souls can never teach   What unto themselves was taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is praised by some, blamed by others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50245]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is praised by some, blamed by others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25229]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like to influence them to let us have some say in what goes on and to convince them to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33910]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like to influence them to let us have some say in what goes on and to convince them to hire local workers,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I saw they had 28 yards rushing in the first half, I said, 'We're back,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38378]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I saw they had 28 yards rushing in the first half, I said, 'We're back,']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19074]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59918]]></link><description><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14273]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am no longer a curmudgeon.I am a curmudgeon emeritus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20113]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am no longer a curmudgeon.I am a curmudgeon emeritus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13004]]></link><description><![CDATA["Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that station o' life."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13004</guid></item></channel></rss>