<?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[Washington--a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, beneficent light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Washington--a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, beneficent light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, there are two paths you can go byBut in the long runThere's still time to change the road you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, there are two paths you can go byBut in the long runThere's still time to change the road you're on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree.  . . . .  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59684]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree.  . . . .   Poems are made by fools like me,    But only God can make a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16845]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18937]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53098]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,  For daws to peck at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51435]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,  For daws to peck at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in beliefs, ideas and possessions. The sterile radical, too, is basically conservative. He is afraid to let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his life be seen as empty and wasted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22277]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go back and cut what I wanna cut at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in with the bone of great men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in with the bone of great men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame-thrower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame-thrower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done; it is a far, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11410]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done; it is a far, far, better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17647]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. But not in that order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60212]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. But not in that order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mankind love a lover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63645]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mankind love a lover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry in haste, repent at leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry in haste, repent at leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't always get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19919]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy than had previously been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34706]]></link><description><![CDATA[The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy than had previously been thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is clear yet ... the man cannot remain in these conditions ... his health is deteriorating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29766]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to say unequivocally that safety is our number one priority. Nothing will ever compromise that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to say unequivocally that safety is our number one priority. Nothing will ever compromise that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hier aupres de Charenton Un serpent morait Jean Freron,  Que croyez-vous qu'il arriva?   Ce fut le serpent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hier aupres de Charenton Un serpent morait Jean Freron,  Que croyez-vous qu'il arriva?   Ce fut le serpent qui creva.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can anyone picture God telling, taking, or enjoying a good joke? The idea is laughable. The Devil, on the other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can anyone picture God telling, taking, or enjoying a good joke? The idea is laughable. The Devil, on the other hand, laughs with demonic mirth, is possessed of a sardonic wit, and his eyes hold a glint of wicked bemusement. The farthest God, in his popular image, ever strays from sobriety is a beneficent smile. Satan sniggers with fiendish scorn at God, who sits in his ivory tower emitting nary a chuckle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will is that which has all power; it makes heaven and it makes hell: for there is no hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will is that which has all power; it makes heaven and it makes hell: for there is no hell but where the will of the creature is turned from God, nor any heaven but where the will of the creature worketh with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14204]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58057]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41408]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook. [Lat., Divine Plato escam malorum appeliat voluptatem, quod ea videlicet homines capiantur, ut pisces hamo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19689]]></link><description><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? By th' mass and 'tis, like a camel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? By th' mass and 'tis, like a camel indeed.  Methinks it is like a weasel.   It is backed like a weasel.    Or like a whale.     Very like a whale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I noticed an almost universal trait among Super Achievers, and it was what I call Sensory Goal Vision. These people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14538]]></link><description><![CDATA[I noticed an almost universal trait among Super Achievers, and it was what I call Sensory Goal Vision. These people knew what they wanted out of life, and they could sense it multidimensionally before they ever had it. They could not only see it, but also taste it, smell it, and imagine the sounds and emotions associated with it. They pre-lived it before they had it. And the sharp, sensory vision became a powerful driving force in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father, or mother, or sister -- a near ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6855]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father, or mother, or sister -- a near relation, a more affectionate Friend; and I rejoice to follow Him, and to love Him. Blessed Jesus! Thou art all I want -- a forerunner to me in all I ever shall go through as a Christian, a minister, or a missionary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare by knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number of variables you can work with during the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prepare by knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number of variables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walk away... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents the least you will accept. Without one, you have no negotiating road map.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50529]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50529</guid></item></channel></rss>