<?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[A very man--not one of nature's clods-- With human failings, whether saint or sinner:  Endowed perhaps with genius from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13254]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very man--not one of nature's clods-- With human failings, whether saint or sinner:  Endowed perhaps with genius from the gods   But apt to take his temper from his dinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pen is the tongue of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pen is the tongue of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. [Lat., Principiis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. [Lat., Principiis obsta: sero medicina paratur,  Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an attempt to mitigate, and litigate the problem, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37769]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an attempt to mitigate, and litigate the problem,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like it when people on the street say "smile" or "cheer up." It's a real cheap line. I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18196]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like it when people on the street say "smile" or "cheer up." It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[fed up with being their whipping boy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38226]]></link><description><![CDATA[fed up with being their whipping boy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23539]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Peter Chanel, Religious, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841  The missionary goes out to men of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Peter Chanel, Religious, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841  The missionary goes out to men of other faiths and of no faith, not to argue, not to make comparisons, never to claim a superior knowledge or revelation, but to tell of a glorious deed, of the New Creation that has occurred and of the New Being that has appeared and into which men may enter. This is testimony, the apostolic testimony, and this, with the energy of love, is the missionary motive. The insistent task of missionary education and responsibility is to engender this motive throughout the Church, a task that can only be accomplished as men are confronted anew with the message of the Bible and with its supreme and central story, the story of the cross.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is a period of missed opportunities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is a period of missed opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/87]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/87</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. - Essays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being right too soon is socially unacceptable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30052]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits perfectly in the U.S. which makes me realize there's not much difference between people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kid is unbelievable, ... I've never seen anything like it, in the NFL, or whatever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33509]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kid is unbelievable, ... I've never seen anything like it, in the NFL, or whatever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61075]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when silence has the loudest voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21654]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when silence has the loudest voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value of our company, including those proposed by Mr. Icahn and his group. Investors should rest assured that this evaluation is being done in a prudent and deliberate manner with an eye toward creating sustainable value for all of our shareholders and as always we will keep our shareholders informed regarding our initiatives and direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humility -- that priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art ... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art ... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53585]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch,  Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23261]]></link><description><![CDATA[It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch,  Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest;   Would thou could'st make the time to do so too;    I'll wind thee up no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the biggest tournament of the season outside of the regional and state championships. All of the top players ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38645]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the biggest tournament of the season outside of the regional and state championships. All of the top players are going to be there, and it should be a good preview of the state tournament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19210]]></link><description><![CDATA[A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never want to string a game like that together, but it shows so much composure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30746]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never want to string a game like that together, but it shows so much composure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders. - Oscar Firkins: Memoirs and Letters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57006]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; therein they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber-stamps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The postman always rings twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The postman always rings twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They sing, they will pay. [Fr., Ils chantent, ils payeront.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56461]]></link><description><![CDATA[They sing, they will pay. [Fr., Ils chantent, ils payeront.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We kind of expected him to be suspended. Kicking has no part in this game. I understand the suspension. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32571]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kind of expected him to be suspended. Kicking has no part in this game. I understand the suspension. It's tough. Things happen so quick, but you shouldn't kick anyone. I think he realizes his mistake and I don't think you will see him do that again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19944]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48122]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it is useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50554]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it is useless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the weight on it. That didn't go as well as he was hoping, but everything else was right up to par. ... As he said, 'When am I ever going to skip on the baseball field?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9483]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12291]]></link><description><![CDATA[What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was one of those kids who did a lot of homework, and my favorite thing was reading, ... Both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was one of those kids who did a lot of homework, and my favorite thing was reading, ... Both my parents really valued public education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Wilson's cousins, Michael Allen and Johnny Allen, live in an apartment upstairs from him and are among five evacuees who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42413]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Wilson's cousins, Michael Allen and Johnny Allen, live in an apartment upstairs from him and are among five evacuees who have enrolled in classes at the University of Texas at El Paso.] I didn't want to lose out on a whole semester, ... They made it real easy for us to enroll in school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55509]]></link><description><![CDATA[For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15327</guid></item></channel></rss>