<?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[The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/834]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to miss him a lot. Other guys have to step up and do a great job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34529]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to miss him a lot. Other guys have to step up and do a great job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35334]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love isn't who you can see yourself with, it's who you can't see yourself without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love isn't who you can see yourself with, it's who you can't see yourself without.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow--so arbitrary are these transient laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which happens in life is not as important as how you accept it. Walter Brueggeman -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46085]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which happens in life is not as important as how you accept it. Walter Brueggeman -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65418]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a democrat at twenty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19166]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15455]]></link><description><![CDATA[His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535  Sorrow for sin and sorrow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535  Sorrow for sin and sorrow for suffering are ofttimes so twisted and interwoven in the same person -- yea, in the same sigh and groan -- that sometimes it is impossible for the party himself so to separate and divide them in his own sense and feeling, as to know which proceeds from the one and which from the other. Only the all-seeing eye of an infinite God is able to discern and distinguish them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9101]]></link><description><![CDATA[A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49366]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17998]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. -King Henry V. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55964]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what we needed. We have to get stops to run the floor. They did a good job of controlling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32370]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what we needed. We have to get stops to run the floor. They did a good job of controlling the tempo in the first half, and it took us out of our game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men. She is author of The Color Purple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series about the early church:   The sure way to success for any commercial venture is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series about the early church:   The sure way to success for any commercial venture is to suggest that those people who buy things from it, or gamble on its terms, are members of a "club", a "circle". Study the advertisements in any popular magazine: people are "invited to apply for membership"; "members will receive a catalogue"; they are even offered "rules", which they gladly accept because the need for authority lies heavily upon them; they then receive a card admitting them to the circle, with the "President's signature" printed on it. In the need for belonging, the acknowledgement of dependence, may lie the greatest opportunity of the Christian evangelist. It is not unlike the conditions under which the early Church worked. In the later Roman Empire, crumbling under its own size, its communications and resources stretched to the utmost, the mystery-religions came into their own. Rites of initiation, the sharing of secret knowledge, offered to people of all classes an escape from the perplexities of life, a retreat into a closed circle of the elect where they might feel that their transformed personalities had some significance. Who can know how many weary souls there were who strayed into the Church through rumours of a secret rite of purification, of a shared meal that conferred wisdom, and who remained to comprehend the fullness of the Godhead, a belonging greater than they had ever imagined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64979]]></link><description><![CDATA[True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66284]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50547]]></link><description><![CDATA[An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63435]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good husband makes a good wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good husband makes a good wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The republic of letters. [Fr., La republique des lettres.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25259]]></link><description><![CDATA[The republic of letters. [Fr., La republique des lettres.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66093]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/377]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24545]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51931</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[Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No clouds are in the morning sky, The vapors hug the stream,  Who says that life and love can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44902]]></link><description><![CDATA[No clouds are in the morning sky, The vapors hug the stream,  Who says that life and love can die   In all this northern gleam?    At every turn the maples burn,     The quail is whistling free,      The partridge whirs, and the frosted burs       Are dropping for you and me.        Ho! hillyho! heigh O!         Hillyho!          In the clear October morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the interception, we wanted to stick with what was safe at the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37699]]></link><description><![CDATA[After the interception, we wanted to stick with what was safe at the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many people regard prayer as a formalized routine of words, a refuge for weaklings, or a childish petition for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many people regard prayer as a formalized routine of words, a refuge for weaklings, or a childish petition for material things. We sadly undervalue prayer when we conceive it in these terms, just as we should underestimate rain by describing it as something that fills the birdbath in our garden. Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality -- the ultimate integration of man's highest faculties. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strengths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a situation of chaos in the military line of command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40297]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a situation of chaos in the military line of command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8282]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is leading him through the jubilation of Gennesaret or the triumphal entry into Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24752]]></link><description><![CDATA[The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dinner lubricates business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13255]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dinner lubricates business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13255</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[For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches. [Lat., Omnis enim res, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61398]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches. [Lat., Omnis enim res,  Virtus, fama, decus, divina, humanaque pulchris   Divitiis parent.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61398</guid></item></channel></rss>