<?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 Mission Statement is a dense slab of words that a large organization produces when it needs to establish that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Mission Statement is a dense slab of words that a large organization produces when it needs to establish that its workers are not just sitting around downloading Internet porn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial halter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50444]]></link><description><![CDATA[He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial halter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forecasts for the second-half of the year for the most part seem to support a recovery, but to some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34039]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forecasts for the second-half of the year for the most part seem to support a recovery, but to some extent, that's already priced into the market, so you're not seeing that much stock reaction. There's not a lot of conviction and some people will take profits. But I think there will continue to be a moderately upwards bias for the remainder of the year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17026]]></link><description><![CDATA[The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52031]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The move shows confidence by the leadership that we are not guilty and don't fear anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The move shows confidence by the leadership that we are not guilty and don't fear anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51569]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the attainment of his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolve to make each day the very best and don't let anyone get in your way. If they do, step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolve to make each day the very best and don't let anyone get in your way. If they do, step on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drive a jeep. An old jeep, so nobody will say I'm driving a BMW anymore. I couldn't stand that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drive a jeep. An old jeep, so nobody will say I'm driving a BMW anymore. I couldn't stand that BMW, ha ha ha! BMW make pure trouble!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye. [Lat., L'invidia, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye. [Lat., L'invidia, figliuol mio, se stessa macera,  E si dilegua come agnel per fascino.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like the contact, ... After I run them over the first time, they start going for the legs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like the contact, ... After I run them over the first time, they start going for the legs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feller that calls you "brother" generally wants something that don't belong to him ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feller that calls you "brother" generally wants something that don't belong to him]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was no fire. We started out a little down in the beginning. We were lucky to still be winning, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34198]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was no fire. We started out a little down in the beginning. We were lucky to still be winning, I thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or (almost) like a Spider, who, confin'd In her Web's centre, shakt with every winde,  Moves in an instant, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or (almost) like a Spider, who, confin'd In her Web's centre, shakt with every winde,  Moves in an instant, if the buzzing Flie   Stir but a string of her Lawn Canopie.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is not so common. [Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]   - Voltaire (Francois Marie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is not so common. [Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]   - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16976]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22115]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48331]]></link><description><![CDATA[An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63764]]></link><description><![CDATA[A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1890]]></link><description><![CDATA[At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will be treble-sinewed, hearted, breathed, And fight maliciously; for when mine hours  Were nice and lucky, men did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26022]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will be treble-sinewed, hearted, breathed, And fight maliciously; for when mine hours  Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives   Of me for jests; but now I'll set my teeth    And send to darkness all that stop me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shredder at Andersen's office at the Enron building was used virtually constantly and, to handle the overload, dozens of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shredder at Andersen's office at the Enron building was used virtually constantly and, to handle the overload, dozens of large trunks filled with Enron documents were sent [to] Andersen's main Houston office to be shredded,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It allows us to go out and sweep the city at a much faster pace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31122]]></link><description><![CDATA[It allows us to go out and sweep the city at a much faster pace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63124]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that. . . you really must make the self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We realize that this is a major area where we need to focus attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We realize that this is a major area where we need to focus attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40017]]></link><description><![CDATA[These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the rest of the rock scene, you'll find that there's mostly working-class people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Way down upon de Swanee Ribber, Far, far away,  Dere's whar ma heart am turning ebber,   Dere's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Way down upon de Swanee Ribber, Far, far away,  Dere's whar ma heart am turning ebber,   Dere's whar de old folks stay.    All up and down de whole creation,     Sadly I roam,      Still longing for de old plantation,       And for de old folks at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great concept. I saw this house in the fall on a night tour and it's just amazing to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40438]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great concept. I saw this house in the fall on a night tour and it's just amazing to see it now, just a few months later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look for ghosts; but none will force Their way to me; 'tis falsely said  That even there was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look for ghosts; but none will force Their way to me; 'tis falsely said  That even there was intercourse   Between the living and the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13236]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53920]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we're looking at is a comprehensive plan for the border, not so much a Band-Aid approach. We want a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37277]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we're looking at is a comprehensive plan for the border, not so much a Band-Aid approach. We want a mix of technology, resources and a temporary-worker program.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know what you can get away with until you try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21651]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know what you can get away with until you try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love can cure heartbreaks, misfortune, or tragedy. It is the eternal companion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love can cure heartbreaks, misfortune, or tragedy. It is the eternal companion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25633</guid></item></channel></rss>