<?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 truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6090]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father. -Lance Armstrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As best gem upon her zone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As best gem upon her zone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25625]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all shopping in the same stores, so if someone hoards the toilet paper, there's less for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37323]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all shopping in the same stores, so if someone hoards the toilet paper, there's less for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business who can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business who can do it. I feel grateful the university has been so good to me and my family. I have a chancellor that has been very supportive of me, and his cooperation on what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it. I think that is very unique to have a situation like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61458]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's gone, and who knows how may he report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17886]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's gone, and who knows how may he report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vaccine is only about 95 percent effective. Five percent of the population is not going to be effected by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42360]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vaccine is only about 95 percent effective. Five percent of the population is not going to be effected by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn over a new leaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn over a new leaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15836]]></link><description><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And nearer as they came, a genial savour Of certain stews, and roast-meats, and pilaus.  Things which in hungry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10126]]></link><description><![CDATA[And nearer as they came, a genial savour Of certain stews, and roast-meats, and pilaus.  Things which in hungry mortals' eyes find favour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11467]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventure is worthwhile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adventure is worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16474]]></link><description><![CDATA[God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold   Dominion over palm and pine--    Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,     Lest we forget--lest we forget!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am optimistic about the economic recovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am optimistic about the economic recovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43851]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when a person cannot answer directly to your question, probably the answer is too painful for u to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when a person cannot answer directly to your question, probably the answer is too painful for u to know or too hard for them to admit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel important.'' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4264]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62833]]></link><description><![CDATA[To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puns are a form of humor with words.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puns are a form of humor with words.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold once out of the earth is no more due unto it; what was unreasonably committed to the ground, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold once out of the earth is no more due unto it; what was unreasonably committed to the ground, is reasonably resumed from it; let monuments and rich fabricks, not riches, adorn men's ashes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When prayers are done, my Lady is ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50076]]></link><description><![CDATA[When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I shall never scan A tree as lovely as a man.  . . . .  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never scan A tree as lovely as a man.  . . . .   A tree depicts divinest plan,    But God himself lives in a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36819]]></link><description><![CDATA[One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have now come to the point when the clarity has to be sought from Yugoslavia, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have now come to the point when the clarity has to be sought from Yugoslavia,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace, in international affairs, is a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62225]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10923]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32132]]></link><description><![CDATA[National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap. [Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54043]]></link><description><![CDATA[As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap. [Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/827]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is more concerned about who you are than what you do, and He is more concerned about what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53583]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is more concerned about who you are than what you do, and He is more concerned about what you do than where you do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5282</guid></item></channel></rss>