<?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 leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5681]]></link><description><![CDATA[True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59370]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36465]]></link><description><![CDATA[A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29659]]></link><description><![CDATA[raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sound must seem an echo to the sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sound must seem an echo to the sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some books leave us free and some books make us free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some books leave us free and some books make us free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never use the word "nation" in speaking of the United States. I always use the word "Union" or "Confederacy." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60130]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never use the word "nation" in speaking of the United States. I always use the word "Union" or "Confederacy." We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron hand in a velvet glove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron hand in a velvet glove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45194]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie told often enough becomes truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1085]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie told often enough becomes truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64296]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where water is boss, the land must obbey ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where water is boss, the land must obbey]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and require our assistance to make it through until the next rains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, don't be sorrowful darling, And don't be sorrowful, pray:  Taking the year together, my dear,   There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, don't be sorrowful darling, And don't be sorrowful, pray:  Taking the year together, my dear,   There isn't more night than day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41321]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... Three of the prayer leaders were martyred during the Iran-Iraq war [of the 1980s].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear how he clears the points o' Faith Wi' rattling an' thumpin'!  Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear how he clears the points o' Faith Wi' rattling an' thumpin'!  Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath,   He's stampin', and he's jumpin'!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two ill meales make the third a glutton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two ill meales make the third a glutton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance wavers between extreme audacity and extreme shyness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance wavers between extreme audacity and extreme shyness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9185]]></link><description><![CDATA[How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the second half, La Conner tightened their defense. They packed defenders into the box ... the ball kept deflecting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30558]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the second half, La Conner tightened their defense. They packed defenders into the box ... the ball kept deflecting off people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65934]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Anderson understands that Evelyn runs the risk of seeming a little too saintly.] That's why the character of Tuff is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37205]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Anderson understands that Evelyn runs the risk of seeming a little too saintly.] That's why the character of Tuff is such a great sounding board, because she's the one who says, `How can you bear it?' ... And Evelyn Ryan, being who she was, could find satisfaction in any situation that she was living in. She found the magic, and the profundity, in the act of raising children. And, oh man, I couldn't do that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58474]]></link><description><![CDATA[To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum convenit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With a written agreement you have a prayer; with averbal agreement you have nothing but air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22395]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a written agreement you have a prayer; with averbal agreement you have nothing but air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To rebound from losing to Mansfield on Monday and to be down 10-3 at halftime, it would have been an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37361]]></link><description><![CDATA[To rebound from losing to Mansfield on Monday and to be down 10-3 at halftime, it would have been an easy thing for them to pack it in. We talked about some things at halftime and put it on their shoulders to come out in the second half and do it, and they did it one goal at a time. I'm really proud of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52598]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that it's important for the college environment and for the students to be exposed to the issues and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that it's important for the college environment and for the students to be exposed to the issues and opportunities the world has to offer. We could all stand to be educated and learn about different cultures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a very loyal and passionate audience that unfortunately never did grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31589]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a very loyal and passionate audience that unfortunately never did grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've legged you up on winners - do you want me to leg you up now? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33389]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've legged you up on winners - do you want me to leg you up now?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a jobapplication form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a jobapplication form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything yields to diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything yields to diligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a sure card. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5238]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a sure card.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63727]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18998</guid></item></channel></rss>