<?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[It's in the preparation -- in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5274]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's in the preparation -- in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. It's making the extra call and caring a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, poet-dreamer, within those walls What triumphs shall be yours!  For all are happy and rich and great  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, poet-dreamer, within those walls What triumphs shall be yours!  For all are happy and rich and great   In that City of By-and-by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61148]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that the wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freashly shaved faces, it was a shock. 'My God, my God —' I said to myself, 'it's the Children's Crusade.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63405]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,   As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,    And we are not told whose gift was gold,     Or whose was the gift of myrrh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24247]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wake up America. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wake up America.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have much larger student bodies to select team members from, and some of them have as many as eight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37995]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have much larger student bodies to select team members from, and some of them have as many as eight coaches for different subjects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime congregantur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime congregantur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57120]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a question of putting into the text the language of our accord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32872]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a question of putting into the text the language of our accord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that keeps nor crust nor crumb, Weary of all shall want some. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51335]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that keeps nor crust nor crumb, Weary of all shall want some.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11929]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3468]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and use more normal means of talking to it; when you have to assume that it does not, then you have to make your vision apparent by shock, to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind, you draw large and startling figures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From small beginnings come great things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3942]]></link><description><![CDATA[From small beginnings come great things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thou I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5692]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thou I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future has a way of arriving unannounced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19419]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future has a way of arriving unannounced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked about defending better and we came out and did it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35028]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked about defending better and we came out and did it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more sympathy you give, the less you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66471]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more sympathy you give, the less you need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56294]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surgery he had last year was the second one he's had and it is just a problem. He is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31714]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surgery he had last year was the second one he's had and it is just a problem. He is no longer playing. He's in school and he'll finish the semester but he just doesn't feel comfortable with the shoulder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50531]]></link><description><![CDATA[When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10706]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13517]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59115]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry -- a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry -- a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did have a very solid fall, which is a little bit unusual. A couple years ago, we had a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30882]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did have a very solid fall, which is a little bit unusual. A couple years ago, we had a real good fall, and that was the year when we had a very good team. So I'm hoping this is a good sign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctor is to be feared more than the disease ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12614]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctor is to be feared more than the disease]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger is the handmaid of genius ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger is the handmaid of genius]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it can to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8901]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it can to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27550]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57163]]></link><description><![CDATA[But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,  And roam along, the world's tired denizen,   With none who bless us, none whom we can bless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17310</guid></item></channel></rss>