<?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[Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11775]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the old board of his. Then he'd spin it round and round, like a wheel of fortune, and no matter where it stopped he'd yell out, "Tadpoles! Tadpoles is a winner!" We all thought he was crazy. But then we had some growing up to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had the team to win it. I think we have it again this year. We just need to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30488]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had the team to win it. I think we have it again this year. We just need to be confident. I think we've gone into those games too timid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51664]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9314]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and its sucked every second so far, it probably isn't gonna get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black is best worn as an ensemble - black with black. Black with color is not quite where we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black is best worn as an ensemble - black with black. Black with color is not quite where we are right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what webelieve. What we believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what webelieve. What we believe is based on our perceptions. What we perceivedepends on what we look for. What we look for depends on what we think.What we think depends on what we perceive. What we perceive determineswhat we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16565]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29276]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the stations. I'll just be going from the field to the office more. I have to thank Tim (Bragg, who retired last week as assistant fire chief with 28 years at MFD). He prepared me well for the office end of this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All in all, it was a very good year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38189]]></link><description><![CDATA[All in all, it was a very good year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To please great men is not the last degree of praise. [Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48012]]></link><description><![CDATA[To please great men is not the last degree of praise. [Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Nationally), species such as the bald eagle have made a comeback because of targeted efforts. But unlike the federal program, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30526]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Nationally), species such as the bald eagle have made a comeback because of targeted efforts. But unlike the federal program, Georgia does not have an individual recovery plan for each protected species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the whole history of war. But we can at least crystallize the lessons into two simple maxims- one negative, the other positive. The first is that, in face of the overwhelming evidence of history, no general is justified in launching his troops to a direct attack upon an enemy firmly in position. The second, that instead of seeking to upset the enemy's equilibrium by one's attack, it must be upset before a real attack is, or can be successfully launched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16986]]></link><description><![CDATA[My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither bribe nor loose thy right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither bribe nor loose thy right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say first, of God above or man below, What can we reason but from what we know? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say first, of God above or man below, What can we reason but from what we know?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54173]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherin he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43854]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherin he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872   We do not cease to be children because we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872   We do not cease to be children because we are disobedient children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a child annoys you, quiet him by brushing his hair. If this doesn't work, use the other side of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5964]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a child annoys you, quiet him by brushing his hair. If this doesn't work, use the other side of the brush on the other end of the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro, In all the raging impotence of woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro, In all the raging impotence of woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little drops of rain Whisper of the pain Tears of love Lost in the days gone by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little drops of rain Whisper of the pain Tears of love Lost in the days gone by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15779]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hero is one who hangs on one minute longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/399]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Hero is one who hangs on one minute longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and dignity cannot share the same abode. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change -Josh Billings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change -Josh Billings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2502]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43852]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life away in fruitless efforts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24218]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25785]]></link><description><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11362]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He got a corporation mind. He doesn't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43856]]></link><description><![CDATA[He got a corporation mind. He doesn't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His pitch count was good. We don't have another game until Thursday, so after the fifth inning I told him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32715]]></link><description><![CDATA[His pitch count was good. We don't have another game until Thursday, so after the fifth inning I told him I was going to give him a shot to go the full distance. I'm very proud of what we saw from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American...is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners...Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57465]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is out of the reach of fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61753]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we showed a lot of poise as a team. We stayed together when Colorado State made their run ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41040]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we showed a lot of poise as a team. We stayed together when Colorado State made their run at us. The guys hung in there and it's a great win for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very rats Instinctively had quit it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very rats Instinctively had quit it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51494</guid></item></channel></rss>