<?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[Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet each man kills the thing he loves... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet each man kills the thing he loves...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They played like seniors at the end, and we've got to make sure they continue to do that throughout the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37154]]></link><description><![CDATA[They played like seniors at the end, and we've got to make sure they continue to do that throughout the state tournament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know everybody thinks we have a hidden agenda, but the town wants to remain neutral. This is not some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30286]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know everybody thinks we have a hidden agenda, but the town wants to remain neutral. This is not some hidden plan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's really not a great understanding right now about what appeals to parents and kids. It's a market that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41635]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's really not a great understanding right now about what appeals to parents and kids. It's a market that is tougher to target than other segments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love at first sight? I absolutely believe in it! You've got to keep the faith. Who doesn't like the idea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love at first sight? I absolutely believe in it! You've got to keep the faith. Who doesn't like the idea that you could see someone tomorrow and she could be the love of your life? It's very romantic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like a major sporting event you're competing in. You're prepared and you know you're the best you can be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like a major sporting event you're competing in. You're prepared and you know you're the best you can be, but you never know until it's all played out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10757]]></link><description><![CDATA[To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Women Want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27163]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Women Want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just to be held. What Men Want: Tickets for the world series.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17388]]></link><description><![CDATA[The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most water conservation measures can save our customers money both in the short and long runs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most water conservation measures can save our customers money both in the short and long runs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a problem with several media taking only a part of the reality and not the whole picture. Some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28526]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a problem with several media taking only a part of the reality and not the whole picture. Some media in the world are more critical towards what's happening than others. It depends on the journalist, it depends how much information they have about the case and which perspective they are asking you from. All of these things can play a role.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing when ill, is to never lose heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28017]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing when ill, is to never lose heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies!  Thy genius commands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies!  Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold,   While ages on ages thy splendors unfold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is this paradox in pride--it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48229]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is this paradox in pride--it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I send thee pansies while the year is young, Yellow as sunshine, purple as the night;  Flowers of remembrance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I send thee pansies while the year is young, Yellow as sunshine, purple as the night;  Flowers of remembrance, ever fondly sung   By all the chiefest of the Sons of Light;    And if in recollection lives regret     For wasted days and dreams that were not true,      I tell thee that the "pansy freak'd with jet"       Is still the heart's ease that the poets knew        Take all the sweetness of a gift unsought,         And for the pansies send me back a thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49366]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there is pansies, that's for thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45445]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there is pansies, that's for thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every week here is a new challenge. Coaches want to see consistency and not ups and downs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every week here is a new challenge. Coaches want to see consistency and not ups and downs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not changing direction we will continue to move full-steam ahead with our core business, which is Blockbuster stores ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38630]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not changing direction we will continue to move full-steam ahead with our core business, which is Blockbuster stores and Blockbuster online,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56724]]></link><description><![CDATA[A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are always striving to be better. They don't live in the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find. Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head. Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God-seed into God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no evil, and to grow pale at no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47662]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough. -Joe E. Lewis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24917]]></link><description><![CDATA[You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough. -Joe E. Lewis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  Ye have enemies; for who can live on this earth without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  Ye have enemies; for who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can thy enemy so hurt thee by his violence, as thou dost hurt thyself if thou love him not. And let it not seem to you impossible to love him. Believe first that it can be done, and pray that the will of God may be done in you. For what good can thy neighbor's ill do to thee? If he had no ill, he would not even be thine enemy. Wish him well, then, that he may end his ill, and he will be thine enemy no longer. For it is not the human nature in him that is at enmity with thee, but his sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought the biggest thing of the game tonight for our guys, and I give them a lot of credit, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought the biggest thing of the game tonight for our guys, and I give them a lot of credit, was after [Virginia] got the two runs off Andrew. Knowing how tough Doolittle is - he one of the toughest pitchers in this league - to bounce right back out there and get two runs, that to me was a big point in this game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46054]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1881]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever class he is in it doesn't take long to call the roll.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25342]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came out swinging today and it paid off. We have a few guys in the middle of the lineup ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41145]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came out swinging today and it paid off. We have a few guys in the middle of the lineup who can take the ball deep; that pitch that Turner hit got up in the jet stream and just took off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21127]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was obviously a good week for us. Regardless of how the grind goes in January, these kids are much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35367]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was obviously a good week for us. Regardless of how the grind goes in January, these kids are much further along than anything I anticipated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy sum of duty let two words contain, (O may they graven in thy heart remain!)  Be humble and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy sum of duty let two words contain, (O may they graven in thy heart remain!)  Be humble and be just.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13070</guid></item></channel></rss>