<?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[Don't fight forces, use them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't fight forces, use them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Charm" - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5759]]></link><description><![CDATA["Charm" - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53715]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are many counsellors there is safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are many counsellors there is safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1648]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the first half we were firing on all cylinders. They couldn't do anything against us. We let them back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37271]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the first half we were firing on all cylinders. They couldn't do anything against us. We let them back into the game. We let them get a couple of big plays and momentum and the bottom line is we just didn't take care of business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14605]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16038]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18874]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  Our Christian experience must agree with the Bible. We will be taught by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  Our Christian experience must agree with the Bible. We will be taught by the Bible and fed by the Bible. But we do not believe in Christ because He is in the Bible: we believe in the Bible because Christ is in us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not about how much you say 'I love you,' but how much you can prove that it's true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not about how much you say 'I love you,' but how much you can prove that it's true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope we can keep this up and carry it on the good road ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30639]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope we can keep this up and carry it on the good road ahead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I am concerned with here is not to write a new life of Jesus, but to set down my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7658]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I am concerned with here is not to write a new life of Jesus, but to set down my witness to the continued shocks which his words and deeds gave me as I approached the Gospels uninsulated by the familiar cover of beautiful language. The figure who emerged is quite unlike the Jesus of conventional piety, and even more unlike that imagined hero whom members of various causes claim as their champion. What we are so often confronted with today is a "processed" Jesus. Every element that we feel is not consonant with our "image" of him is removed, and the result is more insipid and unsatisfying than the worst of processed food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14959]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20772]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. - Wisdom for Our Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4024]]></link><description><![CDATA[...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open confession is good for the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Open confession is good for the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We looked at the future map and it said agriculture. I thought the people here want to preserve farm land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42655]]></link><description><![CDATA[We looked at the future map and it said agriculture. I thought the people here want to preserve farm land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We handle about 5,000 cases a year, and the average is about 50 percent. That's up from 2003, when health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38698]]></link><description><![CDATA[We handle about 5,000 cases a year, and the average is about 50 percent. That's up from 2003, when health care was the main issue in about 45 or 46 percent of our cases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our winners make you laugh ? but they also make you think, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our winners make you laugh ? but they also make you think,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2636]]></link><description><![CDATA[One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lo and behold, people were amazed: Washington was amazed. The country was amazed. And I was amazed that everybody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61232]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lo and behold, people were amazed: Washington was amazed. The country was amazed. And I was amazed that everybody was amazed. Because what is going on that a senator doesn't act according to script, acts according to conscience, and everybody is taken aback?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This isn't an overnight fix. When it's down for 20 years, it doesn't fix itself overnight. We have make sure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36068]]></link><description><![CDATA[This isn't an overnight fix. When it's down for 20 years, it doesn't fix itself overnight. We have make sure we have the pieces in place - the facilities, the staff, the institutional commitment - to move in the right direction. That commitment is there. ... How do we conduct ourselves? How do we do business? I just want to make sure we're maximizing the opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the end try the man. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the end try the man. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[--They write here one Cornelius--Son Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel  To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44002]]></link><description><![CDATA[--They write here one Cornelius--Son Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel  To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and sink all   The shipping there.    --But how is't done?     --I'll show you, sir.      It is automa, runs under water       With a snug nose, and has a nimble tail        Made like an auger, with which tail she wriggles         Betwixt the costs of a ship and sinks it straight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1317]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers groceries causes change in our nutrition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56670]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to enhance their manliness. What passes for masculinity is being extracted and sold back to men. Literally in the case of Viagra.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lower rates on loans will create quite tough conditions for consumer lenders because interest income accounts for the majority of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lower rates on loans will create quite tough conditions for consumer lenders because interest income accounts for the majority of their revenue. It's almost impossible to foresee clearly what their profits will be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of education is respecting the pupil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of education is respecting the pupil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the highest award you can receive in the council. Basically Dave is very deserving of the award for his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37656]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the highest award you can receive in the council. Basically Dave is very deserving of the award for his dedication to the program, and he really enjoys working with the boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting beforeyou get tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting beforeyou get tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21953</guid></item></channel></rss>