<?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[a classical guerrilla-type campaign. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38361]]></link><description><![CDATA[a classical guerrilla-type campaign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray Him to give you what the Scriptures call "an honest and good heart," or "a perfect heart;" and, without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray Him to give you what the Scriptures call "an honest and good heart," or "a perfect heart;" and, without waiting, begin at once to obey Him with the best heart you have. Any obedience is better than none. You have to seek His face; obedience is the only way of seeing Him. All your duties are obediences. To do what He bids is to obey Him, and to obey Him is to approach Him. Every act of obedience is an approach -- an approach to Him who is not far off, though He seems so, but close behind this visible screen of things hiding Him from us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46464]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3687]]></link><description><![CDATA[My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some remedies worse than the disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53782]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some remedies worse than the disease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, Leave things of the future to fate;  What's the use to anticipate sorrow? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, Leave things of the future to fate;  What's the use to anticipate sorrow?   Life's troubles come never too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't know how they live, where they go, how many of them there are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39743]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't know how they live, where they go, how many of them there are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no remedy for love but to love more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25718]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no remedy for love but to love more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chances of disillusionment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chances of disillusionment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19054]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63637]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea makes you laugh, and you're instantly sympathetic. We've all lived through that moment where we had sex for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea makes you laugh, and you're instantly sympathetic. We've all lived through that moment where we had sex for the first time. You're terrified, so the idea of a guy so scared he let it get past him is relatable to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22249]]></link><description><![CDATA[An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things. [Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things. [Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a universe within himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a universe within himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I handled all the program activities and he (Butterfield) did the overall operation of the ranch. During my senior year ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40455]]></link><description><![CDATA[I handled all the program activities and he (Butterfield) did the overall operation of the ranch. During my senior year of college Tom was looking for a building to start his boys' ranch. I went with him to look at the building that became the home of Butterfield Boys' Ranch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is not true it is very well invented. [It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59812]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is not true it is very well invented. [It., Se non e vero, e molto ben trovato.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bread is the staff of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bread is the staff of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means father or "daddy" in his Aramaic mother tongue), as an address in his prayers to God. There are no other examples of this usage in contemporary Judaism, but Jesus always addressed God in this way. The others perhaps regarded it as child's talk, a form of expression too disrespectful to be so used. But for Jesus, abba expressed the filial intimacy he felt toward his Father. As the divine Son of the Father, Jesus enjoyed a unique relationship with him, and his mission in the world consisted in opening up the blessings of sonship to those who believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An educated people can be easily governed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65085]]></link><description><![CDATA[An educated people can be easily governed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an important event because it's part of the ongoing initiative to clean up Marshalltown and present a better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39817]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an important event because it's part of the ongoing initiative to clean up Marshalltown and present a better image and appearance. Our community betterment task force has done a great job over the last eight months of starting these initiatives and really making a difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21738]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's happening in England, it's happening in Sweden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36586]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's happening in England, it's happening in Sweden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we have grown, my attention has turned more to dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38704]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we have grown, my attention has turned more to dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63095]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The carriers are realizing to get the last customers they need to offer more than just a mass approach. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The carriers are realizing to get the last customers they need to offer more than just a mass approach. The companies offer everything, but it's not customized to really penetrate the rest of the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50538]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree,  Ne'er had been read, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54094]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree,  Ne'er had been read, in story old,   Of maiden true betray'd for gold,    That loved, or was avenged, like me!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hitting rock bottom theory is all very well. But it is probably possible to intervene earlier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hitting rock bottom theory is all very well. But it is probably possible to intervene earlier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have improved a lot. I think it's strength, age, experience, and attitude. Plus, I'm really, really fit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have improved a lot. I think it's strength, age, experience, and attitude. Plus, I'm really, really fit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boasting TravelerA man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1547]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boasting TravelerA man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic feats he had performed in the different places he had visited. Among other things, he said that when he was at Rhodes he had leaped to such a distance that no man of his day could leap anywhere near him as to that, there were in Rhodes many persons who saw him do it and whom he could call as witnesses. One of the bystanders interrupted him, saying: Now, my good man, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses. Suppose this to be Rhodes, and leap for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Flies and the Honey-PotA number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1532]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Flies and the Honey-PotA number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated. Just as they were expiring, they exclaimed, O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves. Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1532</guid></item></channel></rss>