<?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[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He really didn't know what to do in offenses and defenses. But he was still successful. I saw promise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35370]]></link><description><![CDATA[He really didn't know what to do in offenses and defenses. But he was still successful. I saw promise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was pretty fun. I'd try it again definitely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was pretty fun. I'd try it again definitely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You put fine dishes on your table, Olus, but you always put them on covered. This is ridiculous; in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14073]]></link><description><![CDATA[You put fine dishes on your table, Olus, but you always put them on covered. This is ridiculous; in the same way I could put fine dished on my table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24522]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou desirest to be safe, turn at once in thy emptiness to God. If thou hast been inconsistent, how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7254]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou desirest to be safe, turn at once in thy emptiness to God. If thou hast been inconsistent, how canst thou better become consistent again than in God only? How canst thou better escape death than by the true, real Life -- which is God Himself?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last week I helped my friend stay put. It's a lot easier than helping someone move. I just went over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last week I helped my friend stay put. It's a lot easier than helping someone move. I just went over to his house and made sure that he did not start to load his shit into a truck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20107]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other. [Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other. [Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen recontre erkennen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark Error's other hidden side is truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change, adapting old ideas that have outlived their usefulness to current facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64992]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20907]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts of dead ideas and lifeless old beliefs. They have no tangibility, but they haunt us all the same and we can not get rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. Ghosts must be all over the country. as thick as the sands of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always frustrating when you get good looks and the ball doesn't go in the hole. That's what keeps you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30262]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always frustrating when you get good looks and the ball doesn't go in the hole. That's what keeps you humble in this game. If you made everything, this would be an easy game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we found out that they were going to close, we had to go out and find another supplier. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38693]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we found out that they were going to close, we had to go out and find another supplier. It is possible that we could purchase some things from them on a spot basis. But that wouldn't be much compared to the way things were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11017]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64527]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were the wags    Who tipped these funny tags     And these toes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/93]]></link><description><![CDATA[All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/93</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48230]]></link><description><![CDATA[The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly.(on not perfectionismto put things off). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22341]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly.(on not perfectionismto put things off).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire is bound to hold. But while smiling at each other, both sides will continue making preparations for war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love, I have found, is not hate, but indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18870]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love, I have found, is not hate, but indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46277]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50067]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44885]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3351]]></link><description><![CDATA[A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This world is nothing except it tend to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49969]]></link><description><![CDATA[This world is nothing except it tend to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58077]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is something of a surprise just because the backlash was so strong last year to reinstate full funding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32180]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is something of a surprise just because the backlash was so strong last year to reinstate full funding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we resort to lawlessness, the only thing we can hope for is civil war, untold bloodshed, and the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54285]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we resort to lawlessness, the only thing we can hope for is civil war, untold bloodshed, and the end of our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worship the quicksand he walks in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worship the quicksand he walks in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61946]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61946</guid></item></channel></rss>