<?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[The race went well but the start was difficult. The gun isn't loud enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The race went well but the start was difficult. The gun isn't loud enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8406]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're out of their minds. Who do they think they are? This is totally inappropriate. What they've done highlights the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30299]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're out of their minds. Who do they think they are? This is totally inappropriate. What they've done highlights the fact they're an organization that has absolutely no credibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was very big pressure for me to be very thin, because I was very tall. I was so lonely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39503]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was very big pressure for me to be very thin, because I was very tall. I was so lonely for my family, so far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set a thief to catch a thief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set a thief to catch a thief]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is a great procuress ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is a great procuress]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like playing on the road when everyone is against you. It makes you feel good, when you win, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29186]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like playing on the road when everyone is against you. It makes you feel good, when you win, to see all those hurt faces in the crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41205]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63887]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30407]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essay is about connection to his homeland. It's about honoring his parents, and the importance of ritual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essay is about connection to his homeland. It's about honoring his parents, and the importance of ritual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word  When they met in the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12559]]></link><description><![CDATA[And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word  When they met in the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown. It places me on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2315]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. [Lat., Prima enim sequentem, honestumn est in secundis, tertiisque consistere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53774]]></link><description><![CDATA[A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects and goals which neither require nor are capable of rational foundation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13622]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in national safety and welfare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius, the king of Parthia, was a mole-catcher; and Biantes, the Lydian, filed needles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not sure if he's done growing. He has a chance to really be good. He's got tools and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35369]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not sure if he's done growing. He has a chance to really be good. He's got tools and a very good attitude. He's an A-B student. He has tremendous upside. You want to nurture him and bring him along, hope he stays hungry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Danger) didn't even come to my mind at the time. I was just thinking of getting the police officers out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31825]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Danger) didn't even come to my mind at the time. I was just thinking of getting the police officers out of the car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. You must never compromise with your life. We know when we are doing first-rate things. When we satisfy ourselves with second-rate things, it is the beginning of a long, long death. We die from that minute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art must take reality by surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art must take reality by surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women should be obscene and not heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women should be obscene and not heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52226]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is. - Strong Opinions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This merger accelerates our long-term earnings growth potential by expanding our Tennessee market. It will allow us to extend our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38504]]></link><description><![CDATA[This merger accelerates our long-term earnings growth potential by expanding our Tennessee market. It will allow us to extend our growing Knoxville-based presence toward Chattanooga and on to our existing north Georgia franchise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that goes softly goes safely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50985]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that goes softly goes safely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the key to contentment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the key to contentment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No seat is more than eight seats from the stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35641]]></link><description><![CDATA[No seat is more than eight seats from the stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the powerof simplicity. We have a tendency it seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22422]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the powerof simplicity. We have a tendency it seems to over complicate our livesand forget what's important and what's not. We tend to mistake movementfor achievement. We tend to focus on activities instead of results. And asthe pace of life continues to race along in the outside world, we forgetthat we have the power to control our lives regardless of what's going onoutside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight? Who blushes at the name?  When cowards mock the patriot's fate,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight? Who blushes at the name?  When cowards mock the patriot's fate,   Who hangs his head for shame?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fail your way to the top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fail your way to the top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That question fills me with euphoria. We don't want to bog ourselves down with thinking too much. We want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29990]]></link><description><![CDATA[That question fills me with euphoria. We don't want to bog ourselves down with thinking too much. We want to go and enjoy the experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53615]]></link><description><![CDATA[A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any belief worth having must survive doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any belief worth having must survive doubt]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen  Of cataracts!" An angel who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44500]]></link><description><![CDATA["Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen  Of cataracts!" An angel who had been   O'er heaven and earth, spoke thus, his bright wings furled,    And knelt to Nature first, on the wild cliff unseen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31981]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31981</guid></item></channel></rss>