<?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 hermit doesn't sleep at night, in love with the blue of the vacant moon. The cool of the breeze ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hermit doesn't sleep at night, in love with the blue of the vacant moon. The cool of the breeze that rustles the trees rustles him too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were pleased with the defensive effort the girls put forth on Sunday. We have been working a lot on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were pleased with the defensive effort the girls put forth on Sunday. We have been working a lot on the defensive aspect of the game in the early spring practices and it was nice to see it translate onto the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   The popular craving [for an English Bible] could not be stifled, and the sixteenth century saw the pioneering works of Tyndale and Coverdale; then, two years after Coverdale, the real "authorized version" appeared in 1537, when a mysterious translator called "Thomas Matthew" had his works not only dedicated to but licensed by Henry VIII. In the long run, what put the Bible into the hands of the common people was the influence exerted on public opinion and authority by the reformation of the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's going to a good team, but also to a team where they do things differently. It may take him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42470]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's going to a good team, but also to a team where they do things differently. It may take him some time to adjust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't get acting jobs because of my looks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13582]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is going to steamroll. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40708]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is going to steamroll.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591]]></link><description><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every living thing there is the desire for love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16462]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every living thing there is the desire for love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14553]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engrave this Quote 	He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Engrave this Quote 	He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2188]]></link><description><![CDATA[I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is life distilled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is life distilled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just an all-out blitz. We're bringing everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just an all-out blitz. We're bringing everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;  Turn giddy, and be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;  Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;   One desperate grief cures with another's languish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/91]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/91</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time we try to move a piece of furniture, it just falls apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time we try to move a piece of furniture, it just falls apart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26428]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem is low, our resilience in the face of life's adversities is diminished. We crumble before vicissitudes that a healthier sense of self could vanquish. We tend to be more influenced by the desire to avoid pain than to experience joy. Negatives have more power over us than positives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5307]]></link><description><![CDATA[People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He without fear is king of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44206]]></link><description><![CDATA[He without fear is king of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It showed the national spotlight that Detroit has the wherewithal to pull off a major national event. It also changes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It showed the national spotlight that Detroit has the wherewithal to pull off a major national event. It also changes the conversation about Detroit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64767]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25040]]></link><description><![CDATA[To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the implicit aim of biography was to uplift now it is to unveil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the implicit aim of biography was to uplift now it is to unveil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48258]]></link><description><![CDATA[In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16770]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth in the winde;  But love once planted in a perfect and pure minde indureth weale and woe;   The frownes of fortune, come they never so unkinde, cannot the same overthrowe.   - edited by John Payne Collier,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage  War with the lines ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage  War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon,   Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth    After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13623]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency--clear disinterested thinking and fearless action along the right lines of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pretty Lark, climbing the Welkin cleer, Chaunts with a cheer, Heer peer-I neer my Deer;  Then stooping thence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24093]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pretty Lark, climbing the Welkin cleer, Chaunts with a cheer, Heer peer-I neer my Deer;  Then stooping thence (seeming her fall to rew)   Adieu (she saith) adieu, deer Deer, adieu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20495]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29577]]></link><description><![CDATA[These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losing was a shock, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losing was a shock,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19559]]></link><description><![CDATA[The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22314]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28680</guid></item></channel></rss>