<?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[Feast of Michael & All Angels  None but the Lord himself can afford us any help from the awful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Michael & All Angels  None but the Lord himself can afford us any help from the awful workings of unbelief, doubtings, carnal fears, murmurings. Thank God one day we will be done forever with "unbelief.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53116]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without adventure civilization is in full decay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little given seasonably excuses a great gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49046]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55744]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is its own Fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is its own Fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two stable outlooks versus one (negative by Moody's) confirms bullish outlook for the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two stable outlooks versus one (negative by Moody's) confirms bullish outlook for the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We beat Dallas at home. Hopefully we'll have a game like we did against Dallas. We're looking forward to playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31053]]></link><description><![CDATA[We beat Dallas at home. Hopefully we'll have a game like we did against Dallas. We're looking forward to playing a team like that. It gives us an opportunity to know where we're at as a team, how much we've grown, and where our confidence level is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But for my hand, as unattempted yet,   Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.    Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail     And say there is no sin but to be rich;      And being rich, my virtue then shall be       To say there is no vice but beggary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20472]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've negotiated long and hard with both players. We'll see what develops but I'm not sure we have anything to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35899]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've negotiated long and hard with both players. We'll see what develops but I'm not sure we have anything to talk about at this point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44202]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will?  For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will?  For if she will, she will, you may depend on't;   And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51240]]></link><description><![CDATA[That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4472]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threatened folk live long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Threatened folk live long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13799]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man that would expect to train lobsters to fly in a year is called a lunatic; but a man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56834]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man that would expect to train lobsters to fly in a year is called a lunatic; but a man that thinks men can be turned into angels by an election is a reformer and remains at large.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger is sharper than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger is sharper than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[At the Garden of Olives Monastery]  "Why are you all so quiet all the time?" I say, still whispering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7385]]></link><description><![CDATA[[At the Garden of Olives Monastery]  "Why are you all so quiet all the time?" I say, still whispering at him in this hoarse voice.  "We are teachers and workers," he says, "not talkers."  "Workers, O.K.," I say, "but how can a teacher be quiet all the time and teach anybody anything?"  "Christ was the best," he says, thinking of something. "He lived thirty-three years. Thirty years he kept quiet; three years he talked. Ten to one for keeping quiet.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shape of Things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Shape of Things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a member of the school board I played an integral role in keeping the district's approximately $8 million budget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33745]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a member of the school board I played an integral role in keeping the district's approximately $8 million budget successfully in the black while building several additions and making many improvements. I also played a key role in negotiating many successful union contracts for the district. This experience will better able me to keep the sheriff's department spending in check, and to work well with the department's employee union.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16610]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27207]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. -Clare Booth Luce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you embrace another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50279]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you embrace another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomparable writing. Quite frankly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38549]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the highest tribute we can pay him, our appreciation for his superlative writing, his incomparable writing. Quite frankly, I've never experienced writing like this before, except for 'Fences,' something that addresses me as an individual, addresses me as a black man and addresses the history of the African-American culture and the African-American experience in this country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had reports from farmers that they had seen baby snakes and their mothers out together and I thought, this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35946]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had reports from farmers that they had seen baby snakes and their mothers out together and I thought, this is crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/212]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11025]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well,   With emphasis, and also with good sense--    A thing in footing indispensable:     He danced without theatrical pretence,      Not like a ballet-master in the van       Of his drill'd nymphs, but like a gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acon his right, Leonilla her left eye Doth want; yet each in form, the gods out-vie.  Sweet boy, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acon his right, Leonilla her left eye Doth want; yet each in form, the gods out-vie.  Sweet boy, with thine, thy sister's sight improved:   So shall she Venus be, thou God of Love.    [Lat., Lumine Acon dextre,--capta est Leonilla sinistre,     Et potis est forma vincere uterque dees:      Blande puer, lumen quod habes concede sorori,       Sic tu caecus Amor, sic erit illa Venus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie abgeglattet sind.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie abgeglattet sind.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10952]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man makes a great fuss about this planet which is only a ballbearing in the hub of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man makes a great fuss about this planet which is only a ballbearing in the hub of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17397]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that keepes his owne makes warre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can leave. I'll stay here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34794]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can leave. I'll stay here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing there'll be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on yesterday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing there'll be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on yesterday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sympathetic heart is like a spring of pure water bursting forth from the mountain side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58534]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sympathetic heart is like a spring of pure water bursting forth from the mountain side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been the longest week ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30259]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been the longest week ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money in that order; it is a process, a never ending one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money in that order; it is a process, a never ending one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[to get drunk, meet attractive girls, and get laid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35347]]></link><description><![CDATA[to get drunk, meet attractive girls, and get laid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud, the more glibly will it go down and the more greedily will it be swallowed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10626]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud, the more glibly will it go down and the more greedily will it be swallowed, since folly will always find faith wherever imposters will find impudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60369</guid></item></channel></rss>