<?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[Frigidity is desire imagined by a woman who doesn't desire the man offering himself to her. It's the desire of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frigidity is desire imagined by a woman who doesn't desire the man offering himself to her. It's the desire of a woman for a man who hasn't yet come to her, whom she doesn't yet know. She's faithful to this stranger even before she belongs to him. Frigidity is the non-desire for whatever is not him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2416]]></link><description><![CDATA[To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9664</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[We are counting $15,000 per day since December last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30571]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are counting $15,000 per day since December last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a shame somebody had to lose. They were just a little bit more patient than we were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38852]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a shame somebody had to lose. They were just a little bit more patient than we were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You become a member, and you own a piece of us. We offer basically all the services of a bank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32115]]></link><description><![CDATA[You become a member, and you own a piece of us. We offer basically all the services of a bank ... and credit unions are known for being friendlier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way of transgressors is hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way of transgressors is hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63831]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there begins a lang digression About the lords o' the creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3038]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there begins a lang digression About the lords o' the creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2896]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo,  Che saziando di se, di se s'asseta.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the stormy winds do blow; When the battle rages loud and long,  And the stormy winds do blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61639]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the stormy winds do blow; When the battle rages loud and long,  And the stormy winds do blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52844]]></link><description><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is praised and starves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is praised and starves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26649]]></link><description><![CDATA[All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When any volume of this blend comes in contact with one-half of 1 percent (of its own volume) of water, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33795]]></link><description><![CDATA[When any volume of this blend comes in contact with one-half of 1 percent (of its own volume) of water, a condition called 'phase separation' occurs. For 10,000 gallons (of blend), that's 50 gallons of water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sense of death is most in apprehension, And the poor beetle that we tread upon  In corporal sufferance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sense of death is most in apprehension, And the poor beetle that we tread upon  In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great   As when a giant dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise  By the stairway of surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise  By the stairway of surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just need enough to tide me over until I need more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2079]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gone--flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun  From the day!   Gone, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gone--flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun  From the day!   Gone, and a cloud in my heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57750]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's actually fairly critical that we have a definitive time frame, because as we move into the Christmas season, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38727]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's actually fairly critical that we have a definitive time frame, because as we move into the Christmas season, a number of hotels have reservations and bookings. It may become more challenging for us to find accommodations,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many saucy airs we meet, From Temple Bar to Aldgate street! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60378]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many saucy airs we meet, From Temple Bar to Aldgate street!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20652]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She didn't seem to get flustered or frustrated about the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42013]]></link><description><![CDATA[She didn't seem to get flustered or frustrated about the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sometimes marvelously raiseth the souls of his saints with some close and near approaches unto them -- gives them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7106]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sometimes marvelously raiseth the souls of his saints with some close and near approaches unto them -- gives them a sense of His eternal love, a taste of the embraces of His Son and the inhabitation of the Spirit, without the least intervening disturbance; and then this is their assurance. But this life is not a season to be always taking wages in; our work is not yet done; we are not always to abide in this mount; we must down again into the battle -- fight again, cry again, complain again. Shall the soul be thought now to have lost its assurance? Not at all. It had before assurance with joy, triumph, and exultation; it hath it now, or may have, with wrestling, cries, tears, and supplications. And a man's assurance may be as good, as true, when he lies on the earth with a sense of sin, as when he is carried up to the third heaven with a sense of love and foretaste of glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7499]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, for faith is born of the sense of need. But when we compare ourselves with Jesus Christ, and through Him, with God, we are humbled to the dust, and then faith is born, for there is nothing left to do but to trust to the mercy of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn your wounds into wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn your wounds into wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8488</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[Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13403</guid></item></channel></rss>