<?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[I'm dense when it comes to discouragement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41209]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1037]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years and I believe Alan's wealth of experience should be of great value to our Academy in advancing the many exciting initiatives we have for the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets Most perfect dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets Most perfect dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god, He made the barren waste his lone abode,  And oft on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god, He made the barren waste his lone abode,  And oft on soaring pinions hover'd o'er   The lofty palace then his own no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is for people who can't face drugs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is for people who can't face drugs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always weaken whatever we exaggerate. [Fr., On affaiblit toujours tout ce qu'on exagere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61336]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always weaken whatever we exaggerate. [Fr., On affaiblit toujours tout ce qu'on exagere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44395]]></link><description><![CDATA['Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't expect us to make an announcement here and now. But believe me, we are weeks away from an announcement, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't expect us to make an announcement here and now. But believe me, we are weeks away from an announcement, not months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25413]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35109]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connellsville made the big shots and you have to give them credit. When they got us by the throat, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Connellsville made the big shots and you have to give them credit. When they got us by the throat, they choked us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more established you are in society, the more pageantry there tends to be at the weddings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40132]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more established you are in society, the more pageantry there tends to be at the weddings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58172]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's rare to have someone like him, someone who can keep moving. We didn't have to blitz a lot, just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39395]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's rare to have someone like him, someone who can keep moving. We didn't have to blitz a lot, just used a three-man line with eight defensive backs sometimes to get pressure. It didn't matter who we were playing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's guid to be merry and wise, It's guid to be honest and true,  It's guid to support Caledonia's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54888]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's guid to be merry and wise, It's guid to be honest and true,  It's guid to support Caledonia's cause,   And bide by the buff and the blue!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63814]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man in the street does not know a star in the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16547]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. -Alden Nowlan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a palliative rather than a remedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grave's the market place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18198]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grave's the market place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is terrible except fear itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is terrible except fear itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In spending lies the advantage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49543]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spending lies the advantage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41925]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There are all the usual stories about overseas predators targeting Australian miners, which look cheap on a world-wide comparison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13518]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, qui jamais autoir pu dire  Que ce petit nez retrousse   Changerait les lois d'un empire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest  Save he who courts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16164]]></link><description><![CDATA[No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest  Save he who courts the flattery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People at the seminars will learn about the tools of estate planning in the other topics. I'll provide a checklist ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37669]]></link><description><![CDATA[People at the seminars will learn about the tools of estate planning in the other topics. I'll provide a checklist of what they need to do once they get home to actually make those happen. They need to be able to walk away from this with everything they need to do this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any person who recognizes this greatest power... the power to choose. Begins to realize that he is the one that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any person who recognizes this greatest power... the power to choose. Begins to realize that he is the one that is doing the choosing and that friends, although they mean well, cannot do his choosing for him, nor can his relatives. Consequently, he develops real self-confidence based upon his own ability, upon his own action, and upon his own initiative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward yourgoals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem. . . Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has been a special group of seniors that has accomplished a lot. One of the things missing from their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38082]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has been a special group of seniors that has accomplished a lot. One of the things missing from their resume is a win over Navy. That's a huge void they would like to fill in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim did a good job controlling the action from his feet today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tim did a good job controlling the action from his feet today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices -- against half the human race -- that are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices -- against half the human race -- that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let still the woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let still the woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart: For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We go out and do our best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29271]]></link><description><![CDATA[We go out and do our best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay, And at my easement sing,  Though it should prove a farewell lay   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay, And at my easement sing,  Though it should prove a farewell lay   And this our parting spring.    . . . .     Then, little Bird, this boon confer,      Come, and my requiem sing,       Nor fail to be the harbinger        Of everlasting spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final reality, and the ultimate fact of our total situation to which we need to be adjusted, is God. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final reality, and the ultimate fact of our total situation to which we need to be adjusted, is God. That indeed would be my definition of God: God is He with whom we have ultimately to do, the final reality to which we have to face up, and with whom we have, in the last resort, to reckon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,  A flash ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,  A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,   Man passes from life to his rest in the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37055]]></link><description><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions ... as well as providing training.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60245]]></link><description><![CDATA[No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61787</guid></item></channel></rss>