<?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[We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last romance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66276]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35970]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being No. 1, we were definitely content with that. We got too lax about it. I guess we couldn't finish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being No. 1, we were definitely content with that. We got too lax about it. I guess we couldn't finish today. We couldn't beat their 10-man ride. They were all over the place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one knows what he can do till he tries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13644]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one knows what he can do till he tries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of life is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63304]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of life is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the hollowness of your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the hollowness of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am headed to the World Amateur Championships in Myrtle Beach, ... I will be leaving next Sunday and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37623]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am headed to the World Amateur Championships in Myrtle Beach, ... I will be leaving next Sunday and the tournament goes from late August to early September.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A passerby named Larry, our angel, pulled the debris off and got Casey out and took him to safety and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A passerby named Larry, our angel, pulled the debris off and got Casey out and took him to safety and then came back and got me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34135]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up later in the year. Based on the tone of the last earnings call, I?m not expecting to see a spike for them in the third quarter. The next big question is: What is 2006 going to look like in terms of how the boating season shapes up and how successful will these new initiatives be that the management is waiting on?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33134]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46929]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chattanooga is one of the three new host cities in the 2006 Tour. Our organization recognizes that Chattanooga offers a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chattanooga is one of the three new host cities in the 2006 Tour. Our organization recognizes that Chattanooga offers a great deal of amenities and opportunities for the huge crowds we are expecting for the finish of the individual time trial. We know all the professional teams in the Tour will find the course from Chickamauga to Chattanooga quite challenging.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to be traveling, make sure all your immunizations are current, drink only bottled water and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41450]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to be traveling, make sure all your immunizations are current, drink only bottled water and I wouldn't eat poultry in Asia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41476]]></link><description><![CDATA[It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31463]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45877]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. [Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior videbatur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me  Thoughts that would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5846]]></link><description><![CDATA[He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me  Thoughts that would thick my blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I called Dave up to write some songs. It just snowballed from there and became ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41401]]></link><description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I called Dave up to write some songs. It just snowballed from there and became a Soft Cell record. There's still a strong chemistry between us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! sir, In what have I offended you? What cause  Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! sir, In what have I offended you? What cause  Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soul of fibre and heart of oak. [Sp., Alma de esparto y corazon de encina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soul of fibre and heart of oak. [Sp., Alma de esparto y corazon de encina.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61187]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16944]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26696]]></link><description><![CDATA[I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traffic is like a bad dog. It isn't important to look both ways when crossing the street. It's more important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traffic is like a bad dog. It isn't important to look both ways when crossing the street. It's more important to not show fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking at new places in that part of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31677]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking at new places in that part of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51086]]></link><description><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. -Mary D. Poole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. -Mary D. Poole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel we would not have a prayer's chance in hell in the Hernando County Jail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40963]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel we would not have a prayer's chance in hell in the Hernando County Jail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oaks with solemnity shook their heads; The twigs of the birch-trees, in token  Of warning, nodded,--and I exclaim'd: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oaks with solemnity shook their heads; The twigs of the birch-trees, in token  Of warning, nodded,--and I exclaim'd:   "Dear Monarch, forgive what I've spoken!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59186]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a little rough. But things like this happen, they happen for reason. So I'm just happy to just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33544]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a little rough. But things like this happen, they happen for reason. So I'm just happy to just have the opportunity to continue to play football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33544</guid></item></channel></rss>