<?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[Overwhelmingly, they're male, and overwhelmingly, they're white. But they cross the societal spectrum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overwhelmingly, they're male, and overwhelmingly, they're white. But they cross the societal spectrum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  You rob, and spoile, and eat his people as bread, by Extortion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  You rob, and spoile, and eat his people as bread, by Extortion, and bribery, and deceitful waights and measures, and deluding oathes in buying and selling, and then come hither, and so make God your Receiver, and his house a den of Thieves. His house is Sanctum Sanctorum, The holiest of holies, and you make it onely Sanctuarium: It should be a place sanctified by your devotions, and you make it onely a Sanctuary to priviledge Maelfactors, a place that may redeeme you from the ill opinion of men, who must in charity be bound to thinke well of you, because they see you in here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a structural problem in the rural economy and a structural problem in the urban economy, that's really the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31477]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a structural problem in the rural economy and a structural problem in the urban economy, that's really the story, ... It's really coincidental that everything has gone bad at one time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions -- it only guarantees equality of opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions -- it only guarantees equality of opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that the progress I have made as a coach, as well as a person, is a direct result ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57729]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that the progress I have made as a coach, as well as a person, is a direct result of the growth that I have made through my Church callings. I had the opportunity to serve as a bishop in a campus ward while I was still an assistant coach. When I was appointed head football coach in 1972, I decided to approach my role as a coach much the same as I did as a bishop, delegating responsibility to my assistants, putting responsibility on the players for self-improvement in all aspects of their lives, and using personal interviews with players to try to give positive reinforcement and encouragement so that they might do their very best and reach their full potential, both on and off the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50727]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221  Verily, if thou desirest to have the Creator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221  Verily, if thou desirest to have the Creator of all creatures, thou must renounce all creatures; for it cannot be otherwise, but only insomuch as thy soul is emptied and bared; the less of the creature, the more of God: this is but a fair bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48166]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55081]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew,  And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26722]]></link><description><![CDATA[In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew,  And saw the lion's shadow ere himself,   And ran dismayed away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44768]]></link><description><![CDATA[How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47964]]></link><description><![CDATA[We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wrote a lot of prescriptions and he kept a lot for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wrote a lot of prescriptions and he kept a lot for himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His heart was one of those which most enamour us, Wax to receive, and marble to retain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19039]]></link><description><![CDATA[His heart was one of those which most enamour us, Wax to receive, and marble to retain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gentle houswife marres the houshold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49024]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gentle houswife marres the houshold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be envied than pitied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14012]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be envied than pitied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6098]]></link><description><![CDATA[The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward sense   Of beauty apprehended from without,    I still call love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price spike in the aftermath of Katrina. This is quite promising for the growth outlook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's partly because when we lost at Bonneville last week we didn't run our stuff. We were three passes and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39757]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's partly because when we lost at Bonneville last week we didn't run our stuff. We were three passes and a shot. We've got to get some movement to score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that he may live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24838]]></link><description><![CDATA[They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that he may live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4903]]></link><description><![CDATA[But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,  "There is a God," thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,  "There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well:   In that thou sayest all. To Be is more    Of wonderful, than being, to have wrought,     Or reigned, or rested.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26594]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a game that somebody ought to put a stop to -- trying to get dirt on jurors. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28732]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a game that somebody ought to put a stop to -- trying to get dirt on jurors. We shouldn't be asking about 40-year-old arrests. Why do we need it? So these lawyers can play all of these strategic games?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39352]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4868]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11495]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65475]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10671]]></link><description><![CDATA[With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no fear of God before their eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17685]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no fear of God before their eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house,  Bequeathed down from many ancestors,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house,  Bequeathed down from many ancestors,   Which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world    In me to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I’ll tell you, few things make me more angry than some out of touch Washington politician saying that Head ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61230]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I’ll tell you, few things make me more angry than some out of touch Washington politician saying that Head Start doesn’t work. That’s a flat out lie and it’s disrespectful to you and the tens of thousands of Americans who make this program work for children every single day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43307]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That scared a lot of people and they sold their units cheaply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41199]]></link><description><![CDATA[That scared a lot of people and they sold their units cheaply.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would steal anything I could so we could survive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42270]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would steal anything I could so we could survive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42270</guid></item></channel></rss>