<?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 will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55689]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Bruce Weber told me in a meeting that all I have to do is play pretty well. The rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach Bruce Weber told me in a meeting that all I have to do is play pretty well. The rest of the guys are doing well now. It takes a lot of pressure off Dee and especially myself. Luther and Deron and all the assists and rebounds and all the points that were lost, somebody has to make them up. In reality, you can't do all that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57049]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you knew it, people raised their hands and started arranging things. One person made a tool-sharing list and another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you knew it, people raised their hands and started arranging things. One person made a tool-sharing list and another a baby-sitting list.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature and art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10742]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature and art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are Batavian graces in all he says. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10207]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are Batavian graces in all he says.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13543]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Now spurs the lated traveller apace  To gain the timely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Now spurs the lated traveller apace  To gain the timely inn, and near approaches   The subject of our watch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done it is like a part of yourself that you've put together. I think a lot of the people here feel that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 Give me an open ear, O God, that I may hear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 Give me an open ear, O God, that I may hear Thy voice  calling me to high endeavor. Give me an open mind, O God, a mind ready to receive and to welcome  such new light of knowledge as it is Thy will to reveal to me. Give me open eyes, O God, eyes quick to discover  Thine indwelling in the world which Thou hast made. Give me open hands, O God, hands ready to share with all who are in want  the blessings with which Thou hast enriched my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of a family is life's greatest blessing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15152]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of a family is life's greatest blessing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is the essential mystery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the essential mystery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All passes, Art alone Enduring stays to us;  The Bust out-lasts the throne,--   The coin, Tiberius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3177]]></link><description><![CDATA[All passes, Art alone Enduring stays to us;  The Bust out-lasts the throne,--   The coin, Tiberius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24211]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The knives are out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The knives are out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms,  Not yet the flaky roses,   Red or white ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms,  Not yet the flaky roses,   Red or white as snow;    I like the chaliced lilies,     The heavy Eastern lilies,      The gorgeous tiger-lilies,       That in our garden grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? "What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?"... "What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49540]]></link><description><![CDATA[In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63425]]></link><description><![CDATA[As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soul meets soul on lovers lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soul meets soul on lovers lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God. If thou understandest not... the things which are beneath thee, how shalt thou comprehend those which are above thee? Submit thyself unto God, and humble thy sense to faith, and the light of knowledge shall be given thee, as shall be profitable and necessary unto thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although Constellation's been a good performer every year, it hasn't been off the charts. There haven't been scary triple-digit returns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although Constellation's been a good performer every year, it hasn't been off the charts. There haven't been scary triple-digit returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They came in shifts. It went on like that for hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42000]]></link><description><![CDATA[They came in shifts. It went on like that for hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's allowed me to really learn a lot about fund-raising throughout the metropolitan area, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39542]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's allowed me to really learn a lot about fund-raising throughout the metropolitan area,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16774]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that shoemaker ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56201]]></link><description><![CDATA[To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mrs. Schmidt had a meeting with Mr. Tancredo about his support for her. We understood it to be an endorsement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mrs. Schmidt had a meeting with Mr. Tancredo about his support for her. We understood it to be an endorsement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is action in rehearsal ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is action in rehearsal]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13486]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19927]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31754]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward. [Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15483]]></link><description><![CDATA[No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward. [Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto  Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27121]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a choice. Your circumstance can affect it, but you're still the one who decides your happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a choice. Your circumstance can affect it, but you're still the one who decides your happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They hit the ball hard, give them credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42119]]></link><description><![CDATA[They hit the ball hard, give them credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64233</guid></item></channel></rss>