<?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[Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the context of a goal, understand the dynamics of human behavior and take the initiative to get to where you want to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having several governors from each of our different partners united in a single trust will greatly simplify and speed up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having several governors from each of our different partners united in a single trust will greatly simplify and speed up the decision-making process. As a result, the school will be more responsive to any new opportunities. We are all ready to put this to public consultation as soon as the bill gets the green light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24247]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the dog has the temperament, and the owner has the drive, then those are the starting blocks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30011]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the dog has the temperament, and the owner has the drive, then those are the starting blocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50267]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a guy who is afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a guy who is afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I arrived in London 11 years ago, restaurant service was terrible. It's getting better every year. Americans tend to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40241]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I arrived in London 11 years ago, restaurant service was terrible. It's getting better every year. Americans tend to be over-the-top about complaining.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15434]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion but to hang us; but I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any suckling dove; I will roar you an 'twere any nightingale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are pretty,--we know it; and young,--it is true; and rich,--who can deny it? But when you praise yourself extravagantly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14063]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are pretty,--we know it; and young,--it is true; and rich,--who can deny it? But when you praise yourself extravagantly, Fabulla, you appear neither rich, nor pretty, nor young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness means quiet nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness means quiet nerves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/661]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue Sounds ever after as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue Sounds ever after as a sullen bell, Remember'd tolling a departing friend. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47030]]></link><description><![CDATA[You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you fall , you damagewhen you fall in love with somebody your love for them stays with you foreverif ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25871]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you fall , you damagewhen you fall in love with somebody your love for them stays with you foreverif you fall out of love, you where never really in loveonce you fall, you can't fall out of it, you only fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25871</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[So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60121]]></link><description><![CDATA[So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of a chair,  His chair-arm an elbow supporting, his right hand upholding his head,   His eyes on his dusty table, with different documents spread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had discipline. It was very key for us. I had it with the football program. He had it in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37064]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had discipline. It was very key for us. I had it with the football program. He had it in basketball, too. We ran a tight ship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5092]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9860]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8926]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but a man with a warm and friendly heart overflowing blessings, and his beneficence will extend to posterity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free,  And lets us go our unobtrusive way,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free,  And lets us go our unobtrusive way,   Glad of the sun and rain,    Upright, serene, humane,     Contented with the fortune of a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to submit our proposal to the government to evaluate. We're not going to put it out to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35911]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to submit our proposal to the government to evaluate. We're not going to put it out to the public for a popular vote. We have a great reputation. We have a great experience in this business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis  Proditur unus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54404]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis  Proditur unus iners angusto tempore vertit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40284]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We were very lucky. We started Spy at a time when our generation had arrived at full adulthood and wanted to connect to its anti-establishment youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53337]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10149]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51354]]></link><description><![CDATA[To climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can say what you want about his stuff, but his makeup is off the charts. And he has great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34468]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can say what you want about his stuff, but his makeup is off the charts. And he has great stuff. That's what I told him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wound did ever heal but my degrees? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62369]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wound did ever heal but my degrees?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O happy skylark springing Up to the broad, blue sky,  Too fearless in thy winging,   Too gladsome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24102]]></link><description><![CDATA[O happy skylark springing Up to the broad, blue sky,  Too fearless in thy winging,   Too gladsome in thy singing,    Thou also soon shalt lie     Where no sweet notes are ringing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series of verse on Christ:   ... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series of verse on Christ:   ... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  "O Lord, behold the man who made the nails that pierced Thy feet!"  The Master laid a thin, scarred hand upon the shame-bowed head.  "They were good nails," he said...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had to fight like hell and fighting like hell has made me what I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had to fight like hell and fighting like hell has made me what I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The study validates what parents know intuitively: Well, duh, yes, there is more sex on TV, ... We need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39587]]></link><description><![CDATA[The study validates what parents know intuitively: Well, duh, yes, there is more sex on TV, ... We need to give parents better tools. With 200 channels, I feel out of control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connors fought a great match. He was paired against a really tough opponent and held his ground. I can't really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Connors fought a great match. He was paired against a really tough opponent and held his ground. I can't really get down on our guys, because they showed great effort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if his name be George, I 'll call him Peter; For new-made honour doth forget men's names. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55779]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if his name be George, I 'll call him Peter; For new-made honour doth forget men's names. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every night he comes With musics of all sorts, and songs composed  To her unworthiness. It nothing steads us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every night he comes With musics of all sorts, and songs composed  To her unworthiness. It nothing steads us   To chide him from our eaves, for he persists    As if his life lay on't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suretyship is the precursor of ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51766</guid></item></channel></rss>